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About us
We’re the Alliance for
Journalists’ Freedom
The Public’s Right to Know: The AJF promotes media freedom worldwide and the right of journalists to report the news in freedom and safety. This includes working with Australian governments to ensure legislation supports media freedom.
When journalists are silenced, democracy and human rights suffer. We campaign in the Asia–Pacific region, wherever journalists are censored, threatened, imprisoned or killed.
About us
We’re the Alliance for
Journalists’ Freedom
The Public’s Right to Know: The AJF promotes media freedom worldwide and the right of journalists to report the news in freedom and safety. This includes working with Australian governments to ensure legislation supports media freedom.
When journalists are silenced, democracy and human rights suffer. We will campaign in the Asia Pacific region, wherever journalists are censored, threatened, imprisoned or killed.
Recent Efforts
An insight into where we’re heading
AJF Directors gave an insight to where we believe the Australian conversation needs to head, when they presented to a Senate Standing Committee on press freedom.
The hearing for this was on Friday 18th October 2019 at Parliament House, Canberra.
The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom made a submission and was subsequently asked to attend the hearing and give evidence.
Founding directors Professor Peter Greste, Chris Flynn and Peter Wilkinson attended. The following snippets give a brief idea of the AJF’s hearing and our two main clarion calls: a Media Freedom Act and a collaborative taskforce, to rebuild trust in democratic institutions, including the media.
The Numbers
Recent Incidents
25
Journalists killed in 2019
250
Journalists imprisoned now
64
Journalists missing globally
Source: CPJ Data & Research (as of December 1st 2019)
Who We Are
The Board
Peter Greste
Spokesperson, Director
An award-winning journalist, author and academic. He was imprisoned in 2013/4 for 400 days while covering the unfolding political crisis in Egypt.
Chris Flynn
Director
Partner at legal firm Gilbert + Tobin with substantial pro bono work defending human rights.
Peter Wilkinson
Chair
Former journalist with 30 years experience. Now a corporate affairs consultant.
Louisa Graham
Director
Walkley Foundation Chief Executive, with a background in media and not-for-profit management.
Colin Tate
Director
Conexus Financial Chief Executive with extensive experience on the boards of not-for-profits.
Olivia Pirie-Griffiths
Executive Director
Experience in campaigns, fundraising and creative strategy.
Advisory Board
The Hon Bob Carr
Started his career as a journalist, became the longest continuously serving Premier in New South Wales (1995-2005), and went on to become Foreign Minister of Australia (2012-2013).
Pauline Wright
President-elect of the Law Council of Australia, Past President of both the Law Society of NSW, and the NSW Council for Civil Liberties.
Founding Partners
Partners
Dick Smith
John B Fairfax
Memorandum of Understanding with
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