Where are we now? – (Almost) a decade with The UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity

Abstract

This article takes UNESCO’s Academic Research Agenda on Safety of Journalists as its point of departure. We present an overview of contributions to a selection of research conferences and academic publications focusing on safety of journalists and categorize them according to the research agenda. The overall aim of the contributions is to discuss research on ideas and practices that create unsafe conditions, as well as possible strategies and solutions from practical, theoretical, national or international perspectives. Through this exercise, we find where the focus areas are and what is lacking in current research on safety of journalists, and the discussion serves as an introduction to the chapters of this special issue.

Keywords

• safety
• journalism
• research agenda
• UNESCO
• review