A new report by the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), based on responses from ๐,๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ, documents how poor working conditions, threats and restrictions on media freedom are weakening journalism across Africa.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ค:
๐๐% say their income from journalism does not meet their basic living needs.
๐๐% work without written contracts and ๐๐% lack social protection.
๐๐% have faced threats or intimidation linked to their work.
๐๐% practise self-censorship frequently or occasionally.
๐๐% have received no digital safety training.
๐๐% have considered leaving journalism.Women journalists face additional risks, including sexual harassment and online abuse. Journalists also report burnout and a lack of mental health support at work.
โJournalists are expected to inform the public while struggling to survive,โ says FAJ President Omar Faruk Osman. โWhen journalists cannot earn a living, work safely or report freely, media freedom exists only on paper.โ
FAJ is calling for fair pay, written contracts, social protection, safe workplaces and stronger protection from attacks and intimidation. Governments and news media organisations must also defend editorial independence, improve access to information and ensure women journalists can work free from discrimination and abuse.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌโ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
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๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ค๐ข ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐๐ was produced by the Federation of African Journalists โ FAJ with the support of UNESCOโs Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists.
The full report is available at this link: http://fajafrica.org/report.
