Magnus Ag
Assistant Advocacy Director Magnus Ag is a New York-based human rights advocate and journalist. Prior to joining CPJ in 2010, Ag worked as head of section in the Danish Ministry for Science, Technology, and Innovation. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen. He speaks English, Danish, and Norwegian. Contact him here or follow him on Twitter @AgMagnus.
Journalists honored with press freedom awards
The Ethiopian-American community magazine Tadias published a story about the International Press Freedom Awards on November 22, with a focus on Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede. The three things you should know about Kebede, as quoted in the article: “First, it is impossible for me to live without the life I have as a journalist. Second,…
Group honors 4 international journalists
The Associated Press ran a story on November 22 about the International Press Freedom Awards and quotes CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon: “We celebrate these journalists because they embody the struggle to report without fear of reprisal. In each of their countries, asking questions and exposing uncomfortable truths is a dangerous task.”Click here for the full…
Ordinary heroes
The Washington Post editorial page weighed in on the 2010 International Press Freedom Award winners on November 23 with an article stating: “..all four of these first-rate journalists are heroes because they have sought to carry on the normal work of their trade – reporting the truth as best as it can be deciphered -…
CPJ Impact
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, November 2010 CPJ honors journalists on the frontlines of press freedomJournalists at the forefront of the battle for press freedom in Ethiopia, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela were honored at the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 20th Annual International Press Freedom Awards benefit dinner, held on November 23. The awards dinner was…
Lauría interview on CNN Español
CPJ Senior Americas Program Coordinator Carlos Lauría was interviewed by CNN Español about the dangers facing journalists in Mexico. The interview took place in Washington where Lauría was participating in the event Silence or Death in Mexico’s Press at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The segment on press freedom in Mexico aired on November 8. Please…
Convictions are what are urgently needed
CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon was quoted in an article on CNN.com carried on November 6 about the nearly fatal attack against Russian journalist Oleg Kashin: “By failing to prosecute those who have carried out crimes against journalists in the past — including 19 murders committed in the Putin era — the Russian government has created…
Abdel Dayem quoted in New York Times
The New York Times quotes CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Mohamed Abdel Dayem in the article “Baghdad Studio of Feisty TV Station Shut Down in Dispute With Iraqi Government” carried on November 4:”The arrests and the forced closing are emblematic of the changing news environment, in which journalists are less likely than…
Iraq war logs: US fails to answer for deaths of journalists
The Guardian quotes CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Mohamed Abdel Dayem in the article “Iraq war logs: US fails to answer for deaths of journalists” carried on October 22. Following Wikileaks’ recent publication of American military documents the Guardian describes how Iraq has been one of the most dangerous recent wars for the…
Censorship by bullet
In an article on October 20 the Latin America News Dispatch quotes CPJ executive director Joel Simon; “Mexico is the most dangerous country in Latin America.” Simon spoke on October 19 along with prominent writers and journalists from Mexico and the United States gathered in New York for “State of Emergency: Censorship by Bullet in…
Earp in the Guardian: Will China listen?
In the Guardian Comment is Free, CPJ Senior Asia Program Researcher Madeline Earp argues; in China “reform and opening-up is not possible without a free and independent media. China’s leaders must make, and meet, specific commitments to release imprisoned journalists and allow independent reporting and comment, with all the rights and responsibilities that entails. Chinese…