Ashley Parent

The Paris Effect: Journalism, Diplomacy, and Information Controls

Join CPJ advocacy director Courtney Radsch for a panel on Free Expression, Globalism and the New Strategic Communication at the Milton Wolf Seminar Series. As recent geopolitical and technological changes have altered the ways in which state and non- state actors think about the production and retention of popular loyalties, this panel considers the tensions…

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RightsCon

RightsCon is the world’s leading conference convened on the future of the internet. Join RightsCon to shape the global conversation among human rights experts, business leaders, technologists, human rights experts, government representatives, investors, and advocates. CPJ staff will speak at several events, including:

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War Correspondence Conference

Jean-Paul Marthoz will speak on a panel of journalists at the War Correspondence Conference at Bastogne War Museum on March 18, 2016.

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Global Transparency Panel, as part of Sunshine Week

In honor of Sunshine Week, the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee will host a panel discussion on March 14 to examine the status of government transparency laws around the world. The discussion, which will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., will feature foreign journalists and policy experts who will discuss global and…

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Critics Are Not Criminals: Comparative Study of Criminal Defamation Laws in the Americas.

On March 2, 2016, CPJ will present a new special report on the status of criminal defamation laws in the Americas at a panel discussion in Lima on March 2, 2016. The Perú-based Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) will co-sponsor the event. The report, prepared for CPJ by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in collaboration with…

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Joining Forces to Fight Censorship and Surveillance

CPJ will participate in the Internet Freedom Festival, a conference that creates a common space for diverse communities who are working against and affected by censorship and surveillance. The conference is place where those groups can come together to teach, plan and act.

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Game of Trolls: Turning Words into Weapons

This event will include two panels for consideration of the use of propaganda and disinformation in a hybrid warfare. The first panel, moderated by CPJ’s Jean-Paul Marthoz, will explore how propaganda and trolling, in particular, can undermine Europe’s freedom of speech. The participants are invited to reflect on words that incite violence – namely, on…

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Innovation Exchange

On February 18, Carlos Lauría of CPJ will speak at the Innovation Exchange Happy Hour in New York hosted by TrustLaw and Be Social Change. The event features 5×5 talks–5 speakers, 5 minutes each. Speakers will share the numerous ways in which innovation catalyzes their work. Speakers Nell Derick Debevoise | Founder and CEO, Inspiring…

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News organizations standing up for the safety of media professionals

This conference features high level representatives of news organizations to share good practices on the safety of journalists and more proactively highlight the issue of journalist safety. CPJ Advocacy Director Courtney Radsch will participate in the panel, “Safety for Community, Regional and Local Media” from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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The War Zone Freelance Exhibition

The War Zone Freelance Exhibition gives an exclusive look into the work and world of freelance journalists covering wars and conflicts in the Middle East. The project is motivated by the desire to pay tribute and provoke debate on the important and consequential role freelance journalists play in bringing news out of conflict areas to…

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