TY - JOUR
AU - Orgeret, Kristin Skare
AB - JOURNALISM STUDIES 2023, VOL. 24, NO. 7, 825–837 https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2206494 EDITORIAL Introduction: Understanding Roots and Betweenness Defining Safety of Journalists as a Sub-field of Research. Reading between the Lines Introduction The topic of the safety of journalists has emerged as an increasingly important one in public discourse in tandem with the advancement of the study of journalists’ safety over the last few years. As more attention is given to the fact that a journalist is killed every seventh day for work-related reasons, the awareness of the safety of journalists as one of the most daunting challenges for press freedom and democracy around the world has grown. The Nobel peace prize award of 2021 to brave journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitiri Muratov also drew inter- national public opinion’s attention to how the safety of journalists can serve as a pointer towards democratic development and media freedom in general. In the more than ten years since the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists was launched in 2012, the topic of the safety of journalists has emerged significantly in academic and public spheres. In 2014 UNESCO developed a research agenda in line with the Plan of Action and promoted it 
TI - Introduction: Understanding Roots and Betweenness Defining Safety of Journalists as a Sub-field of Research. Reading between the Lines
JF - Journalism Studies
DO - 10.1080/1461670X.2023.2206494
DA - 2023-05-19
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/introduction-understanding-roots-and-betweenness-defining-safety-of-9jHlkR90sr
SP - 825
EP - 837
VL - 24
IS - 7
DP - DeepDyve
ER -