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Rowe elected CPJ chairman

June 16, 2011 12:01 PM EDT

New York, June 16, 2011–Sandra Mims Rowe, a distinguished editor with a record of journalistic and civic leadership, has been elected chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Rowe succeeds Paul Steiger, president and editor-in-chief of ProPublica. Steiger served as CPJ chairman since 2005.

Journalists are facing increasing risk at public demonstrations. Here, a March rally in Islamabad to denounce the CIA. (Reuters/Mian Khursheed)

In journalist security field, maturing and understanding

June 7, 2011 8:57 AM EDT

Journalist security is still a maturing field, but news organizations are devoting more attention to preparing their reporters and photographers for the dangers particular to the profession. That means understanding risks that are constantly evolving. The brutal attack on CBS correspondent Lara Logan at a Cairo demonstration has drawn worldwide attention to the issue of…

Remembering Bernard Estrade, a friend and AFP legend

March 21, 2011 3:44 PM EDT

Legendary Agence France-Presse correspondents Bernard Estrade died last week in Paris after a long illness. He was one of the great reporters of his era and a great friend of CPJ.

At SXSW Interactive, theory and reality converge

March 17, 2011 5:44 PM EDT

I’ve just returned from a hectic week at SXSW Interactive, the annual gathering of digital technologists and creators in Austin, Texas. Conferences like this are often moments of isolation from the rest of the world, where attendees become consumed with the trivia of the event itself. But because many of those attending SXSWi are prolific…

CPJ alarmed by attack on Lara Logan of CBS News

February 15, 2011 5:11 PM EST

New York, February 15, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by news that CBS correspondent and CPJ board member Lara Logan was sexually assaulted and beaten in Cairo on Friday while covering rallies marking the resignation of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. “We have seen Lara’s compassion at work while helping journalists who have faced…

At Attacks launch: What if governments are perpetrators?

February 15, 2011 4:50 PM EST

When we launched the new edition of Attacks on the Press at the United Nations today, I was hit with questions about Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Both dealt with what amounts to the same problem: What do you do when you’re asking a government to investigate a crime in which it might have been the…

Attacks on the Press launched at UN

February 15, 2011 1:12 PM EST

At a U.N. press conference today, CPJ Chairman Paul Steiger announces the release of Attacks on the Press. He’s joined by CPJ’s Joel Simon, Bob Dietz, and Mohamed Abdel Dayem.

Combating impunity, from commitment to action

January 26, 2011 5:40 PM EST

This afternoon we sent out a press release announcing a $100,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support CPJ’s Global Campaign Against Impunity. The campaign enters its third year in 2011, having achieved some significant successes, including high-level commitment to prosecute the killers of journalist in the Philippines and Russia.…