Yann Rees
@ypm.bsky.social
Researching far right, conflict, marginalization //PostDoc at Research Institute Social Cohesion (FGZ) & Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG) // Bielefeld University
Reposted by Yann Rees
Press freedom doesn’t only decline when the far right governs. This article by our Patrick Peltz shows how local journalists in Saxony and Thuringia face threats, intimidation, and subtle silencing amid far-right mobilisation even without national power.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JNCRF...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JNCRF...
Not Censored, But Silenced: Evidence from Local Journalists in German Far-Right Strongholds
Where the far right comes to power, press freedom typically declines. Yet threats to journalism also emerge in democratic systems where far-right actors are not nationally in government but exert g...
www.tandfonline.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Press freedom doesn’t only decline when the far right governs. This article by our Patrick Peltz shows how local journalists in Saxony and Thuringia face threats, intimidation, and subtle silencing amid far-right mobilisation even without national power.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JNCRF...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JNCRF...