San Francisco-based CPJ Technology Program Coordinator Geoffrey King works to protect the digital rights of journalists worldwide. A constitutional lawyer by training, King also teaches courses on digital privacy law, as well as the intersection of media and social change, both at UC Berkeley. Follow him on Twitter at @CPJTechnology. His public key fingerprint is…
Yasmin el-Rifae is CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa research associate. Previously, she worked in journalism and human rights in Egypt, focusing on the struggle against sexual harassment. El-Rifae also helps run the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest), which takes place annually in the West Bank and Gaza.
CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour has worked to advocate for democracy and human rights in Egypt. He has a master’s in international relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a bachelor’s in education from Cairo’s Al-Azhar University.
Kerry Paterson is the research associate for CPJ’s Africa program. She was an associate editor of the Journal for International Law and International Relations, and has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières, the Women’s Media Center’s Women Under Siege, and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Division of Global Health and Human Rights. Paterson has engaged in health and…
Coleen Jose, a journalist and documentary photographer, is CPJ’s Steiger Fellow. Her reporting across the Philippines, South Asia, and the Marshall Islands has been featured in outlets including the GlobalPost, the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.