Tomorrow is the UN International Day to end Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Attacks on journalists represent an attack on press freedom and the public’s right to know.

Radio presenter, Matt Cooper and political correspondent Gavan Reilly are the most influential Irish journalists on Twitter, according to research.

As the Atlas Of The Irish Revolution hits bookshops, contributor Oliver O’Hanlon looks at the coverage of the conflict by overseas artists and journalists.

Germany's spy agency had at least 50 numbers and email addresses of journalists among its surveillance targets, it has been reported.

Two reporters working for foreign news organisations in south east Turkey have been detained in the government's sweeping crackdown following July's failed coup.

A Vatican court has declared it had no jurisdiction to prosecute or convict two journalists for having published confidential information.

Two Turkish journalists are standing trial on allegations that they revealed state secrets and helped a terror organisation with their reports on alleged government arms smuggling to Syrian rebels.

The body representing national newspapers in Ireland yesterday said the Irish legislative framework “breaches” European law as it fails to adequately protect “the sources and privacy of journalists”.

THE Department of Justice confirmation that An Garda Síochána was granted permission to review more than 11,500 phone records and internet logs in 2013 and 2014 just adds to the urgency around regularising this practice by putting independent, authorative oversight in place.

There was “no reason to believe” that journalists are singled out for communication data requests by the gardaí or the Garda ombudsman, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has criticised the decision to restrict a review of phone snooping powers to their use in relation to journalists instead of including all members of the public.

Two jailed Turkish editors, accused of spying and helping a terrorist group, have told Reuters in a faxed message from prison their arrest was designed to send a warning to journalists.

Michael Clifford recommends a data access system similar to the UK, with notice to affected parties

Donald Trump has defended Vladimir Putin, saying there is no evidence to support allegations the Russian president has killed opposition journalists.

Japan has launched a new counterterrorism unit in an air of secrecy, with journalists only allowed to photograph its 24 members from behind.

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the office of an opposition newspaper in Istanbul after two journalists were jailed pending trial for reporting on alleged Turkish arms smuggling to Syria.

A Vatican tribunal has rejected a journalist’s request to dismiss charges against him for publishing confidential documents.

A Vatican judge has indicted five people, including two journalists and a high-ranking Vatican monsignor, in the latest scandal involving leaked documents that informed two books alleging financial malfeasance in the Roman Catholic Church bureaucracy.

The Egyptian president has pardoned two Al-Jazeera journalists and dozens of human rights activists.

Ukraine has barred dozens of reporters including three BBC journalists from entering the country as an unspecified security threat.

Even after gunning down a TV news reporter and cameraman during a live interview, Vester Lee Flanagan II continued to rage.

One day after the on-air killings of a reporter and cameraman shocked millions across the world, the grieving staff at WDBJ-TV came together for an emotional broadcast of its Mornin’ show.

UK Journalists should not be taken to court over paying officials for information if it is in the public interest, former director of public prosecutions Lord Macdonald has said.

Most of the UK journalists awaiting trial for paying public officials for scoops had their cases dropped today, signalling a major victory for critics of the controversial Operation Elveden police investigation.

The campaign has generated some powerful imagery following the sentencing of the three Al Jazeera journalists on Monday.

Secret recordings of conversations between gardaí and journalists about the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder are unlikely to be released to the reporters involved, the Data Protection Commissioner has warned.