Profiles

Justin Shilad is a Senior Middle East and North Africa Researcher at the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Roy Greenslade is Professor of Journalism at City, University of London, and writes about the media for The Guardian.

Yaqiu Wang has a Master of Arts in International Affairs from George Washington University. Her articles on civil society and human rights in China have appeared in Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, China Change, and elsewhere.

Soleyana S. Gebremichael is a founding member of the Zone 9 bloggers and a freedom of expression advocate from Ethiopia. She left Ethiopia in February 2014 after facing terrorism charges for her blogging. Soleyana currently works as a coordinator for the Ethiopia Human Rights Project.

Marija Šajkaš is a New York City-based writer and researcher. She is a foreign correspondent for the Belgrade-based weekly, Novi Magazin, and founder of 4 Better Media, a media research consultancy.

Aayush Soni is an independent journalist in New Delhi who has written for Indian and international outlets including The Guardian, The Caravan, The Indian Express, India Ink-The New York Times, India Real Time-The Wall Street Journal, Scroll, The Wire, and OZY. Soni is an alumnus of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, is the advocacy director at the Committee to Protect Journalists and the author of Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt: Digital Dissidence and Political Change. As a veteran journalist, researcher, and free expression advocate she writes and speaks frequently about the intersection of media, technology, and human rights. Follow her on…

Steven Butler is a senior program consultant for CPJ. He previously served as CPJ’s Asia program coordinator, lived, and worked in Asia as a foreign correspondent for nearly 20 years and was a foreign editor at the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau. He holds a PhD in political science from Columbia University.

Siamak Ghaderi is an Iranian freelance journalist and recipient of CPJ’s 2014 International Press Freedom Award. He is a member of CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa advisory group.