CEFH researcher participates in World Press Day conference

Rui Alexandre Novais, researcher at the Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies (CEFH) of Universidade Católica participated in the online conference "The Role of Academia in Protecting Freedom of Expression as a Driver for Other Human Rights", organized on 27 April, as part of the activities of World Press Day.

The researcher from the Braga Regional Centre of the University intervened in the conference with a presentation entitled "How researching right-wing populist anti-media attacks helps to defend press freedom in Lusophone Countries".

His intervention explored how the delegitimisation of the media and journalistic professionalism by right-wing populists, which threatens press freedom, crosses national contexts (Portugal and Brazil) and prevails either in the struggle for legitimacy on the periphery of the political establishment or in the exercise of the highest functions in power.

The presentation by Rui Alexandre Novais focused on recent publications on the topic in the Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies and in the Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, as part of the project "Mapping risk and uncertainty for journalism and news organizations in Lusophone countries" led by the researcher and based at the CEFH.

The event was jointly hosted by Global Freedom of Expression at Columbia University, and the Universities of Liverpool and Sheffield, and in partnership with the Worlds of Journalism project.