Podcast, 23 mins
Silence Spreading: Unpacking the Challenges to European Media
Journalists across Europe face rising political and money pressures. Researcher Jessica White explains how news teams are fighting back.
20 Nov 2025 10:00
In the third episode of the podcast, we talk to former lead researcher at Freedom House, Jessica White.
She talks to us about the mounting pressure that journalists across Europe are facing including financial and political pressures on news organisations, and the steps that they are taking to respond to a climate of growing public distrust.
Credits
- Host: Dr Gemma Horton (Impact Fellow for Centre for Freedom of the Media at the University of Sheffield)
- Guest: Jessica White (Program Manager/Researcher at the International Fund for Public Interest Media)
- Podcast Producer: Anna Jones (University Teacher at the University of Sheffield)
