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On #WorldPressFreedomDay2020 we should celebrate the work of reporters and make sure they can do their job in these tough times, writes our own @MeeraSelva1 as we launch a fund to bring more journalists under pressure to Oxford

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2. The pandemic has intensified existing pressures on journalists and created new threats in countries such as Hungary, Venezuela, China, India and the UK. This piece details some of those threats
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3. #COVIDー19 is being especially tough for journalists and news organisations in Latin America. This piece (in Spanish) by @eduardosuarez explains why washingtonpost.com/es/post-opinio…

4. Our Journalist Fellowship Programme brings to Oxford journalists under pressure like Brazilians @dpinheiro_press & @consuelodieguez.

📱Here they discuss journalism under Bolsonaro's rule
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🎥Watch @consuelodieguez here

5. Another good example is our Journalist Fellow @MaryanaDrach1, from @RFERL in Ukraine.

In this piece she shares the stories of five colleagues who were jailed or harassed in her home country for doing their jobs #WPFD2020
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6. We'd like to bring more journalists under pressure to @risj_oxford. This is why we are creating the Journalists Under Pressure Fund: so great reporters such as @SalehAlBatati1 @bartlettkate & others can come to Oxford and then apply what they learn here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalists-un…

7. We are delighted @TRF, our core sponsor and the main Journalist Fellowship funder, has announced it will support a fellowship specifically for journalists under pressure and we thank @antozappulla for his support

8. If you think we should give additional support to journalists under pressure in these difficult times, we hope you consider contributing any sum (however small) to our fund.

✍️ Donate in this link
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