Samantha Libby
Samantha Libby, CPJ’s digital manager, has worked in freedom of expression and human rights in Ethiopia, Vietnam, Kalimantan, and West Papua. She has also investigated the domestic and international arms trade. She is a playwright, artist, and an award-winning writer.
Sochi olympics 2014: journalist and athlete internet and telephone activity to be monitored
As the opening ceremony for the Sochi Olympics approaches, several outlets reference CPJ’s blog on digital surveillance at Sochi.Read the Yahoo Business article here.Read the Poynter article here.Read the Foreign Policy article here.
Egypt Tries to Reassure Journalists From Abroad
Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator, spoke to David Kirkpatrick of The New York Times about the charges filed against 20 Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt. Sherif called the charges an “attempt to criminalize legitimate journalistic work.” Read the full story here.
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, January 2014
Chilling conditions for the press ahead of Sochi Games CPJ’s special report, “Media suffer winter chill in coverage of Sochi Olympics,” which was released on January 28, garnered significant coverage in the local and international media, including CBS Sports, the Huffington Post, Al-Jazeera America, and other outlets. CPJ also issued a Russian translation of its…
Cartel Censorship Reaches Mexico City
Organized crime has taken over Neza, a town on the outskirts of Mexico City, but journalists are not reporting on it because they fear for their lives, the late Mike O’Connor found in his final article for the Committee to Protect Journalists. The piece, entitled “Gunmen Rule Neza and the Press on Outskirts of Mexico…
Blogger’s Incarceration Raises First Amendment Questions
The New York Times profiled the only journalist in the Americas on CPJ’s 2013 imprisoned list, Roger Shuler.Shuler was arrested on October 23 on contempt of court charges for failure to comply with an October 1 preliminary injunction prohibiting him from publishing certain stories on his blog Legal Schnauzer. The charges stem from a defamation suit brought by prominent local…