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Sent on behalf of Professor Jackie Harrison, Chair Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) and Professor Karl Taylor, Department of Economics

Deadline is approaching for this funded PhD studentship opportunity - 21 May 2015

The Department of Journalism Studies is now advertising a funded ESRC White Rose DTC Network Studentship based at the University of Sheffield. Applications are invited for a PhD studentship entitled 'The design and structure of Journalism Safety Trends (JSTs) data sets as indicators of the safety and risk to the practice of free journalism in hostile environments'. The constraints of such environments may apply at national and regional levels, and are potentially indicators of the broader status of media freedom, democracy and development in nations.

This PhD studentship is a collaboration between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) based in Paris and the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield. The project focuses on the design and structure of Journalism Safety Trends data sets (JSTs), which identify hostile environments inimical to free journalism at the national and regional level.

It is based on the recognition that there is a need to investigate the extent to which the safety of journalists is an indicator of other democratic and development trends in a society. Its specific focus will be to investigate whether there are any correlations between trends in the safety of journalists and indicators related to freedom of expression, media freedom, democracy, good governance and national and regional fragility.

The successful student will undertake a three-month secondment at UNESCO in Paris during the first year of the PhD.

For more information and how to apply please visit  http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/research/phd/studentship 

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Dr Lada T Price
Department of Journalism Studies
University of Sheffield
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