Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has underlined once again the essential role of independent, ethical journalism in assisting citizens to make life-or-death decisions, informing the world, and holding the powerful to account.
As a powerful antidote to the disinformation and propaganda that characterise hybrid warfare, and as a pillar of democracy upon which other freedoms and rights depend, journalism in Ukraine is undergoing a terrible assault.
The targeting [1], torturing [2], and killing [3] of journalists is abhorrent and must be stopped. Those responsible must be held accountable and brought to justice under national and international law. Vicious online attacks against news organisations and individual journalists must also cease. We condemn Russia’s attacks on press freedom and freedom of expression in Ukraine in the strongest possible terms.
The safety and security of all journalists to report freely are essential to ensure that the world understands the reality and facts of the ongoing war, including the humanitarian consequences.
We stand in solidarity with all journalists and independent media covering Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
The greater the threat to Ukrainian journalists’ lives, livelihoods, and ability to do their jobs, the greater will be our efforts to support them. Funding, protective gear, equipment, housing, training, office space in foreign cities, and psychosocial support – we will do everything we can to support our Ukrainian colleagues’ ability to continue reporting and serving the urgent needs of their audiences.
A window of opportunity for journalism and journalists everywhere
In countries with access to independent sources of news, an often sceptical public [4] are recognising the bravery, commitment and professionalism of journalists and media outlets, both Ukrainian and international. Even governments with hostile dispositions to free, independent media are being forced to acknowledge the vital role journalism plays in ensuring that the world sees the invasion of Ukraine for what it is. Tech companies too are waking up to the fact that not all information is equal, and that there is a moral imperative to give due prominence to professional, independent, public interest journalism.
This nascent, new-found and rekindled recognition of journalism’s value among the public and policy makers is fragile. Ukrainian reporters and international journalists reporting from Ukraine have earned a window of opportunity. The greatest leaps of progress are often made in times of crisis. We, collectively, cannot afford to squander it.
For the sake of the immediate future and safety of our Ukrainian colleagues, and the long term viability of independent, public interest journalism everywhere [5], this is a moment that we all need to rise to.
For the benefit of media and journalists everywhere, we:
- Insist that states and armed groups must release all imprisoned and kidnapped journalists, including those detained or sentenced under the guise of prohibiting defamation or countering terrorism;
- Acknowledge that many conflicts and crises have at times not received the united, rapid and sustained response that our collective conscience demands;
- Affirm that field producers are journalists not “fixers” [6] – their language skills, cultural and regional understanding and strong networks of contacts are crucial to international reporting and deserve the same rights, respect, support, social security and credit as all journalists covering conflicts [7].
- Commit to intensifying our efforts to support journalists in conflict zones, in exile, and facing hardship everywhere, including independent media/journalists from Belarus and Russia who have been forced to flee their countries;
- Russia’s crackdown on dissent; its attacks against press freedom; its intimidation of independent journalism – these actions are forcing journalists who remain committed to truth-telling and free speech into silence or exile. Russian people are being denied access to the truth.
To international media and journalists, we ask that you:
- Where legally permitted, provide surplus personal protective equipment to organisations able to transport this to Ukraine;
- Draw attention to the social insecurity of Ukrainian field producers and translators’ who help foreign media by providing them with proper pay, insurance and additional safety guarantees [8];
- Wherever possible make safety training available to Ukrainian journalists and to all journalists, including freelancers reporting from Ukraine, and “show the same concern for the welfare and safety of freelancers, local journalists and media workers as they do for their staff” [9] including providing the same protective equipment to Ukrainian colleagues as to international reporters;
- Open your doors to displaced journalists and newsrooms. Give them somewhere to work from. Hire them if you can afford to;
- Listen to the calls of Ukrainian colleagues to use appropriate and accurate language when reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, consistent with the ethical standards of independent journalism [10];
To private and public donors and funders of professional journalism, we ask that you
- Urgently increase and provide flexible financial support to media that produce independent, ethical journalism, enabling them to hire or keep paying reporters, editors, and producers who are reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine;
- When you fund journalism, remember, journalism is a public good [11]. It is an end in itself, a pillar of democracy upon which many other freedoms and rights depend. Do not undermine its independence by seeking to instrumentalise it as a tool of strategic communication or as a means to achieve other development objectives. Treat it with the respect it deserves and follow the well-established best practices and guidance on effective support to journalism [12];
- Simplify the process of applying for funding in emergencies: Application forms must be in local languages and should not require large amounts of internet data by requiring numerous files to be uploaded;
- Ensure that media and journalism are included in all aid coordination mechanisms;
- Provide support not just for newsrooms, but individual journalists and freelancers from Ukraine, as well as via mechanisms of fellowships or content production projects;
- Consider providing not only financial support, but also methodological and technical support. This can be the transfer of equipment for affected editors, training or publication of methodological materials.
