Today, as you connect with family and friends, you may find that a deadly wildfire is afoot, the company you invest in has tanked or new legislation curbs the rights of people you love. To navigate how this happened and what it means, you turn to journalists – to those whose reporting sheds light on our lives and provide us with the facts to make decisions.
Whether it’s elections, the stock market, movies or sports—the world moves on information.
Yet, journalists’ ability to report freely is under assault like never before. Just last year, 99 journalists and media workers were killed and 320 were behind bars. War, entrenched authoritarianism, and corrupt leaders are silencing probing reporting, even beyond their own borders.
Help CPJ to defend and support a free press.