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Panel Discussion on International Press Freedom Awards
Join CPJ and #CJSGlobal for a panel on the International Press Freedom Awards. The CPJ International Press Freedom Awards honor journalists around the world who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. This year’s awardees are Ahmed Abba (Cameroon), Afrah Nasser (Yemen), Patricia Mayorga (Mexico) and Pravit Rojanaphruk (Thailand). Ahmed…
Women Photograph: Daniella Zalcman in Conversation with Susan Meiselas
Please join us for a conversation with Susan Meiselas and Daniella Zalcman about the shifting challenges and opportunities for women in photography. Susan is a photographer, educator, and president of the Magnum Foundation. Daniella is the recipient of the 2016 Inge Morath Award and founder of Women Photograph, an initiative launched this year. WHAT: Women…
Systematic attacks on journalists in Russia and other post-Soviet states
A free press is an essential pillar of democracy, keeping governments accountable and citizens informed. Autocratic regimes seek to intimidate and silence the press by systematically targeting journalists. A muzzled independent media is powerless to prevent the domination of the state-driven news narrative and public misinformation. Today, journalists in Russia and post-Soviet states risk intimidation,…
On the Record: The State of Press Freedom
Around the world, press freedom is under threat. Perhaps the most alarming indicator of this is the extent to which countries traditionally thought of as beacons of press freedom have seen a spike in hostility to the independent media. From President Trump’s threats to put journalists in jail, to physical assaults of the media, the…
Q&A with Edom Kassaye of Zone 9
Please join the Committee to Protect Journalists for a Q&A session with Edom Kassaye of the Zone 9 bloggers at Columbia Journalism School on January 26, 2017, from 12 to 2 pm. Along with four other bloggers from the Zone 9 collective, Kassaye was arrested and charged with incitement and terrorism in late April 2014.…
Not the New Normal: How the Media Should Cover the Trump Presidency
Join Slate for a conversation with top editors in New York about how the news media can and should proceed to cover the Trump presidency. The panel will discuss strategies they are implementing at their outlets, and how journalists and media companies at large can play a bigger role in making sure that fact prevails…
Press Freedom for Open Government
The Committee to Protect Journalists is hosting the workshop, “Press Freedom for Open Government, Opportunities in the OGP Framework.” at the 2016 Open Government Partnership Summit. CPJ Executive Director, Joel Simon, is joined by other renowned panelists as they discuss press freedom and open government in this one hour discussion.
Your right to know relies on justice for journalists under attack
CPJ’s Impunity Campaign consultant, Elisabeth Witchel will speak about causes of impunity and the findings of CPJ’s 2016 Impunity Index. Other panelists include Guy Berger, Director, Division for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO, Tonia Samsonova, London Correspondent, Echo of Moscow radio station, Founder of ‘The Question’ and Ghias Aljundi, Journalism safety trainer and…
Safety of journalists and ending impunity in conflict situations
The Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations and UNESCOwould like to cordially invite youto an Interactive Panel discussion onSAFETY OF JOURNALISTS AND ENDING IMPUNITY IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS THURSDAY, 27 OCTOBER 20161.15 – 2.45 PM, CONFERENCE ROOM 11, UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK On the occasion of theInternational Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against…
“Meet the Press” panel discussion
CPJ Senior Advocacy and Communications Officer, Kerry Paterson, to take part in the “Meet the Press” panel discussion on October 20, 2016 at 6 p.m. The panel discussion is part of the Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) 2016-2017 Seminar Series on Human Rights and the Media. The panel will feature a select group of…