To the EU, EU member states, members of the Media Freedom Coalition and all states that care about the right to freedom of expression and access to information to
- Provide emergency visas and safe havens for Ukrainian journalists, as well as an independent journalists from Belarus and Russia, to re-establish their bases of operations and continue reporting;
- Condemn and push back against the trend of criminalising journalism, a hallmark of creeping authoritarianism in many parts of the world. Journalism is not a crime;
- Use all multilateral fora to defend the rights of journalists and advance their protection as civilians under international humanitarian law, particularly in the context of Russia’s war on Ukraine;
- Contribute to all efforts to investigate and bring to justice cases of journalists targeted in this war.
To technology, telecoms, internet intermediaries and advertisers, we ask you to
- Work with the media and journalism community to identify, protect and uplift [13] independent, ethical journalism, fact-checking, and media literacy efforts;
- Prevent automated takedowns of journalistic content documenting evidence of international crimes of aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious human rights violations. These need to be available for journalists, fact-checkers, investigators and other stakeholders to effectively bring perpetrators to account and end impunity. Strengthen transparency and notice procedures, expedite appeal and remedy;
- Reverse commercial incentives – both through algorithms and content moderation policies – that discriminate against public-interest journalism’s ability to reach audiences and monetise high-quality content;
- Work with advertisers to stop the use of blacklist technology to block ads from appearing next to journalism and news media stories that mention conflicts like Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic and other critical health and social issues;
- Deliver internet accessibility to all: prioritise maintaining internet accessibility and connectivity, and promote the right to access information.
We continue to stand in solidarity with all journalists around the world who work in areas of conflict or where freedom of expression is limited, to deliver trusted information in the public interest.
- https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-edf7240a9d990e7e3e32f82ca351dede
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/they-said-theyd-mutilate-and-kill-me-says-kidnapped-ukrainian-journalist
- https://ipi.media/deaths/?topic=0&incident_type=0&country=0&years=0&search=
- Despite attitudes improving slightly during the pandemic – as audiences looked for trustworthy sources of information and journalists rose to the occasion – trust in journalism remains worryingly low: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/they-are-not-fixers-they-are-journalists-light-war-ukraine-three-field-producers-discuss
- Even before COVID-19, independent journalism around the world was facing an existential crisis. Market failure driven by the economic and technological disruption of the news and advertising industry means that now is the most difficult time to do good journalism in decades. https://gfmd.info/emergency-appeal-for-journalism-and-media-support-2/
- “They are not ‘fixers’. They are journalists”: in the light of the war in Ukraine, three field producers discuss the challenges of their job – Laura Oliver – Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism – 26 March 2022
- ACOS Alliance: “News organisations should work with journalists in assessing the risk associated with bylines in any story and establish whether crediting those involved in the production of a story could endanger anyone.” https://www.acosalliance.org/ukraine-safety-statement/-https%3A/www.acosalliance.org/the-principles
- https://imi.org.ua/en/news/it-is-a-crime-to-underestimate-the-contribution-of-ukrainian-journalists-to-the-coverage-of-this-i44417
- “International news organizations have a moral responsibility to support the journalists they commission and to show the same concern for the welfare and safety of freelancers, local journalists and media workers as they do for their staff. In making assignments in a conflict zone or dangerous environment international news organizations should be prepared to take comparable responsibility for the well-being of freelancers and local journalists in case of kidnapping or injury as they do for staffers, and for their families in case of death.” https://www.acosalliance.org/ukraine-safety-statement
- Please see the appeal of the Ukrainian media and journalists to their colleagues worldwide on the correct terminology to be used while reporting on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: https://detector.media/community/article/197790/2022-03-23-open-letter-to-media-professionals-who-cover-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/
- https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/windhoek30declaration_wpfd_2021.pdf
- For guides on how to fund journalism see https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/media-funding-guides
- “uplift” refers to how algorithms treat journalism, fact-checking and media literacy content. It is not intended as a call for funding by internet intermediaries.
