Profiles

Peter Nkanga, an independent bilingual investigative journalist based in Abuja, Nigeria, is CPJ’s West Africa representative. Peter specializes in human rights and advocacy reporting.

Ted Henken is president of the Association for Study of the Cuban Economy and associate professor of Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College.

Roy Ngerng Yi Ling is a blogger on sociopolitical issues at The Heart Truths.

Rebecca Vincent is an American-British human rights activist and writer currently based in London. She is a former U.S. diplomat and has worked with a wide range of international and Azerbaijani human rights and freedom of expression organizations.

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…

Hamid Mir is the executive editor of Pakistan’s Geo Television.

Sara Rafsky, former research associate in CPJ’s Americas program, is a freelance journalist and M.S. candidate in Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was previously researcher on Central America at Amnesty International in Mexico City.

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

Patrick Timmons is a translator, human rights investigator, and journalist based in the Americas. He edits the Mexican Journalism Translation Project. Follow him on Twitter @patricktimmons.

Nina Gupta is a third-year student at Duke Law School in Durham, North Carolina.