“Weaponizing the Law: Attacks on Media Freedom.” Findings and Discussion with Guest Experts on Salient Points and Solutions.

 

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism and Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) will share key findings from their recently launched research titled Weaponizing the Law: Attacks on Media Freedom. The research is a first-of-its-kind report that draws on the insights of media law experts and journalists from around the world to provide a global overview of these sweeping threats to a free press. The presentation of the report by Joel Simon, Founding Director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, will be followed by a high-level discussion with leading media defence experts, researchers and media freedom experts to be moderated by Antonio Zappulla, CEO of TRF, that will focus on identifying future research and data collection needed to map in more detail the scale, nature and geographic reach of these threats and how they impact journalists and the media ecosystem. This ongoing exploration of global trends will be critical to enable advocacy groups, the legal community, democratic governments, intergovernmental organisations and journalists themselves to confront and counter these threats.
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.

Location: MLK Conference Room 527, Riverside Church, Columbia University
Note: Due to space limitations, in-person attendance is invitation only.



Sponsored by: Columbia GFoE, Thomson Reuters Foundation, and Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Speakers: Hawley Johnson, Columbia GFoE; Antonio Zappulla, Thomson Reuters Foundation; Ona Flores, international human rights lawyer; Joel Simon, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism; Carlos Lauria, journalist and international press freedom expert.





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