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A recent survey of more than 900 women journalists in 125 countries found that 73 percent had experienced online violence (Photo: Marco Fieber)

On World Press Freedom Day, new threats to journalists surge

Journalists have long been targeted for truth-telling; but the methods deployed to silence independent reporting have broadened.

Two sinister and distinct trends in harassment have emerged: the onslaught of online abuse targeting — in particular — women journalists, and the weaponisation of laws against media practitioners.

Both are driven by malign influencers desperate to control an ever-more valuable currency: the free flow of information. But increasingly it's the person rath...

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Antonio Zappulla Omri is the CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, and independent charity working to advance media freedom.

A recent survey of more than 900 women journalists in 125 countries found that 73 percent had experienced online violence (Photo: Marco Fieber)

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Antonio Zappulla Omri is the CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, and independent charity working to advance media freedom.

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