Profiles

  

Sumit Galhotra/Steiger Fellow

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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Özgür Öğret/CPJ Istanbul Correspondent

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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Carlos Lauría/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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Michael Massing/CPJ Board Member

Michael Massing is the co-founder of the Committee to Protect Journalists and a member of its board of directors. He is a former executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review and the author of the 2004 book, Now They Tell Us, which examined press coverage of the Iraq War.

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Jason Stern/ CPJ Middle East and North Africa 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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Nataliya Rovenskaya/CPJ Europe and Central Asia Consultant

Nataliya Rovenskaya, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia consultant, previously worked in the Russia program at the Ford Foundation. She completed her graduate studies at Columbia University in international affairs, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. Follow her on Twitter @NRovenskaya_CPJ.

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Victor Bwire/CPJ Guest Blogger

Victor Bwire is the deputy chief executive officer and programs manager of the Media Council of Kenya. He is a safety trainer for journalists and can be reached at [email protected].

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Nataliya Rovenskaya/Europe and Central Asia Consultant

Nataliya Rovenskaya, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia consultant, previously worked in the Russia program at the Ford Foundation. She completed her graduate studies at Columbia University in international affairs, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. Follow her on Twitter @NRovenskaya_CPJ.

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Yoani Sanchez/CPJ Guest Blogger

Yoani Sánchez is a pioneer in the Cuban blogger community. Time magazine listed her as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2008. In 2009, she received a Maria Moors Cabot citation from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Tom Rhodes and Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Program

Tom Rhodes is CPJ’s East Africa representative, based in Nairobi. Rhodes is a founder of southern Sudan’s first independent newspaper. Follow him on Twitter: @africamedia_CPJ

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