Profiles

Shazdeh Omari is CPJ’s news editor. Former copy chief for The Village Voice, she has worked as a reporter and editor in the United States and Greece. Omari was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, where she learned to read, speak, and write Urdu.

Nigerian journalist Lanre Idowu publishes Media Review, a monthly journal of the media, and has a weekly column, “Media and Society,” in NEXT.

Walfran Torres Gómez, a Colombian journalist, worked for the newspaper El Sur Caribe and local broadcasters in the northern province of Cesar before relocating to Bogotá.

Assistant Advocacy Director Magnus Ag is a New York-based human rights advocate and journalist. Prior to joining CPJ in 2010, Ag worked as head of section in the Danish Ministry for Science, Technology, and Innovation. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen. He speaks English, Danish,…

Joy Ma has worked as a journalist in China and the United States since 2004. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Mohamed Keita is advocacy coordinator for CPJ’s Africa Program. Keita has written about independent journalism and development in sub-Saharan Africa for publications including The New York Times and Africa Review, and has appeared on NPR, the BBC, Al-Jazeera, and Radio France Internationale. Keita has also given presentations on press freedom at the World Bank, U.S….

Ruhi Khan has worked as a journalist in Mumbai and London in both print and broadcast media. A Jefferson fellow and recipient of the Mary Morgan Hewitt Award for Women in Journalism in 2008, Ruhi currently lives in London and writes on campaigning issues.

Cameroonian journalist Charles Artangana came to the United Kingdom in 2004 following 40 days of imprisonment and abuse. After seven years, three deportation attempts, multiple detentions and a vigorous campaign on his behalf by the National Union of Journalists, Artangana was finally granted asylum in April 2011.

Elisabeth Witchel, a CPJ consultant, served for many years as the organization’s journalist assistance coordinator. She also launched CPJ’s Global Campaign Against Impunity.