In the News

As election day approached in Egypt, the International Press Institute asked that the future president protect press freedom with the country. Citing the case of the Al-Jazeera journalists, the Daily News Egypt referenced CPJ’s imprisoned and killed census from 2013. Read the full article here.

After Thailand’s military declared a coup, the Associated Press interviewed CPJ’s Senior Southeast Asia correspondent Shawn Crispin on the effect of the takeover on press freedom.Read the full article here.

Mashable cited and quoted CPJ’s statement in their coverage of the deteriorating environment for journalists working in Ukraine.Read the full article here.

After reporter Anthony Loyd and photographer Jack Hill, who worked for the Times of London were freed after their kidnapping in Syria, several news outlets covered their release, including the Huffington Post, who cited CPJ’s data on Syria in their coverage.Read the full article here.

CPJ’s statement calling for an investigation into the death of French photojournalist, Camille LePage, was widely quoted in various news outlets.Read the full Bloomberg article here.

An article by Paul Mooney for Reuters on the evolving press freedom climate in Myanmar cited CPJ’s Senior Southeast Asia Representative, Shawn Crispin.Read the full article here.

The Atlantic cited CPJ’s Obama and the Press report in its article on recent restrictions on intelligence professionals. Read the full article here.

PBS Media Shift wrote about the unique risks to freelancers working in conflict zones, citing CPJ data on the dangers of working in Syria.Read the full article here.

The Columbia Journalism Review used CPJ’s “10 to Free” campaign on imprisoned journalists to highlight increasing dangers to journalists and a declining environment for the safety of journalists.Read the full article here.