The Perugia Declaration for Ukraine was launched on 9 April 2022 at the International Journalism Festival. For more information see: https://gfmd.info/ukraine-press-kit/
Signatories (organisations):
- ACOS Alliance
- ActiveWatch Association
- Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)
- Ahval News
- Albanian Media Institute (AMI)
- Anglo-Magyar Training & Media
- ARTICLE 19
- Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (Abraji)
- Association des journalistes européens – France
- Association Générale des Journalistes Professionnels de Belgique (AGJPB)
- Association Luxembourgeoise des Journalistes Professionnels (ALJP)
- Association of Austrian Community Broadcasters
- Association of Caribbean Media Workers
- Association of European Journalists (Belgium)
- Association of Freelance Journalists in Finland (AFJ)
- Association of Independent Press (API)
- Association of “Independent Regional Publishers of Ukraine” (AIRPU)
- Association of Professional Journalists of Albania (APJA)
- AW Free Foundation
- BaleBengong (Indonesia)
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
- Baltic Internet Policy Initiative
- Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
- Bayraqdar.info
- BBC Media Action
- Belarus In Focus Information Office
- Belarusian Association of Journalists
- Belmont Community Media Center
- Blueprint for Free Speech
- Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers
- Brazilian Newspaper Association (ANJ)
- Bundesverband Bürgermedien (bvbm) e. V.
- Bylines Networks Limited
- Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma
- Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF)
- CFI Medias
- Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ)
- Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD)
- Circular Initiatives Roadmap (CIR)
- Coda Story
- COMMIT – Community Medien Institut
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE)
- Community Media Solutions (CMS)
- Comunitatea Internet
- CONNECTAS
- CREOpoint
- Daily Nawa-i-Ahmedpur Sharqia Pakistan
- The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
- Daraj Media
- Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
- Dela0.ro
- Detector Media, Ukraine
- Deutscher Journalisten-Verband
- Deutsche Journalistinnen- und Journalisten-Union (dju) in ver.di
- Digital Content Next
- DJV Thüringen
- Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ)
- DW Akademie
- elDiario.es
- EMPOWERHOUSE
- Espreso TV
- Ethical Journalism Network (EJN)
- European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
- European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
- European Journalism Centre (EJC)
- European Press Prize
- Fathm
- Federación de Asociaciones de Periodistas de España (FAPE)
- FeSMC-UGT Agrupación de Periodistas de UGT
- Finnish Foundation for Media and Development (Vikes)
- Free Press Unlimited (FPU)
- Freedom Forum (Nepal)
- Fojo Media Institute
- Fondation Hirondelle
- ForSet (Georgia)
- Forum Newspaper SL
- Foundation “Souspilnist”, Ukraine
- Frontline Freelance Register
- Fundación Gabo
- Future Makers Team
- Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation / Ukrainian Media Fund
- GLOBALNEWSNETWORK11
- Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
- Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
- Global Voices Advox
- Global Youth & News Media
- The GroundTruth Project
- Hungarian Press Union
- IFEX
- Impressum – Swiss Journalist’s Federation
- Independent Association of Georgian Journalists
- Independent Journalism Center, Moldova
- Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia
- Independent Journalists Association of Vojvodina
- Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine
- Independent Trade Union of Journalist and Media Workers – North Macedonia
- Institut Panos Grands Lacs
- Institute for Regional Media and Information (IRMI, Ukraine)
- Institute of Communication Studies
- Institute of Mass Information, Ukraine
- International Academy Serbia
- International Center for Journalists
- International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
- International Institute – International Media Center
- International Media Support (IMS)
- International Network of Street Papers
- International Press Institute (IPI)
- Internews
- Internews Ukraine
- International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)
- International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
- Investigate Europe
- Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union (Russia)
- Journalists Trade Union of Azerbaijan
- Journo.com.tr
- Jnomics Media
- Lie Detectors
- Lithuanian Journalists Union
- Lithuanian National Television and Radio (LRT)
- Lviv Media Forum
- Locals.md
