Rachael Jolley, editor in chief of Index on Censorship magazine, speaks to BBC News about CEO of Rappler Maria Ressa’s recent sentencing to up to six years in prison
CATEGORY: Index in the Press
How big tech is enabling Chinese censorship around the world (The Telegraph)
Index on Censorship’s Jemimah Steinfeld speaks to The Telegraph about how technology is allowing China to impose censorship further and further afield
The Londoner: Corbyn critic Ruth Smeeth is freedom of speech CEO (Evening Standard)
New CEO of Index on Censorship Ruth Smeeth talks to the Evening Standard about the importance of free speech
Ruth Smeeth (The Political Party podcast)
Ruth Smeeth, CEO of Index on Censorship, speaks to Matt Forde on his podcast The Political Party about the history of Index, how her experiences will inform her leadership of the organisation, and why its work is so vital
SNP attempt to avoid public scrutiny amid covid is dangerously anti-democratic (The Herald)
Index on Censorship is quoted as Neil Mackay of The Herald reports on the Scottish authorities’ delayed response to freedom of information requests
Who is watching you now? (Prospect)
Index on Censorship’s Rachael Jolley writes in Prospect on the increasing use of surveillance technology in the Covid-19 era and the implications for the future
The BBC bounces back (Eurozine)
Index on Censorship’s Rachael Jolley writes in Eurozine on the trajectory of the BBC from facing criticism from the government pre-coronavirus to praise for their current reporting
Index editor-in-chief on the importance of the mapping media freedom project (BBC World Service)
Index on Censorship’s Rachael Jolley talks to BBC News’ Gareth Mitchell and Ghislaine Boddington about Index’s mapping media freedom project
Mapping violations of free speech under the cloak of coronavirus (Eurozine)
Index on Censorship’s Jemimah Steinfeld writes in Eurozine on the importance of mapping media freedom violations during the coronavirus crisis
The regimes using coronavirus as an excuse to attack press freedom (New Statesman)
Index on Censorship’s Rachael Jolley writes in the New Statesman about the recent attacks on media freedom and why it’s crucial to record them.
Listen to Index editor-in-chief on the future of local journalism
Rachael Jolley speaks about initiatives such as CG Net Swara in India and the La Voz de Galicia as well as the rise of Facebook Groups in hyperlocal journalism
Index deputy editor on the decision by Hachette to drop Woody Allen memoir (TalkRadio)
Index on Censorship’s Jemimah Steinfeld talks to TalkRadio’s Matthew Wright about Woody Allen’s controversial autobiography
Index on Censorship in the press contains news and updates on Index campaigns and projects in media outlets. Index on Censorship also provides commentary to news organisations on free expression topics.