CPJ Insider: September 2022 edition
Covering the Amazon: Q&A with Renata Neder, CPJ’s Brazil representative Environmental reporting can be dangerous and traumatic for journalists. Whether covering wildfires or flash floods or reporting from remote areas where there is environmental destruction or drug trafficking, journalists face numerous threats on the beat. We spoke with CPJ’s Brazil representative, Renata Neder, about the…
Deadliest country for journalists in Western Hemisphere: Killings continue unabated in Mexico amid a climate of impunity
At least 13 journalists were killed in Mexico in the first eight months of 2022, the highest number CPJ has ever documented in the country in a single year. In a country characterized by corruption and organized crime, it’s unclear how many were targeted directly because of their work. “That is a crisis of press freedom that…
In 2022, journalist killings continue unabated in Mexico amid a climate of impunity
At least 13 journalists have been killed in Mexico in the first eight months of 2022, the highest number the Committee to Protect Journalists has ever documented in the country in a single year. In a country characterized by corruption and organized crime, it’s unclear how many were targeted directly because of their work. CPJ…
Six months into the Russia-Ukraine war, 12 journalists killed
For six months, CPJ has covered how Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has affected press freedom in the region. At least 12 journalists have been killed covering the war and CPJ is investigating whether the deaths of three others were related to their work. Russia’s independent media has been gutted as scores of journalists have…
#JusticeForShireen: 100 days since the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
To mark 100 days since the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, CPJ participated in a vigil on Thursday outside the Washington, D.C., offices of Al-Jazeera English. The veteran journalist was fatally shot while covering an Israeli army operation in the West Bank town of Jenin on May 11. CPJ continues to call…
CPJ Insider: August 2022 edition
CPJ continues to demand Biden administration hold those responsible for journalist killings to account President Biden’s recent Middle East trip was a key opportunity for his administration to support the cause of press freedom. Before and during the trip, CPJ repeatedly urged the administration not to normalize journalist killings and to demand accountability for the…
Shireen Abu Akleh’s family, CPJ, U.S. lawmakers call on Biden administration to investigate journalist’s killing
On Thursday, CPJ joined the family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and U.S. lawmakers for a press conference to call for an independent, U.S.-led investigation into her killing. Also this week, CPJ called on U.S. officials to act after Blinken met with Abu Akleh’s family. “Today, we remind President Biden of his…
CPJ calls for US to pursue accountability in Shireen Abu Akleh killing
On July 4, the U.S. State Department released a statement concerning the shooting death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. It said that while Israeli forces were “likely responsible” for shooting and killing Abu Akleh, there was “no reason to believe that this was intentional.” On Twitter, Abu Akleh’s family condemned that statement, reiterating…
Philippine authorities order Rappler to shut down, block access to 2 news websites
On Tuesday, Philippine authorities ordered the shutdown of independent news organization Rappler and the blocking of news websites Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly. Maria Ressa, co-founder, CEO and executive editor of Rappler, was quoted in news reports Wednesday saying that the outlet would appeal the ruling. Ressa, who is a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and…
‘I want to be a journalist like Shireen’
“I wanted to reach her, but I just couldn’t,” Shatha Hanaysha — the 29-year-old Palestinian correspondent who was seen in the video of the aftermath of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last week — told CPJ, recalling the danger of extending her hand to touch her colleague’s body. “When I was asked,…