- Macroscope London
- Maharat Foundation
- Magdalene
- Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI)
- Media Action Nepal (MAN)
- Media Association for Peace (MAP)
- MediaConsulting Fund
- Media Council for self regulation (Montenegro)
- MediaDataLab
- Media Development Investment Fund
- Media Diversity Institute (MDI)
- Media Impact Funders
- Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT)
- Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
- MediaLab.NRW
- MediaSind – Romanian Trade Union of Journalists
- Mediastandard.ro
- Mensagem de Lisboa
- Muwatin Media Network
- Namibia Media Trust (NMT)
- National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU)
- NEO NEWS HD
- New Narratives
- News Consulting Group
- NewsPrice
- Norwegian Union of Journalists
- Northern Studio
- OBC Transeuropa (OBCT)
- One World Media
- Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
- Ossigeno.Informazione
- Outriders
- Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
- Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf)
- Paper Trail Media
- PEN America
- Press Club Brussels Europe
- Press Workers Trade Union Cyprus
- Project Syndicate
- Prykarpatska Informational Corporation
- Public Interest Journalism Lab
- Public Interest News Foundation
- Public Media Alliance (PMA)
- Pulitzer Center
- Punto24 — Platform for Independent Journalism (Istanbul)
- Radio Ambulante Studios
- Radio Bullets
- Refugee Journalism Project
- Report for America
- Report for the World
- Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- RIA Media Corporation (Ukraine)
- Ruh Erk Media – Рух Эрк Медиа (Kyrgyzstan)
- Rural Media Network Pakistan
- Russia Behind Bars
- Samir Kassir Foundation – SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom
- Searchlight Development Action – Cameroon
- Sindicato dos Jornalistas (Portugal)
- Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression- SCM
- Social Weaver
- Society for creative initiative – Rekreakta, Belgrade
- Society of Journalists, Warsaw
- SOM School Of Media
- South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO)
- Stowarzyszenie Dziennikarzy Rzeczypospolitej Polskie (SDRP)
- Syndicat national de journalistes CGT (SNJ-CGT France)
- SyriaUntold
- Tanzania Media Practitioners Association
- TerminiTV
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
- THE CITY
- The Croatian Journalists’ Association (CJA)
- The Daily Shahnama
- The Fix Media
- The Frontline Club (The Frontline Club Charitable Trust)
- The Fuller Project
- The Ukrainians Media
- The VII Foundation
- The University of Georgia
- Thomson Foundation
- Thomson Reuters Foundation
- Trade Union of Croatian Journalists
- Transitions
- Turkish Association of Journalists (GCD)
- Tvoe Misto (City of Yours)
- Uganda Journalist Union (UJU)
- Vlaamse Vereniging van Journalisten (VVJ)
- Voxeurop
- Will Media
- Women4europe
- World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
- World Editors Forum
- World Press Freedom Canada
- The University of Georgia
- Union of Journalists in Finland
- Zamaneh Media
- Zerkalo.io (Belarus)
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Signatories (individuals: speakers, attendees and friends of the International Journalism Festival):
- Abbas Taleb, Public Relations Director, Muwatin Media Network
- Abiodun Salawu, Professor and Research Director, Indigenous Language Media in Africa, North-West University, South Africa
- Ahmad Quraishi, Executive Director, Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)
- Aidan O’Rourke, Content Creator, New Europeans
- Alan Dench, Director, Clinical Compliance Services
- Alan Hick, EU Director, New Europeans International
- Alessandro Tommasi, Co-founder and CEO, Will Media
- Alia Papageorgiou, President, Press Club Brussels Europe
- Alice Taylor, Co-Editor, Exit.al
- Alla Sadovnyk, Journalist, Public broadcasting company of Ukraine
- Alvin Sold, Honorary President, European Newspaper Publishers’ Association
- Ana Dubeli, Editor in Chief, Locals.md
- Andreï Jvirblis, Board member, Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union (Russia)
- Andrii Beliakov, Website Owner, Journalist, Bucha.city
- Angelina Fusco, Chair Dart Centre Europe
- Anna Masera, Vice Director, Giornale di Brescia
- Anna Zdorenko, Managing Editor, ZN.UA
- Anne Parry, Segretaria MFE Valpolicella, Movimento Federalista Europeo
- Antonina Cherevko, Head of the Independent Media Council, Ukraine
- Antonio Zappulla, CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation
- Anya Schiffrin, Senior Lecturer, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
- Arnold Cassola, Columnist, former MP and former Sec. Gen. of the European Green Party
- Artem Liss, Flying Fox Media Ltd.
