Avi Asher-Schapiro/CPJ US Correspondent

Avi Asher-Schapiro is CPJ's Global Tech Senior Correspondent. He is a former staffer at VICE News, International Business Times, and Tribune Media, and an independent investigative reporter who has published in outlets including The Atlantic, The Intercept, and The New York Times.

Features & Analysis
Protesters demonstrate against a KKK rally in Charlottesville, VA, in July 2017. Journalists reporting on white supremacists say they face threats and harassment. (AP/Steve Helber)

Journalists covering US white supremacists must weigh risks to selves and families

Michael Edison Hayden was one of the first foreign journalists on the ground after the Nepalese earthquake in 2015– the “ground was still shaking” when he arrived, he said. He’s reported from the disputed territory between India and Pakistan in Kashmir, and gone door-to-door in Phoenix, searching for a mass killer. But, Hayden said, reporting…

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Features & Analysis
Harvey Weinstein speaks at a New York conference in December 2012. Allegations that Weinstein hired private investigators to try to kill negative stories highlight the methods some people use to try to censor the press. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

Weinstein-BlackCube surveillance claim exposes aggressive tactics to kill a story

Those with deep pockets can go to great lengths to push back against journalism they find objectionable. Billionaire Peter Thiel deployed a team of lawyers in a move that bankrupted the news site Gawker in 2016–and last month President Donald Trump’s lawyers tried to block the publication of an unflattering book. But there’s another, much…

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