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New Opportunities in Monitoring Safety of Journalists through the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

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  • Guy Berger

    (Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO, France)

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This article highlights the potential for increased and more standardised monitoring of a range of aspects of the safety of journalists. This is in the light of a specific indicator that has been agreed by the UN as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The indicator concerned treats the safety of journalists as a benchmark for tracking progress on SDG target 16.10, which specifies “public access to information and fundamental freedoms” (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, n.d.) as a development aspiration. Inclusion of this indicator in the SDGs provides a universally legitimated framework with strong catalytic potential. All this holds a promise of improved, more comparative, and increased research output, as compared to the previous situation. The results of new research stimulated by this development, particularly at country level, could have real impact on the safety of journalists.

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  • Guy Berger, 2020. "New Opportunities in Monitoring Safety of Journalists through the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(1), pages 78-88.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:meanco:v8:y:2020:i:1:p:78-88
    DOI: 10.17645/mac.v8i1.2660
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