Politicians who view journalists as enemies or security threats encourage attacks
Cenzolovka 25.09.2019 | Marija Šajkaš
Populists emphasize domestic isolationism and security over all else, including and especially freedom of the media and expression. This framing puts our safety and our freedoms at odds, when actually, we can't have one without the other, and positions journalists and media workers as a threat to that safety, says Jennifer Adams, international expert focused on protection of female journalists on the Internet
Jennifer Adams (Photo: Theresa Pewal) Jennifer Adams is an international media consultant and the author of the documentary film A Dark Place that highlights the experiences of female journalists who have been targeted by online harassment. She is the former Media Freedom Project Officer in the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, where she led the OSCE’s Safety of Female Journalists Online (SOFJO) project. Ms. Adams specialization is in the
