Samantha Libby - Committee to Protect Journalists

Nixon is gone, but his media strategy lives on

August 4, 2014 5:11 PM EDT

On the anniversary of the Watergate scandal, the Atlantic referenced CPJ’s report on the Obama administration and the press. Read the full article here.

News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, July 2014

August 1, 2014 12:20 PM EDT

CPJ conducts fact-finding mission in Ukraine Muzaffar Suleymanov, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia Research Associate, traveled to Kiev on July 6 on a week-long fact-finding mission and spoke to more than a dozen local and international journalists about press freedom conditions in the country. Suleymanov also met with journalists who had covered or were covering…

Iran urged to release detained Washington Post journalist

July 30, 2014 5:06 PM EDT

The Guardian cited CPJ’s research on press freedom in Iran and CPJ’s analysis on the imprisonment of Jacob Rezaian. Read the full article here.

Mass surveillance is corroding American democracy, Human Rights report concludes

July 28, 2014 4:59 PM EDT

The Huffington Post referenced CPJ’s report, Obama and the Press, in an article covering the Human Rights Watch/ACLU report on the affect of mass surveillance on American democracy. Read the full article here.

Iran confirms arrest of Post correspondent

July 25, 2014 4:49 PM EDT

The Washington Post cited CPJ’s statement on the detainment of Post correspondent Jacob Rezaian, his wife, and other journalists in Iran. Read the full article here.

Working in Conflict Zones

July 24, 2014 12:02 PM EDT

Sao Paulo, Brazil. Panel Discussion. ABRAJI International Congress on Investigative Journalism. Americas Research Associate, Sara Rafsky, will moderate the discussion.

This Palestinian journalist was killed in an ambulance on Sunday

July 22, 2014 4:40 PM EDT

Vice quoted Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, in its analysis of threats to journalists covering Operation Protective Edge. Read the full article here.

Nigeria’s free-wheeling media fears crackdown over Boko Haram battle

July 21, 2014 4:36 PM EDT

Reuters cited CPJ’s Impunity Index in its analysis of the threats to Nigeria’s media. Read the full article here.

Israeli airstrikes injure three journalists in Gaza

July 18, 2014 4:31 PM EDT

Mashable quoted CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, Sherif Mansour, after three journalists were injured by IDF airstrikes in Gaza. Read the full article here.

Ethiopia Zone 9 bloggers charged with terrorism

July 18, 2014 4:29 PM EDT

BBC World News, Africa quoted CPJ’s statement on the sentencing of the Zone 9 bloggers. Read the full article here.