Qatar / Middle East & North Africa

  

CNN’s Jordan is gone, but questions remain over U.S. security record in Iraq

Committee to Protect Journalists  This article appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on February 22, 2005 Posted: February 17, 2005 The media was abuzz over comments attributed to CNN news executive Eason Jordan that some of the several dozen journalists killed in Iraq were deliberately targeted by U.S. forces. Pundits, bloggers, columnists, and members of Congress…

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Media Concerns About Covering the War

Media Concerns About Covering the War By Joel Campagna The Boston Globe March 19, 2003

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Al Jazeera: Leave It to Viewers

Al Jazeera: Leave It to Viewers By Joel Campagna The International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.come/opinion.html

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Letter from Iraq

As journalists become targets more often,a reporter finds a bunker mentality taking hold among the press corps. By P. Mitchell Prothero 

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The Press and the War on Terrorism: New Dangers and New Restrictions

Edited transcript of remarks, 5/5/04 Carnegie Council Conversation (Merrill House, New York City).

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Attacks on the Press 2003: Introduction

By Ann CooperIn real-time images, the war in Iraq splashed across television screens worldwide in March, with thousands of journalists covering the U.S.-led war against Saddam Hussein and his regime. The conflict and its aftermath had a far-reaching impact on the press and its ability to report the news, with the reverberations felt in some…

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Attacks on the Press 2003: Israel and the Occupied Territories

The Israeli army continued to imperil reporters and restrict their work in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, making the area one of the most complicated and dangerous assignments for journalists in the Middle East. During 2003, two journalists were shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fire. Others encountered harsh treatment at…

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CPJ: Press Freedom Reports 2000

An Archive of Special Reports from Around the World 2000-2004

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Permission to Fire?

CPJ Investigates the Attack on the Palestine Hotel

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Permission to Fire?

CPJ Investigates the Attack on the Palestine Hotel

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