UNESCO is the lead UN Agency for promoting freedom of expression and safety of journalists as part of its mandate to “promote the free flow of ideas by word and image”.
Becky Beamer
Assistant Professor, Photojournalism & Documentarian at OSLOMET University , Norway
Documentary photojournalism social justice education gender internationalization
Becky Beamer is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, artist, and Assistant professor of photojournalism at OSLOMET University in Oslo, Norway. Her area of expertise is international investigatory storytelling which encourages public discourse on personal identity, inequity, and cross-cultural communication. Beamer is interested in transformative multimedia projects that challenge the status quo. For over 20 years, Ms.Beamer worked on documentary television for companies including National Geographic, Smithsonian, Discovery, and NHNZ. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from the University of Alabama. Becky´s collaborative work has been awarded support from the Puffin Foundation, Fulbright Commission, and Windgate Foundation. Her recent documentary feature film, ¨MACHINE: Vivat Apparatus¨ premiered in August 2022 at the International Sidewalk Film Festival. www.BEckyBEamer.com
Definition of journalists' safety
Journalists´saftey is about protecting you, your sources, and the story.Future plans for research on journalists' safety
I'm looking to participate and collaborate with other researchers as an educator and creative practitioner.- Research focuses:
- Physical, Digital, Educating the next generation of storytellers
- Methods used in research:
- Surveys, Interviews, Ethnography, Creative practitioner
- Countries of research focus:
- United States, Norway
