[ecrea] CFP - Safety of journalists

Call for papers - Safety of journalists covering conflict and sensitive 
issues Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo, Norway
2 and 3 of November 2017

An attack on a journalist is an attack on the freedom of expression. 
Silencing journalists happen through a variety of actions ranging from 
threats such as bullying and online harassment, restrictive policies and 
random detention, to the decisive act of censorship - death. Knowledge 
about journalists' working conditions is important to improve the 
training of new journalists. Underlying relations, which may influence 
both the safety of journalists and their sources, for instance covering 
sensitive issues such as corruption, human rights, flight and migration 
are also of central importance to the broader picture. Combining 
practical experiences and academic research on safety can increase the 
understanding of the complex issue of safety of journalists.
The research group Media, War and Conflict at Oslo and Akershus 
University College, Oslo, Norway invites practitioners and researchers 
from different parts of the world with interest in and knowledge about 
threats and violence against journalists to participate. 
https://www.hioa.no/eng/Research-and-Development/Our-research/Research-and-Development-at-the-Faculty-of-Social-Sciences/Research-groups-at-the-Faculty-of-Social-Sciences-2013-2015/MEKK 

The aim of the conference is to provide practical and theoretical 
perspectives on safety of journalists in conflict and challenging 
situations. Both mechanisms creating unsafe conditions, and possible 
strategies and solutions to will be discussed.

We invite papers with practical, theoretical, national or international 
perspectives that critically examine challenges related to the issue of 
safety of journalists, including, but not limited to issues such as - 
Education and training
-	Legal issues and policy making
-       	Culture and gender
-       	Working conditions and media production
-       	Source protection and the digital era
-       	Hate speech, defamation and libel
-       	Impunity
-       	Journalist roles and fixers
-       	NGOs and the safety of journalists

The conference will take place in Oslo on 2 and 3 of November 2017 in 
connection with UNESCO's International Day to End Impunity for Crimes 
against Journalists.

Speakers will be .	Professor Jackie Harrison, Chair of the Centre for 
Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield
.	Álvaro Sierra Restrepo, journalist, trainer and editor, Colombia
.	Abeer Saady, Independent Media Consultant in the Middle East, 
journalist and educator .	Victoria Fontan, Center Manager, Collaboration 
Center for Quality Learning in Humanitarian Action, Bioforce Institute 
in Lyon, France

Abstracts of maximum 250 words should be sent to 
(safetyofjournalists /at/ hioa.no)   before August 10, 2017. Please include 
your full name, institutional affiliation, and email.
There is no registration fee. The participants are expected to cover 
their own costs for travel and accommodation. A limited number of 
scholarships to cover flight and/or accommodation is available for Ph.D. 
students and researchers from low-income countries. Applications for 
scholarships should be submitted with the abstract.
The best papers will be considered for a forthcoming peer reviewed 
publication.

Roy Krøvel
Professor of journalism
HiOA/ Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences



---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please
use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at
http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------