Sara Torsner
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Sara Torsner
@saratorsner.bsky.social
Postdoc Research Fellow at the Centre for Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield | Researching threats to journalism and the communicative conditions of diminishment and resistance.
📣 Publication alert! My new chapter on "A Rights-Based Approach to the Safety of Journalists" argues that we need to better understand the chilling societal effects of violations against journalists by considering journalists' dual role as holders and protectors of expression and information rights.
May 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Great listening in to UNESCO's #WorldPressFreedomDay #Academic #Conference on the #Safety of #Journalists. Now on important new data from the Worlds of Journalism Study on journalists' experiences of hostile environments and safety threats covering over 70 countries. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
May 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Had a brilliant time at #PSA25! So much inspiring research and thankful for the opportunity to discuss my newly started ESRC-project on impunity for human rights violations against journalists. Thank you to @psampg.bsky.social & @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social for organising!
April 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM