Samantha Libby

Arianna Huffington introduces Janet Hinostroza (Ecuador) with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2013 International Press Freedom Award. Janet Hinostroza. Teleamazonas, Ecuador. Acceptance Speech CPJ International Press Freedom Award 2013 . November 26, 2013. Waldorf-Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, New York City As prepared for delivery Thanks to CPJ for this award. I always wanted to be…

Nguyen Van Hai Honored in Absentia by Scott Pelley with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2013 International Press Freedom Award. More on the Awards • The ceremony • Awardees • Nedim Şener, Turkey • Nguyen Van Hai, Vietnam • Bassem Youssef, Egypt • Janet Hinostroza, Ecuador • Paul Steiger, U.S.

Jon Stewart introduces Bassem Youssef at the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2013 International Press Freedom Awards. Bassem Youssef, Egypt. Acceptance Speech. The Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2013 International Press Freedom Awards. November 26, 2013. Waldorf-Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, New York City Ladies and gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to be recognized by the Committee…

Author of our US Report, The Obama Administration and the Press, Leonard Downie Jr., spoke to KQED public radio with New York Times journalist James Risen, on the findings of the report and the protection of sources.Listen to the full discussion here.

As the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka approaches, the government’s anti-media policies remain a pressing topic. Asia Program Coordinator, Bob Dietz, spoke to the Financial Times about the current status of press freedom in Sri Lanka.Read the full story here.

Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, both of the French government-funded Radio France Internationale, were the first journalists to be killed in Mali in relation to their work since CPJ started compiling detailed records on journalist deaths in 1992. CPJ issued an alert and Frank Smyth, the CPJ Senior Adviser for Journalist Security, wrote a blog.Deputy Director,…

The report–which was written by Leonard Downie, Jr., Arizona State University journalism professor and former Washington Post executive editor, with additional reporting by Sara Rafsky, CPJ’s research associate for the Americas–received widespread coverage in the United States, including on CNN’s Reliable Sources, Huffington Post Live, and NPR’s On the Media.

Following CPJ’s release of its report on the state of press freedom in the United States, Glenn Greenwald wrote in The Guardian that the report “powerfully underscores just how extreme is the threat to press freedom posed by this administration.” Read the full story here.