Profiles

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.

Karen Phillips is interim research associate in CPJ’s Americas program. A former associate in CPJ’s Journalists Assistance program, she is the author of the CPJ special report, “A Somali Journalist in Exile.”

Angur Nahar Monty is the diplomatic correspondent for Bangladesh’s Bhorer Kagoj and a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at the University of Maryland.

Julio Gálvez Rodríguez worked for Cuban government media for 24 years. In March 2003, as he was working as a freelance reporter in Havana, state security agents arrested him as part of the massive crackdown. He was given a 14-year prison sentence.

Aaron Leaf is a freelance journalist and a print media trainer in Monrovia, Liberia. You can follow his blog at aaronleaf.tumblr.com. Reach him at [email protected].

Shehnilla Mohamed, a freelance journalist based in Johannesburg, is CPJ’s southern Africa correspondent.

Maria Salazar Ferro is director of CPJ’s Emergencies Department, overseeing the organization’s assistance and safety work worldwide. She is president of the board of the ACOS (A Culture of Safety) Alliance, a coalition aimed at improving protections for freelancers. She joined CPJ in 2005 and has served as coordinator for the Journalist Assistance Program and…

Sonali Samarasinghe is Lasantha Wickramatunga’s widow. A lawyer and senior journalist, she worked alongside her husband for over a decade before he was murdered on January 8, 2009.

Karen Phillips is interim research associate in CPJ’s Americas program. A former associate in CPJ’s Journalists Assistance program, she is the author of the CPJ special report, “A Somali Journalist in Exile.”

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….