Thomas Johnstone, Author at JMIC

Semester starts – mostly online: The world is little on zoom

Thomas Johnstone on 13. August 2020

Teacher of photojournalism Ellen Lande Gossner used recent examples from international cooperation when she spoke about her experiences of teaching during the coronacrisis.

Corona safety for Arab journalists

Thomas Johnstone on 5. August 2020

screenshot zoom meeting — on screeen **Hanene Zbiss**

ARTICLE 19 MENA (Middle East and North Africa) and Journalism & International Media Center (JMIC) organized the webinar “ COVID 19 and the challenges to journalism and ATI in the Maghreb region” 21 July.

CPJ announces 2020 International Press Freedom awardees

Thomas Johnstone on 15. July 2020

portraits — Clockwise from top left: Svetlana Prokopyeva (Artiom Avanesov); Dapo Olorunyomi (Dapo Olorunyomi); Shahidul Alam (Shahidul Alam); Mohammad Mosaed (Farid Kamran Nia)

New York, July 13, 2020–The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor four courageous journalists from Bangladesh, Iran, Nigeria, and Russia with the 2020 International Press Freedom Awards. All four have been arrested or faced criminal prosecution in reprisal for their reporting. CPJ will also honor lawyer Amal Clooney with the Gwen Ifill Award.

Corona-webinar for Afghan journalists

Thomas Johnstone on 7. July 2020

screenshot of Abeer Saady on zoom. — Abeer Saady, international safety trainer for JMIC

Journalism & Media International Center (JMIC) conducted a webinar on Ethics and Safety when Covering the Corona Pandemic on zoom 17June, with experienced trainer Abeer Saady.

Online workshop on press freedom at OsloMet

Thomas Johnstone on 9. June 2020

map of the world from Reporters without borders

Journalism students used digital tools to collaborate during the annual Rig on press freedom.

The Rig on press freedom is held at OsloMet every spring. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s project had to be arranged digitally, as the university was closed and the students were spread all over Norway.