- Assia Chaneva, Editor, Bulgarian National Radio
- Astrid Maier, Chief Editor, XING
- Barys Haretski, Deputy Chair, Belarusian Association of Journalists
- Baybars Orsek, Director, International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)
- Benedetta Tobagi, Writer and Researcher
- Bill Orme, CEO, Emro Associates
- Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and Adjunct Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
- Carlos Eduardo Huertas, Director, CONNECTAS
- Caroline Nursey OBE, Chief Executive Officer, BBC Media Action
- Caroline Brown, member, Brighton & Hove Liberal Democrats
- Catarina Carvalho, Founder and editor, Mensagem de Lisboa
- Charlie Beckett, Director, Polis, LSE
- Charlotte Lindberg, Editor/host, Yle (Finnish broadcasting company)
- Cherilyn Ireton, Executive Director, World Editors Forum, WAN-IFRA
- Christopher J. Hajecki, Director, Ads for News
- Claudia Julieta Duque, Journalist, Radio Nizkor
- Courtney Radsch, Tech and media policy expert
- Daniela Pinheiro, Columnist, UOL
- Darrin Zammit Lupi, Contractor Photographer, Reuters
- David Hoffman, Founder of Internews and Chairman Emeritus of GFMD, Internews
- Dilfuza Mirzakhmedova, Director, MediaDataLab
- Dinko Gruhonjić, Program Director, Independent Journalists Association of Vojvodina
- Dmytro Tuzov, host “Radio NV”
- Elisabeth Fondren, Assistant Professor of Journalism, St. John’s University New York
- Elodie Vialle, Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society (Harvard)
- Emre Kızılkaya, Editor of Journo.com.tr and chair of IPI Turkey.
- Erick Torrico, Coordinator of Democratic Communication Project, UNIR Bolivia Foundation
- Fergus Bell, CEO, Fathm
- Floriana Bulfon, Freelance Journalist
- Francesca Milano,Chora Media
- Francesco Filippi, Historian, Fondazione Museo Storico del Trentino
- Francesco Zaffarano, Editor-in-chief, Will Media
- François Nel, Reader in Media Innovation, University of Central Lancashire
- Gabriela Preda, Freelance Journalist
- Giangiacomo Ceresara, Communication Specialist, Arriva (Deutsche Bahn)
- Gian-Paolo Accardo, Editor-in-chief, Voxeurop
- Gilles Demptos, Director for Asia-Pacific, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA-Asia)
- Giulia Blasi, Freelance writer
- Grazia Li Greci, Content Specialist, K-agency
- Gypsy Guillén Kaiser, Advocacy and Communications Director, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Heather Bakken, President, World Press Freedom Canada
- Ilie Pintea, War Correspondent, Radio România Actualități
- India Bouquerel, Editor-in-chief, Live Magazine
- Ingrid Hassler, Senior Producer (retired), BBC News
- Iryna Savchenko, Program manager regional, Internews
- Isabelle Roughol, Founder, Borderline
- Ivan Sigal, Executive Director, Global Voices
- Jakub Parusinski, Editor, The Fix Media
- James Ball, Global Editor, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
- Jane Fieldsend, Member, New Europeans
- Jeanette Seiffert, Coordinator Media Development, DW Academie
- Jeffrey Hansell, Executive Director, Belmont Community Media Center
- Jennifer Ellis, Director, YW Ltd.
- Jessica Ní Mhainín, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Index on Censorship
- Jeremy Druker, Executive Director and Editor in Chief, Transitions
- Joanna Krawczyk, President of the Board, Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation / Ukrainian Media Fund
- John Crowley, Freelance journalist, Independent
- Jon Williams, Managing Director, RTÉ News
- Jorge Luis Sierra, President, Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers
- Joris van Duijne, Executive Director, Zamaneh Media
- José Luis Benítez, Independent, Independent media and journalism researcher
- Juleyka Lantigua, Founder/CEO, LWC Studios
- Dr Julie Posetti, Global Director of Research, ICFJ
- Juliet Lodge, Women4europe
- Lars Tallert, Head of Policy, Fojo Media Institute
- Leli Bibilashvili, Associate Dean, The University of Georgia
- Line Wolf Nielsen, Communication Advisor, IMS
- Lucy Ekadu, President, Uganda Journalist Union (UJU)
- Luis Menéndez, International Delegate, Federación de Asociaciones de Periodistas de España (FAPE)
- Joseph Kamanda, Editor, Forum Newspaper SL
- Kathy English, Chair of Board, Canadian Journalism Foundation
- Kristian Porter, CEO, Public Media Alliance (PMA)
- Luc Steinberg, Head of operations, Media Diversity Institute (MDI)
