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Democracy is dying: Journalism can save it

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...

UO-UNESCO Crossings Institute covers World Press Freedom Day 2023

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...

Women journalists endure targeted online assaults

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...

New tactics to silence and intimidate journalists

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...

Broadcasting peace in South Sudan

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...

Combating digital threats

by Nishtha Yadav | May 5, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, News, Press Freedom, WPFD23

Tech companies urged to do more to protect journalists. Irene Khan (right), special rapporteur with the United Nations, discussed the role of tech companies in preventing digital threats against journalists and activists. Photo by Erica Pulley. UNITED NATIONS —...
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