Ashley Parent

The Committee to Protect Journalists is co-sponsoring a series of journalism-focused panels along with Sophia University and Waseda University in Tokyo, on June 2 and 4. Both events are open to the public, although Sophia University asks that you register here.

The UN Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (MOFA) are convening a two-day terrorism and information communication technologies.

In 2015, the Jerusalem Press Club (JPC) hosted an international conference on The Freedom of the Press: Old Commitments, New Challenges. The Jerusalem Conference brought from all around the world 56 leading journalists with experience in covering war zones, editors and publishers, representatives of organizations working to safeguard freedom of the press and the protection…

Terror creates chaos. Terrorism affects the entire society. Has the world become more dangerous, a scarier place? Or does it only feel that way? We need to increase our awareness on how different concepts regarding terrorism are used in journalism. We need to work together on this, it is both difficult and important. Therefore, the…

To mark World Press Freedom Day 2017, join the Committee to Protect Journalists, Access Now, and Article 19 at the EU Delegation to the United Nations for a panel discussion on strategies to address challenges to freedom of expression. The panel will discuss global trends toward suppression of free speech and press freedom, approaches to…

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, with endemic impunity allowing criminal gangs, corrupt officials, and cartels to silence their critics. Since 2010, CPJ has documented more than 50 cases of journalists and media workers killed or disappeared. The violence is particularly acute in Veracruz state, where attacks on…

A 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner will join reporters and editors from inside and outside the Beltway and representatives of international press freedom organizations on Wednesday, May 3 as the National Press Club and its Journalism Institute mark World Press Freedom Day. The morning-long discussion on the State of Press Freedom in the USA will feature…

Rising populism in the U.S. and Europe, amid concerns over terrorism and migration, pose risks to press freedom in the West and beyond. Join the Committee to Protect Journalists for a look at the challenges journalists face in the changing environment for media in the U.S. and Europe, and the potential ramifications for journalists operating…

New information technologies were supposed to make censorship obsolete. Instead, they have made it more complicated. But even as censorship evolves, so too do the strategies of courageous journalism. Join CPJ for a panel discussion on what it takes to defeat the censors and protect sources — and what journalists in the U.S. can learn…

Join the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, in partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), for the launch of the 2017 edition of: “Attacks on the Press: The New Face of Censorship”