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25 November 2016
           

NEW REPORT: Ethical choices when journalists go to war

This week the Konrad Adenauer Foundation launched a book "Conflict reporting in the smartphone era – from budget constraints to information warfare" at a panel discussion I took part in at the South East Asia Media Forum in Belgrade.

The number of journalists killed in the last 10 years stands at 827, according to UNESCO, including and 213 during 2014 and 2015. Of these journalists 20% were freelancers and over 40% were killed in non-conflict zones signalling that we need a change of approach to the way we approach safety of journalists away from just focusing on conflict zones.

The EJN's contribution to the report can be read on our website and you can download the full report here.

Tom Law, EJN Director of Campaigns and Communications

INSIDE ETHICS BLOG:
Journalism and the challenge of hate spin

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AFRICA
AMERICAS
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ASIA-PACIFIC
CHINA: Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China (NYT)
INDONESIA: Government wants to protect itself from insults (Jakarta Post)
EUROPE
UK: Why didn't the Daily Mail put the jailing of Jo Cox's murderer on its front page? (Guardian)
UK: Mirror's paid prison whistleblower speaks out about impact of publisher's decision to give his identity to police (Press Gazette)
MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL: Press Council head ‘concerned’ by PM’s attacks on media (Times of Israel)
RESOURCES

New Translations of the EJN 5-Point Test for Hate Speech

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