- Marina Constantinoiu, Project Coordinator, EditiaDeDeminieata.ro
- Marina Walker Guevara, Pulitzer Center
- Mary Myers, independent researcher and media consultant
- Mae Azango, New Narratives and Front Page Africa
- Marcelo Rech, Journalist, President, Brazilian Newspaper Association (ANJI)
- Maria Laura Franciosi, Journalist, Ossigeno.info
- Maria Toghina, Journalist, Radio Romania
- Marijana Matovic, Media researcher, Faculty of Political Sciences (University of Belgrade) and Society for creative initiative – Rekreakta
- Marius Dragomir, Director, Center for Media, Data & Society (CMDS)
- Marko Marković, Director of Communications, NaftogazTeplo
- Mattia Cursi, Cameraman, Vudio
- Melanie Bunce, Head of the Journalism Department, City University of London
- Melanie Walker, Executive Director, Media Development, WAN-IFRA
- Michele Palmieri, Freelance Journalist
- Milica Pesic, Director, Media Diversity Institute (MDI)
- Mira Milosevic, Executive Director, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
- Mushfig Alasgarli, Chairman, Azerbaijan Journalists Trade Union
- Naryn Aiyp, Deputy Chief Editor, NazarNews
- Natalia Antelava, Editor in Chief, Coda Media
- Nataliya Gumenyuk, CEO, Public Interest Journalism Lab
- Nataliya Marchuk, Assistant Professor, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Journalism Department
- Natia Kaladze, Dean, The University of Georgia
- Nino Macharashvili, Director, ForSet (Georgia)
- Olaf Steenfadt, Director, Journalism Trust Initiative, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- Olga Myrovych, Head, Lviv Media Forum
- Olga Romanova, Founder, Russia Behind Bars
- Owais Aslam Ali (Pakistan Press Foundation)
- Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor, EU Commission
- Prue Clarke, Director, New Narratives
- Rachel Danna, Deputy Managing Editor, Project Syndicate
- Rasha Abdulla, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo
- Rebecca Harms,Vice Chair, ECPMF
- Remzi Lani, Director, Albanian Media Institute
- Renate Schroeder, Director, European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
- Ricardo Corredor Cure, Chairman GFMD (2016-2021)
- Ricardo Gutiérrez, General Secretary, European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
- Rob Walker, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia
- Robin Wilson, Editor-in-chief, Social Europe
- Roger Casale, Secretary General, New Europeans International
- Sally Morgan, Vice-Chair, European Movement Wandsworth and Merton
- Sameer Padania, Director, Macroscope London
- Sarah Stonbely, Research Director, Center for Cooperative Media
- Sebastian Scholz, Executive Director, DJV Thüringen
- Sergio Caringi, Director, Meeting with the International Press in Brazil
- Shawn McCarthy, Vice President, World Press Freedom Canada
- Silvia Boccardi, Journalist, Will Media
- Sophie Brown, Media consultant, Independent
- Stella Roque, Director of Community Engagement, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
- Steve Buckley, Community Media Solutions (CMS)
- Sudeshna Chanda, Program Officer, Zamaneh Media
- Taranath Dahal, CEO & Founder, Freedom Forum (Nepal)
- Taras Prokopyshyn, CEO and Co-Founder, The Ukrainians Media
- Tarik Jusic, Lecturer, University of New York in Prague (UNYP)
- Tom Law, Head of Policy and Learning, GFMD
- Tom Trewinnard, COO, Fathm
- Vasyl Stefanyk, Precarpathian National University, Journalism Department
- Victoria Bridges, Director, One World Media
- Victoria Oscarsson, Journalist, Yle (Finnish broadcasting company)
- Vincent Peyrègne, Chief Executive Officer, WAN-IFRA
- Virginia Stagni, Head of Business Development, Financial Times
- Vivienne Francis, Director, Refugee Journalism Project
- Vusumuzi Sifile, Executive Director, Panos Institute Southern Africa
- Wayne Robins, Adjunct Professor, St. John’s University
- Xanthe Scharff, Co-founder and CEO, The Fuller Project
- Yavuz Baydar, Editor-in-Chief, Ahval News
- Yazan Badran, Visiting professor, postdoctoral researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Zaneta Trajkoska, Director, Institute of Communication Studies
- Zakhar Protsiuk, The Fix Media
- Zoe Titus, Director, Namibia Media Trust
More than 150 journalists and other private individuals have also supported this declaration. In order to protect their privacy, their names have not been added to the list.
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