Profiles

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…

Nadia Massih is CPJ’s Middle East correspondent. Massih, who is based in Beirut, is a freelance journalist who worked previously at The Daily Star in Lebanon.

Nguyen Van Hai is a Vietnamese blogger who co-founded the Free Journalists Club and a CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee. Hai was released from prison in October 2014 and is currently living in exile in California, where he continues to work for journalists’ rights and media freedom in Vietnam. He intends to return to his…

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…

Simegnish “Lily” Mengesha is a journalist, media consultant, and translator, who has served most recently as director of the Ethiopian Environment Journalists Association. An outspoken advocate for freedom of expression, she has worked with foreign news outlets such as Wall Street Journal, Voice of America, and the BBC. Mengesha is currently a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow…

Solomon Amabo, a Cameroonian journalist, writes in English and French for print, radio, and television. In 2011, he founded Eyewitness Newspaper, which covers corruption and human rights stories.

Borja Bergareche is a Spanish-based news executive and former Europe correspondent for CPJ who still advises the organization.

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…

A strong believer in individual privacy and personal freedom, Staff Technologist Tom Lowenthal is CPJ’s resident expert in operational security and surveillance self-defense. He is also a freelance journalist on security and tech policy matters. The fingerprint of his GPG public key is 1ADE 9951 1A97 95FA 3557 53DC 51E7 1B75 4A09 B187. Follow him…

Bob Dietz, coordinator of CPJ’s Asia Program, has reported across the continent for news outlets such as CNN and Asiaweek. He has led numerous CPJ missions, including ones to Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Follow him on Twitter @cpjasia and Facebook @ CPJ Asia Desk.