Profiles

  

Jason Stern/CPJ Middle East and North Africa Senior Research Associate

Jason Stern is a senior research associate for CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program. He has a master’s in Middle East Studies from George Washington University and a bachelor’s in government from Cornell University.

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Joel Simon/CPJ Executive Director
and Jason Stern/CPJ Middle East and North Africa Senior Research Associate

Joel Simon was the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists from 2006 to 2021. He has written widely on media issues, contributing to Slate, Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Review of Books, World Policy Journal, Asahi Shimbun, and The Times of India. He has led numerous international missions to advance press freedom. His…

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CPJ Africa Program Staff

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Carlos Lauría/CPJ Program Director
and Americas Senior Program coordinator

Carlos Lauría, CPJ’s program director and senior program coordinator for the Americas, is a widely published journalist. A native of Buenos Aires, he has written extensively for Noticias, the leading Spanish-language newsmagazine. Follow him on Facebook @ CPJ en Español.

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Özgür Öğret/CPJ Turkey Representative

Özgür Öğret is a Turkish freelance journalist and CPJ’s Turkey representative. He was lead researcher for the 2012 CPJ special report, “Turkey’s Press Freedom Crisis.”

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CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Staff

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Robert Mahoney

Robert Mahoney is a former executive director of CPJ. He writes and speaks on press freedom, and has led CPJ missions to global hot spots from Iraq to Sri Lanka. He worked as a reporter, bureau chief and editor for Reuters around the world. He is a co-author of “The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies…

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Carlos Lauría/CPJ Senior Americas Program Coordinator

Carlos Lauría, CPJ’s program director and senior program coordinator for the Americas, is a widely published journalist. A native of Buenos Aires, he has written extensively for Noticias, the leading Spanish-language newsmagazine. Follow him on Facebook @ CPJ en Español.

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Murithi Mutiga/CPJ East Africa Correspondent

Murithi Mutiga is CPJ’s East Africa correspondent. He covers East Africa for the Guardian (U.K.) and is a columnist and consulting editor for the Sunday Nation based in Nairobi.

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Sumit Galhotra/CPJ Asia Program Senior Research Associate

Sumit Galhotra is the research associate for CPJ’s Asia program. He served as CPJ’s inaugural Steiger Fellow and has worked for CNN International, Amnesty International USA, and Human Rights Watch. He has reported from London, India, and Israel and the Occupied Territories, and specializes in human rights and South Asia.

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