conflict & communication online, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2019
www.cco.regener-online.de
ISSN 1618-0747

Ingrid Fadnes, Roy Krøvel and Kristin Skare Orgeret
Where are we now? – (Almost) a decade with The UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity

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.

The authors:

Ingrid Fadnes is a journalist and researcher connected to the Media, War and Conflict research group at Oslo Metropolitan University. Fadnes was a member of the organizing committee of the Safety of Journalists conference 2017 and 2018.
eMail: Ingrid.Fadnes@oslomet.no

Kristin Skare Orgeret is Professor of Journalism at Oslo Metropolitan University and heads the research group Media, War and Conflict. Orgeret has published extensively on journalism and media in conflict and post-conflict, and coordinates a journalism education program with journalism institutions in Nepal, South Suda and Uganda.
eMail: Kristin.Orgeret@oslomet.no

Roy Krøvel is Professor of Journalism at Oslo Metropolitan University and heads the research group Media, War and Conflict. Krøvel has published extensively on journalism and conflict in Latin America, and coordinates a journalism education program with journalism institutions in Nicaragua, Ecuador and Colombia.
eMail: Roy.Krovel@oslomet.no