Journalism and Safety An Introduction to the Field

Introduction to the practice and state of journalism amid dangerous times

Oscar Westlund, Roy Krøvel and Kristin Skare Orgeret

I. Conceptual, Global and Transnational Approaches

1. Conceptualizing Journalists’ Safety around the Globe

Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, Jyotika Ramaprasad, Nina Springer,Sallie Hughes, Thomas

Hanitzsch, Basyouni Ibrahim Hamada, Abit Hoxha and Nina Steindl

2. Mob Censorship: Online Harassment of US Journalists in Times of Digital Hate and Populism

Silvio Waisbord

3. Stronger and Safer Together: Motivations for and Challenges of (Trans)National Collaboration in Investigative Reporting in Latin America

Lourdes M. Cueva Chacón and Magdalena Saldaña

4. ‘Lockdown’ on Digital Journalism? Mapping Threats to Press Freedom during the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis

Lambrini Papadopoulou and Theodora A. Maniou

5. Determinants of Journalists’ Autonomy and Safety: Evidence from the Worlds of Journalism Study

Basyouni Ibrahim Hamada

6. Moving Barriers to Investigative Journalism in Latin America in Times of Instability and

Professional Innovation

Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce, Lourdes Cueva Chacón and Rosental Calmon Alves

7. Promoting Newsafety from the Exile: The Emergence of New Journalistic Roles in Diaspora Journalists’ Networks

Colin Porlezza and Rana Arafat

II. Conflict and Challenges to Democracy

8. Reality on the Ground: Exploring News Production Practices by Syrian Journalists in Times of Conflict

Tania Ouariachi and Lidia Peralta

9. Reporting Conflict from Afar: Journalists, Social Media, Communication Technologies, and War

Britt Christensen and Ali Khalil

10. Harassment’s Toll on Democracy: The Effects of Harassment Towards US Journalists

Kaitlin C. Miller

11.  Human Security as a Conceptual Framework: The Case of Palestinian Journalists

Carol B. Schwalbe, Jeannine E. Relly, Sally Ann Cruikshank and Ethan H. Schwalbe

12.  The Monitored Watchdogs: Journalists’ Surveillance and its Repercussions for their Professional and Personal Lives in Pakistan

Sadia Jamil

13. Medium-Specific Threats for Journalists: Examples from Philippines, Afghanistan and Venezuela

Saumava Mitra, Marte Høiby and Mariateresa Garrido

14. From State Repression to Fear of non-state Actors: Examining Emerging Threats of Journalism Practice in Ethiopia

Téwodros W. Workneh

15. Coping with the Murder: The Impact of Ján Kuciak’s Assassination on Slovak Investigative Journalists

Marína Urbániková and Lenka Haniková

Biography

Oscar Westlund (PhD) is Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, where he co-leads the OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group. He holds a secondary appointment at University of Gothenburg and is the Editor-in-Chief of Digital Journalism. He specializes in digital journalism, fact-checking, platforms, epistemology, media management, news consumption, and, mobile media.

Roy Krøvel (PhD) is Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, where he co-leads the OsloMet Media, War and Conflict Research Group with Professor Orgeret. He holds a secondary appointment at the Sami University in Kautokeino, Norway, and is the co-organizer of the annual Safety of Journalists conference in Oslo. He specializes in the safety of journalists, investigative and data journalism, the uses of AI in journalism, Indigenous Journalism, and war and peace journalism.

Kristin Skare Orgeret (Dr.Art) is Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, where she co-leads the research group MEKK (Media, War and Conflict) and organizes annual international conferences on the safety of journalists. She leads the international research project DD-MAC on the role of digital media in ongoing violent conflicts. She has published extensively within the field of journalism in conflict situations, global journalism and power relations, and media and gender.