Ashley Parent

During the past few weeks the media all over Europe have been extensively reporting on the refugee and migrant crisis. Despite most of them reporting responsibly, a number of questions have been raised about the limits of publishing sensitive images. The debate will focus on the importance of ethical reporting, the roles and responsibilities of…

Civil society and independent media play crucial roles in effective public policy-making and for improving public discourse. In countries such as Egypt, Russia, and Vietnam, it is clear that encouraging the development of civil society and independent media would help improve the quality of decision making on public policy, address rampant corruption, and more generally…

Impunity towards crimes against journalists is considered not just a crime against the exercise of freedom of expression but against human rights more broadly. On October 9, 2015, CPJ Executive Director, Joel Simon, will speak at UNESCO’s Ending Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists Commemoration Conference. The conference precedes the International Day to End Impunity for…

The Committee to Protect Journalists will release its first report on the EU’s press freedom record, Balancing Act: Press freedom at risk as EU struggles to match action with values, at a launch event in Brussels on September 29, 2015.

Join CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon for a panel discussion on the political, economic and social ties between the U.S. and China, with a focus on the use of diplomacy and other means to support freedom of expression and religious liberty around the world. This program is part of the Newseum’s “Freedom Week,” taking place…

Senior Adviser, Journalist Security, Frank Smyth of the Committee to Protect Journalists will participate in a round table discussion to analyze two proposed sets of industry principles.

Join Asia Program Coordinator Bob Dietz at the 38th Annual Summer Convention of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America where he will speak on a panel about the dangers of working as a journalist in Pakistan.

CPJ calls Kenya on its “Broken Promises” As U.S. President Barack Obama headed to Kenya and Ethiopia in July, CPJ launched a special report in Nairobi on the climate for press freedom in Kenya. The report, called “Broken promises: How Kenya is failing to uphold its commitment to a free press,” found that a combination…

Carlos Lauría, Senior Coordinator for the Americas, Committee to Protect Journalists will testify at the Congressional Hearing: Threats to Press Freedom in the Americas on July 29. The event will cover a description of the state of press freedom in the Americas, paying particular attention to the challenges journalists are facing in the region at-large…