Profiles

Kavita Menon, Senior Program Officer for CPJ, has reported across South Asia and contributed to news outlets including the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and NPR. She previously headed CPJ’s Asia program and led missions to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Follow her on Twitter @kavita718.

Makiko Segawa is a Tokyo-based staff writer for the Shingetsu News Agency.

Linette Lopez is a member of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism’s class of 2011. She covered Russia Today for the school’s Global Media Wars project. Follow her on Twitter: @lopezlinette.

Gypsy Guillén Kaiser is CPJ’s chief global affairs officer. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York, she began her career as a journalist after graduating from New York University. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Greg Fay is CPJ’s executive assistant and board liaison. He was in China on a Fulbright fellowship from 2007-2008.

Noha Atef is an Egyptian blogger and journalist who focuses on human rights, especially police abuses and freedom of expression. Her blog is TortureinEgypt.net.

Nic Bothma is the West Africa chief photographer for European Pressphoto Agency.

Dino Mahtani was a correspondent in West and Central Africa between 2003 and 2007. He is one of Tim’s many friends.