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# Press for the People: A Report and Analysis of a New Human Rights Organization for the Protection of Journalists

## Details

**Authors** Lu S, Blu U

**Year** 2023

**Publisher** Journal of Systems Thinking 3(1):1-17

**Kind of work** article

**Discipline** Public Policy

**Secondary disciplines** Media & Communication

**Reading level** intermediate

**Kind of engagement** scholarly

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.2025-0074SL) 
10.54120/jost.2025-0074SL

## In authors' words

### Abstract

In the context of human rights, freedom of expression is often emphasized but the major source of expression comes from journalism efforts. Yet, news media and journalists’ expression continues to be constantly threatened. Reporters san Frontieres (RSF) is an organization that is designed to fight and uphold the rights of free press. However, we argue that RSF operations have been ineffective. In this paper, we propose a new organization called Press for the People (PFP) to address the shortcomings of RSF. An analysis of this new organization will be discussed using the VMCL approach as detailed in Flock Not Clock written by Derek and Laura Cabrera. Plectica was also used to outline our thoughts.

### What they set out to do (purpose)

A report and analysis proposing Press for the People, a new human-rights organization for the protection of journalists, designed with the VMCL approach from Flock Not Clock and mapped in Plectica.

### What they found (results)

Reporters sans Frontières' operations have been ineffective at protecting press freedom; the proposed organization is designed to address those shortcomings.

## Commentary

### In short

Proposes a new organization to protect journalists, designed with the VMCL approach from the Cabreras' Flock Not Clock.

### Response

Designs a proposed human rights organization for the protection of journalists using VMCL and maps it in Plectica. An application of the lab's organizational framework to a designed institution rather than an existing one, so the record documents the design and not its results.

## Questions it bears on

- Q10. [What is an adaptive organization?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/adaptive-organization)
- Q18. [What is culture ($\mathbb{C}$), and where does it live?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/culture)

**How to cite this** Lu S, Blu U (2023). Press for the People: A Report and Analysis of a New Human Rights Organization for the Protection of Journalists. Journal of Systems Thinking 3(1):1-17.