Press Releases

New York, December 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) announced on Tuesday four new members to its board of directors: Rebecca Blumenstein, president, editorial of NBC News, Gary Briggs, marketing executive and advisor to notable technology and retail firms; Phil Chetwynd, global news director of Agence France-Presse; and Katherine Moran Meeks, executive vice president…

Gala hosted by Christiane Amanpour marks record fundraising year  New York, November 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) celebrated five journalists at the 35th annual International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA) in New York on Thursday, raising a record-breaking $2.925 million to protect journalists around the world. This year’s awardees were: Dong Yuyu, a veteran…

New York, November 13, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is pleased to announce the appointment of Fiona O’Brien as the new Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. O’Brien will lead CPJ’s advocacy, awareness, and assistance work throughout the region from February 2026. “At a time when we are experiencing spiking threats to press…

Urgent, unrestricted media access critical to documentation of Israeli attacks on besieged territory   197 Palestinian journalists and media workers killed by Israel in two years New York, October 16, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has filed an amicus brief supporting the Foreign Press Association in Israel’s second petition to the Israeli Supreme…

Film produced by the BBC in collaboration with AFP, AP, and Reuters  New York, September 26, 2025—To coincide with the United Nations General Assembly High-level Week in New York, on Wednesday the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) premiered a short film produced by the BBC reaffirming calls for Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza. …

New York, September 24, 2025—More than 250 journalists and representatives from media groups around the world on Wednesday called for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to take “decisive action” and immediately release journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, in a letter coordinated by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition. The 26-year-old journalist has…

Esteemed awardees from four regions to be recognized in November New York, September 12, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today announced that it will honor journalists from China, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, and Tunisia – as well as a champion of U.S. press freedom – at its 35th annual International Press Freedom Awards in…

New York, August 27, 2025— Ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Mozambican chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Mozambique) call on authorities to provide credible answers on the fate of two journalists, Ibraimo Abú Mbaruco and Arlindo…

New York, July 31, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Media Advocacy Coalition of Georgia have submitted a report on the state of press freedom and journalist safety in Georgia to the United Nations Human Rights Council ahead of January’s 51st Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session. The submission details a sharp decline in media…

Batumi, Georgia, July 14, 2025一Monday’s court hearing in the case of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli shows the disproportionate and politicized nature of the charges against her and she must be released immediately, said three international press freedom organizations whose representatives monitored the proceedings.  In response to the hearing, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), International…