Dear colleagues, 

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of a one-stop open online platform on the safety of journalists – safetyofjournalists.org - a joint initiative between the University of Liverpool and the Worlds of Journalism Study, in co-operation with UNESCO. The project is funded by Research England and is led by Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, Reader in Global Journalism and Media at the University of Liverpool and Central and Eastern Europe Regional Co-Lead in the Worlds of Journalism Study and the Journalism Safety Research Network. 

The website will be launched by the end of July 2023 and will be an open one-stop resource on journalists’ safety aimed at introducing the key stakeholders in the process of implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and bridging the gap between them. A main aim is to present academic research in a format that will make sense for and will be of use to non-academic partners with the goal of ultimately improving journalists’ safety. The website will also contain essential information about international organizations and civil society that work actively in this area. It will also feature interviews with “champions” of journalists’ safety, and will contain useful open-access resources for academics, students and journalists, an invitation for collaborations on the topic and information about events and initiatives.     

We would like to invite you to contribute to the website by presenting your research and adding your profile to it as well as sharing any relevant research outputs on the safety of journalists. We are kindly asking you to complete one survey with information about your research profile - https://liverpoolcommsmedia.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_78TZ4HFv0hpHQZo and a separate survey for every study that you would like us to present in a non-academic way on the website – https://liverpoolcommsmedia.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3yHolL7e8kjiIHc 

Please note that the second survey is for ONE academic study only so if you like us to feature more than one study on the website, please fill in the survey as many times as needed until you have submitted a separate entry for each of your studies.    

The website will also feature a database of research outputs so if you are uploading outputs, please ensure that you are the copyright holder or have the permission to upload the output you are uploading (for journal articles, these would mainly be the pre-proofs versions).   

We hope that you will contribute to this important initiative.  

If you have any questions, please get in touch with either Vera or Christos at vpetkova@liverpool.ac.uk and christos.kostopoulos@liverpool.ac.uk. 

Looking forward to hearing from you!  

Kind regards,  

Vera & Christos