The Faculty for Social Wellbeing in collaboration with Ossigeno per l’Informazione is organising the Faculty Symposium 'The Assault on Journalism: taking stock of pressures on journalists in the aftermath of the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia'.

At the centre of the supreme value of democracy is the right of everyone to receive and impart information. The Faculty for Social Wellbeing recognises that freedom of expression is one of the basic conditions for the progress of society and for the development of every person. Journalists enable public debate, act as public watchdogs, inform on matters of public interest and consequently hold those high in the power structures to account, thus ensuring citizens’ access to the process of governance. The Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta has teamed up with Ossigeno per l’informazione to organise a symposium to discuss the pressures facing journalists and media actors in Malta and elsewhere. Ossigeno per l’Informazione has, since 2006 been recording, analysing and recounting cases of threats against media workers and attempts to obscure news of public interest in Italy. It has developed a methodology over time in order to reproduce as faithfully as possible the broader context of intimidation that those who work in the media suffer.

Speakers

Prof. Andrew Azzopardi, Dean, Faculty for Social Wellbeing

Introduction

Alberto Spampinato, Ossigeno per l’Informazione

The Method developed by Ossigeno

Prof. Marilyn Clark, Department of Psychology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing

Journalists under pressure study by the Council of Europe

Ricardo Gutierrez, Executive Secretary, European Federation of Journalists

The role of journalism associations

Herman Grech, Online Editor, Times of Malta

Pressures on journalists in Malta

Date: 6 December 2017

Time: 15:00 to 19:00

Venue: UM Valletta Campus

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Light refreshments will be served during the symposium