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Jodie Ginsberg Apr 14, 2023

If you are in Perugia next week for #IJF23, please join us for this special event for Evan Gershkovich https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2023/isupportevan-free-evan-gerskovich

#IStandWithEvan: Free Evan Gershkovich

Evan Gershkovich, 31 years old, is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covers Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. In March 2023, he was arrested in Russia while on a reporting trip and accused of spying, making him the first American journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the Cold War. The Journal and the U....

International Journalism Festival

Jodie Ginsberg Apr 14, 2023

This is the country that I left and this is the country that you love". This, from Ella Gershkovich - Evan Gershkovich's mother - haunts me. It will be so familiar to the children of emigrants, and the parents of children who return to the lands those parents left. #FreeEvan

https://www.wsj.com/video/evan-gershkovichs-family-speaks-out-for-the-first-time-since-his-arrest/D7A7460E-32C4-4A82-A03F-BAA662BF21E6.html?mod=hp_lead_pos7

Evan Gershkovich’s Family Speaks Out for the First Time Since His Arrest

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, reporter Evan Gershkovich’s family speaks out for the first time since he was detained in Russia on March 29. Photo: Brian Troy for The Wall Street Journal

Jodie Ginsberg Mar 6, 2023

We're hiring! Jobs include Senior Editor - EMEA, Program Coordinator - Latin America and the Caribbean. Come join us!
https://cpj.org/about/jobs/

Employment Opportunities at CPJ - Committee to Protect Journalists

Europe and Central Asia Research Associate Europe and Central Asia Research Associate Reports to: Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Salary range: Competitive based on experience Location: New York City Start date: ASAP Application Deadline: on a rolling basis About CPJ Founded in 1981, the Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, non-profit organization defending journalists…

Committee to Protect Journalists

Jodie Ginsberg Jan 30, 2023

I spoke to PBS Newshour about the high level of killings of journalists. As CPJ recorded the first killing of a journalist in 2023 - that of Martinez Zogo - this past week has felt grim and hopeless. But we will keep going - to ensure things change for the better. We must.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-a-sharp-increase-in-journalist-killings-around-the-world

What’s behind a sharp increase in journalist killings around the world

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 2022 was one of the deadliest years on record for journalists around the globe, with a nearly 50 percent increase in killings from the previous years. Lisa Desjardins speaks to Jodie Ginsberg, president of the CPJ, about the increasingly dangerous environment for journalists worldwide.

PBS NewsHour

Jodie Ginsberg Jan 26, 2023

Sarah McLaughlin Jan 26, 2023

Since his takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk has maintained that by “free speech” he “simply mean[s] that which matches the law." India's latest censorship campaign shows why that's very wrong, both as an understanding of free speech and as a way to run a global platform. https://www.thefire.org/news/censorship-india-exposes-gap-between-free-speech-and-law

Censorship in India exposes the gap between ‘free speech’ and the law

Modi's government has suppressed the release of a BBC documentary chronicling his role in the country's 2002 religious riots that resulted in over a thousand deaths.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

Jodie Ginsberg Jan 26, 2023

Martinez Zogo - who exposed corruption and wrongdoing in #Cameroon - was kidnapped on January 17. His mutilated body was found naked and dumped in a quarry on January 22: the first journalist death that the Committee to Protect Journalists
has documented this year.

The details of his death are horrific. But we musn't look away. This is what people are prepared to do to silence a story.
https://cpj.org/?p=257634

Martinez Zogo - Committee to Protect Journalists

Martinez Zogo, the managing director of the privately owned Cameroonian radio broadcaster Amplitude FM, was found dead on January 22, 2023, after going missing five days earlier. At about 8 p.m. on January 17, four hooded men in a black Prado car followed Zogo while he was driving to his home outside the capital city...

Committee to Protect Journalists

Show thread

Jodie Ginsberg Jan 24, 2023

I found some measure of optimism in my interview today with Al Jazeera. #journalismmatters #pressfreedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdscif75tco

Killings of journalists surged 50% in 2022: CPJ report

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Jodie Ginsberg Jan 24, 2023

Last year was also a record year for journalist imprisonments.

I am an optimist by nature but today I just feel deeply angry and profoundly sad.
https://cpj.org/data/imprisoned/2022/?status=Imprisoned&start_year=2022&end_year=2022&group_by=location

Jodie Ginsberg Jan 24, 2023

Today we published our report into journalist killings in 2022. Makes for grim reading.
https://cpj.org/reports/2023/01/deadly-year-for-journalists-as-killings-rose-sharply-in-2022/

Deadly year for journalists as killings rose sharply in 2022 - Committee to Protect Journalists

By Jennifer Dunham/CPJ Deputy Editorial Director Published January 24, 2023 Key Takeaways | Methodology | 2022 Killed Data | Interactive Map | Video The year 2022 was deadly for members of the press. At least 67 journalists and media workers were killed during the year–the highest number since 2018 and an almost 50% increase from...

Committee to Protect Journalists

Jodie Ginsberg Jan 20, 2023

Mediagazer Jan 20, 2023

Rwandan journalist and government critic John Williams Ntwali died on January 18 in a traffic accident, but activists raise questions about the cause of death (Ayenat Mersie/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/john-williams-ntwali-rare-rwandan-journalist-critical-govt-dies-2023-01-20/
http://mediagazer.com/230120/p3#a230120p3

John Williams Ntwali, rare Rwandan journalist critical of govt, dies

John Williams Ntwali, one of Rwanda's few journalists who published stories critical of the government, has died, his newspaper The Chronicles reported.

Reuters

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