Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work

Groundbreaking new research also reports that 11% of surveyed have faced physical violence in their reporting

The Guardian
Violent attacks against environmental journalists on the rise, report finds

Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murders

The Guardian
Sharif Abdel Kouddous on the Targeting of Journalists & Israel’s “Colonial Fantasy” to Depopulate Gaza

As the United Nations calls again for a ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinian health officials are warning thousands of women, children and sick people could soon die as Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza. Gaza is also facing a second day of a communications blackout. “Gaza City itself is a hollow shell” where “the streets have been turned into graveyards” and “the smell of death is everywhere,” says independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous. “It increasingly seems that Israel is trying to push Palestinians into Egypt, which is a long-standing colonial fantasy,” he says of Israel’s campaign of Palestinian displacement in Gaza. Kouddous also calls out the journalism community’s silence in the face of what is the deadliest conflict for journalists in decades, noting the “bias being laid bare.”

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"Media disintermediation and attacks on the press: the uses put to Jair Bolsonaro's YouTube and Instagram profiles" was a work resulting from the project Violence against journalists in times of health and political crisis (UFSC). I presented it with Janara Nicoletti at the International Seminar Media, Populism and Corruption.

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Seminário Media, Populismo e Corrupção

Seminário Media, Populismo e Corrupção

Seminário Media, Populismo e Corrupção