6.11d Building upon the UK's National Action Plan for the Safety of Journalists and existing support mechanisms, what innovative interventions, practical resources, and refinements to current measures could most effectively enhance the physical and digital safety of journalists in the UK?

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This section contains questions driven to protect the foundations of public interest reporting in the UK. Questions aim to establish robust methods for measuring media freedom consistently, and evaluate the impact of current and potential future support mechanisms for journalists to carry on reporting.

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