Samantha Libby

InDepthAfrica quoted CPJ’s East Africa Representative, Tom Rhodes, in its coverage of the sentencing of the zone 9 bloggers in Ethiopia. Read the full article here.

Monday, July 14, 11-12:30. CPJ Advocacy Director Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, will speak about CPJ’s approach to advocacy and protection of journalists at a session on evaluating effective tactics for protecting colleagues at risk during the Science and Human Rights coalition meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Google Hangout. [http://flip.org.co/es]. 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. ET. Catalina Botero, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Carlos Lauria, senior program coordinator for the Americas of the Committee to Protect Journalists; Rachael Kay, manager of the International Exchange Network for Freedom of Expression (IFEX), and representatives of 7…

After CPJ released an alert on the death of Hamid Sihab, a Palestinian media worker who died when an IDF airstrike hit his press car, the Huffington Post quoted CPJ’s coverage. Read the full article here.

The United Nations, New York. Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium. 3 – 4.30pm. World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development offers a new look at recent evolutions in media freedom, independence, pluralism and journalist safety. The overarching trend observed throughout is one of disruption brought on by technology and to a lesser extent the global…

In its round up of journalism news outside the U.S., Poynter cited CPJ’s alert on the disapearance of Nigerian editor, Thomas Thomas. Read the full article here.

Al-Jazeera reviews what it calls the largest social media press freedom campaign ever: #FreeAJStaff. The article cites CPJ’s coverage of the trial. Read the full article here.

Venice. European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization. Jean-Paul Marthoz, CPJ’s Europe representative, will be speaking.

Columbia Journalism Review used CPJ’s research in its list of key numbers that measure press freedom around the world today. Read the full article here.