by rkhalife | Jun 14, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
The UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace applauds the United States’ decision to rejoin UNESCO in July 2023. The Chair agrees with the words of Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO: “This is a strong act of...
by Zachary Jones Neuray | May 19, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, News, Press Freedom, WPFD23
Journalists must work in tandem with tech media stakeholders. NEW YORK – “I would love to have actually seen someone from Facebook on this panel,” said Michael Zelenko, deputy Editor of Rest of World, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom dedicated to covering the...
by Ruby Wool | May 10, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, News, Press Freedom, WPFD23
UO journalists form the WPFD student newsroom in New York City EUGENE, OREGON — From Jakarta to Addis Ababa, from Helsinki to Montevideo, for a dozen years journalists from the University of Oregon-UNESCO Crossings Institute for Conflict-Sensitive Reporting and...
by Berit Thorson | May 10, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, News, Press Freedom, WPFD23
Virtual attacks by politicians and online trolls threaten freedom of expression worldwide. Fatu Camara (right) discusses the persecution she faces from politicians and online trolls as an independent journalist in The Gambia during a WPFD event. NEW YORK — The...
by Nishtha Yadav | May 7, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, News, Press Freedom, WPFD23
Journalists face rising legal, psychological and personal costs in the fight for a free press. Lawyers and journalists discuss legal attacks on the free press at the Committee to Protect Journalists headquarters in New York City. NEW YORK — The legal warfare unleashed...
by Ruby Wool | May 7, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, News, Press Freedom, WPFD23
UN Mission’s Radio Myrria supports peacekeeping efforts over the airways. Caroline Vuillemin, executive director of Fondation Hirondelle, responds to questions about supporting fragile media landscapes at the 30 Years of Peacekeeping Radio: Lessons for UN Media in a...