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My voting is done! Now time for another listen to our JournoWavePod election special, where we discuss the rules around election reporting and hear from the likes of Dr Gemma Horton at CFOM on the challenges journalists are facing globally

Our new podcast episode is out today! As part of #WorldPressFreedomDay2024 I interviewed Antoinette Nikolova and Peter Horrocks from the Balkan Free Media Initiative about their work and how disinformation is the biggest threat we face right now across Europe. Listen below! 👇

Big thank you to our panellists for joining our event Bonavero Institute of Human Rights focusing on the threats SLAPPs pose to media freedom. We had amazing discussions and there's a lot of work being done in this area to try and provide a safer environment for journalists!

Thrilled to be going back to Liverpool to talk at this workshop with Katia Balabanova about our research on the ECHR and media coverage!

I’m looking forward to speaking DigiPol @LivUni in Liverpool on 28 May on ‘Human Rights, Colonialism and Double Standards’

Don't forget to register for our next hybrid workshop: Hanging by a thread? Politics, media and the legitimacy of the International Human Rights System 28 May 2024 at 11.00-13.00. Full line up and registration details 👇 ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-the-…

Looking forward to talking DigiPol @LivUni next week with Katia Balabanova about the 'UK and the European Convention on Human Rights through the Lens of the British Press' along with other great guest speakers! Sign up in-person or online below: ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-the-…

Tomorrow is CFOM's Dr Irini Katsirea's panel event at IALS, U. of London focusing on press freedom in a digital era. Find out more and sign up below! ials.sas.ac.uk/events/book-la…

The new episode of the CFOM podcast is out! I spoke to our guests about how we can tackle SLAPPs to protect freedom of expression. Listen to the episode below and, if you're working on SLAPPs, do get in touch! Sheffield Journalism

Upcoming event from the CFOM next Thursday 🗓️ 'Buying Silence: How Oligarchs, Corporations and Plutocrats use the Law to gag their critics' An online seminar by leading libel solicitor, David Hooper David Hooper Register 👇

As International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists takes place on 2 November, me and Sara Torsner wrote this piece on CFOM's work on protecting journalists and also monitoring the threats that they face

Sunset over Oslo 🇳🇴

In the first of our commentaries, ex-BBC Freelance Documentary film maker Janet Harris talks about her work with fixers and the valuable role they play in breaking news stories. If you're interested in writing for CFOM commentary section, let me know! Sheffield Journalism

I wrote this report for CFOM following a workshop we hosted at the centre looking at the legislative threats to media freedom in the UK. There are recommendations on what is needed in legislative reform to tackle these threats and ensure press freedom is protected...

I'm flying to Croatia tomorrow to record new episodes for the CFOM podcast! If you're at the festival and interested in chatting, let me know!

📢Our seminar series returns on Thursday at 1pm! We'll be hearing from award-winning visual journalist, Tara Pixley, about integrating trauma literacy and identity-aware safety training for journalists in classrooms and newsrooms. Sign up here! tickettailor.com/events/centref…

On Friday, the Journalism Safety Research Network will host an online symposium focusing on the role that AI is playing in journalism across the world to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. Find out about our speakers and how to sign up here! cfom.org.uk/2025/04/28/jsr…

I spoke to Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield about the work that's going on CFOM Sheffield Journalism focusing on the legislative threats against journalism and journalists, based on a report published by CFOM earlier in the year. linkedin.com/pulse/world-pr…

Spent my 31st birthday feeling Upside Down!

Delighted to have co-authored this article examining how discourse around journalism has changed in the last few decades. We look at these changes and what they might mean for media freedom in the future Jingrong Tong Sheffield Journalism CFOM