Profiles

Jean-Paul Marthoz is a columnist for the Brussels newspaper Le Soir and the author of books on journalism and foreign affairs. He was CPJ’s EU correspondent until 2016.

Frank Smyth heads the advisory board for CPJ’s Emergencies team. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and the Member States of the Organization of American States, the U.N. Human Rights Council, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He is the founder and CEO of GJS (Global Journalist Security), a leading hostile…

Elena Rodina, a native of Kazan, Russia, worked as a Moscow-based sociopolitical correspondent for Ogoniok, one of the oldest weekly Russian magazines, and Esquire Russia. Her journalism and research have been published in Caucasus Survey, Digital Ethics, Time Out Chicago, Newcity, Media and Communication, and Zeitschrift fur Slavische Philologie, among other outlets. Rodina holds a…

Renata Neder, CPJ’s Brazil representative, is a Brazilian human rights researcher based in Rio de Janeiro. She has previously worked at Amnesty International as research and policy manager focusing on public security, protection of human rights defenders, and conflict over land and natural resources. She also consults for local NGOs and think tanks on human…

Rebecca Redelmeier is CPJ’s audience engagement associate. Previously, she developed reports and data stories about how online audiences engage with content for NewsWhip, and worked as a reporter for Daily Maverick in South Africa.

Coral Negrón, CPJ’s Patti Birch Fellow for Data Journalism, covered the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico for Univision Noticias and was a data reporter for the news sites La Isla Oeste and La Perla del Sur. A data journalist with experience in hyperlocal reporting, data analysis, coding, and information design, she graduated from…