In honor of Sunshine Week, the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee will host a panel discussion on March 14 to examine the status of government transparency laws around the world. The discussion, which will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., will feature foreign journalists and policy experts who will discuss global and…
On March 2, 2016, CPJ will present a new special report on the status of criminal defamation laws in the Americas at a panel discussion in Lima on March 2, 2016. The Perú-based Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) will co-sponsor the event. The report, prepared for CPJ by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in collaboration with…
CPJ will participate in the Internet Freedom Festival, a conference that creates a common space for diverse communities who are working against and affected by censorship and surveillance. The conference is place where those groups can come together to teach, plan and act.
This event will include two panels for consideration of the use of propaganda and disinformation in a hybrid warfare. The first panel, moderated by CPJ’s Jean-Paul Marthoz, will explore how propaganda and trolling, in particular, can undermine Europe’s freedom of speech. The participants are invited to reflect on words that incite violence – namely, on…
On February 18, Carlos Lauría of CPJ will speak at the Innovation Exchange Happy Hour in New York hosted by TrustLaw and Be Social Change. The event features 5×5 talks–5 speakers, 5 minutes each. Speakers will share the numerous ways in which innovation catalyzes their work. Speakers Nell Derick Debevoise | Founder and CEO, Inspiring…
This conference features high level representatives of news organizations to share good practices on the safety of journalists and more proactively highlight the issue of journalist safety. CPJ Advocacy Director Courtney Radsch will participate in the panel, “Safety for Community, Regional and Local Media” from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The War Zone Freelance Exhibition gives an exclusive look into the work and world of freelance journalists covering wars and conflicts in the Middle East. The project is motivated by the desire to pay tribute and provoke debate on the important and consequential role freelance journalists play in bringing news out of conflict areas to…
The Committee to Protect Journalists will take part in a joint press conference on Turkey’s press freedom record, alongside Reporters Without Borders and the European Federation of Journalists. The press conference, “EU must stop its double standards with Turkey,” will be held in Brussels on December 15, 2015. CPJ’s EU correspondent Jean-Paul Marthoz, along with…
The Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) and The Internet Policy Forum of the Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) are hosting a 3 event series of the Pathfinder Initiative about Building Internet Capacity for Non-Profits and NGOs. This kick-off event, December 14, will focus on Internet Security, with CPJ…
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the Senate Human Rights Caucus for a briefing and dialogue with the 2015 recipients of the Committee to Protect Journalists International Press Freedom Award. Journalists foster accountability through their reporting on politics, crime, corruption and human rights abuses. However, in many countries journalists work in a…