The Committee to Protect Journalists has announced the names of the four exceptional journalists it will honor with its 2024 International Press Freedom Awards in New York City on November 21.
“CPJ’s International Press Freedom Awardees symbolize the vital work carried out by reporters everywhere to report facts in the face of fierce attempts to suppress truth,” said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg.
The journalists are:
Shrouq Al Aila, a Palestinian journalist, producer, and researcher who runs Ain Media production company and reports from the Gaza Strip.
Alsu Kurmasheva, a U.S.-Russian journalist and editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) released from jail in Russia as part of an August prisoner exchange.
Quimy de León, a Guatemalan journalist, medical professional, and historian who co-founded the Prensa Comunitaria news agency.
Samira Sabou, an investigative journalist in Niger who has been arrested, detained and subjected to years of legal harassment because of her reporting on governance issues.
CPJ will also posthumously honor Christophe Deloire, who served as director general of the press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), with the 2024 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today announced the Climate Crisis Journalist Protection Initiative, which will ensure that journalists reporting on climate issues are able to do so freely and safely. The initiative will provide climate journalists with assistance, safety training, and other forms of support.
CPJ has raised nearly one-third of the funds needed for the $1 million initiative, which CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg unveiled Monday at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative meeting. The annual meeting is a venue for civil society groups to publicly commit to action on global problems.
“Climate change is the issue of our time and one that requires journalists to be able to report freely and safely. This initiative will help ensure that,” Ginsberg said at the meeting.
We defend the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal.
Ryan Evans
Reuters, Ukraine
Hero Bahadin
Chatr Multimedia Production Company,Sterk TV, Iraq
Gulistan Tara
Chatr Multimedia Production Company, Iraq
Win Htut Oo
Democratic Voice of Burma, Myanmar
Htet Myat Thu
Freelance, Myanmar
Hamza Murtaja
Record Media, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory