Our Impact documents by Year:
CPJ Insider: May 2018 edition
April 30, 2018 11:34 AM ET
CPJ in Pakistan: 'People don't know where the lines are that they can't cross' In February, CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Steven Butler traveled to Pakistan with CPJ Multimedia Producer Mustafa Hameed to speak to journalists and press freedom advocates about the climate for media freedom in Pakistan. They traveled to...
CPJ Highlights: March 2018 edition
March 7, 2018 9:26 AM ET
CPJ's global campaign to free the press CPJ believes all journalists should be able to report freely, without any fear of harassment or retaliation. But each day, all over the world, reporters, photographers, editors, and bloggers are imprisoned for their work. In December, CPJ published its annual prison census, which...
CPJ Highlights: February edition
February 1, 2018 8:45 AM ET
CPJ leads first-ever press freedom mission to the U.S. In January, CPJ and IFEX led an international mission of global press freedom groups to the United States. Representatives of CPJ, IFEX, Article 19, International Press Institute, Reporters Without Borders, and Index on Censorship traveled to Texas and Missouri, where they...
CPJ Highlights: Year-End Edition
December 6, 2017 12:47 PM ET
There is no way to sugar coat it--this has been a terrible year for press freedom around the world. A record number of journalists are in jail. Violence remains stubbornly high. Political leaders who should be defending press freedom--including U.S. President Donald Trump--are instead vilifying journalists and undermining the role...
CPJ Highlights: November edition
November 2, 2017 10:37 AM ET
Speaking out against threats to press freedom in the US Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte, who body slammed a Guardian reporter during his election campaign this year, agreed to meet with CPJ in October. But the meeting--scheduled to last for half an hour--lasted only seven minutes. CPJ barely had enough time...
CPJ Highlights: October edition
September 29, 2017 6:23 PM ET
CPJ publishes report on press freedom in Cameroon On September 20, CPJ published a special report, called "Journalists Not Terrorists," on Cameroon's use of a broadly worded anti-terror law to arrest and threaten journalists. The legislation was put in place in 2014 as part of an effort to counter attacks...
CPJ Highlights: September edition
September 5, 2017 9:00 AM ET
Press Freedom Tracker continues to document press freedom incidents in the U.S. "I'm really doing this to show you how damned dishonest these people are," President Trump said during his August rally in Phoenix. "Truly dishonest people in the media and the fake media, they make up stories. ... They...
CPJ Highlights: July edition
July 31, 2017 10:12 AM ET
CPJ and Freedom of the Press Foundation launch the "U.S. Press Freedom Tracker" On August 2, CPJ, the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), and 22 partner organizations launched the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a website that documents threats to press freedom in the United States. The U.S. Press Freedom...
CPJ Highlights: June edition
June 28, 2017 3:39 PM ET
CPJ will use Gianforte settlement funds to document press freedom violations in U.S. The $50,000 CPJ received as part of a settlement in June from Montana then Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte will be used to help underwrite a project we are working on in partnership with other organizations including the Freedom...