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| − | + | '''Committee to Protect Journalists''' (CPJ) is headquartered in [[New York City]]. They are funded in part by [[George Soros]]' [[Open Society Institute|Open Society Foundations]]. | |
| − | + | According to their website, "When press freedom violations occur, CPJ mobilizes a network of correspondents who report and take action on behalf of those targeted. CPJ reports on violations in repressive countries, conflict zones, and established democracies alike. A board of prominent journalists from around the world helps guide CPJ's activities"<ref>[https://cpj.org/about Committee to Protect Journalists Website] (accessed on June 12, 2018)</ref> | |
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| + | The [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] claims that their "mission involves not only journalists but anyone who cherishes the value of information for a free society." | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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| − | == | + | ==Hamas Terrorist Support== |
| + | [[File:Anas Al-Sharif (L) with Yahya Sinwar.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Al Jazeera]] journalist [[Anas Al-Sharif]] (L) with [[Hamas]] leader [[Yahya Sinwar]]]] | ||
| − | + | [[Anas Al-Sharif]] was sympathetically portrayed as a "journalist" by the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]]<ref>[https://cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-calls-for-anas-al-sharifs-protection-in-face-of-israeli-smears/ CPJ calls for Anas al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears (accessed August 11, 2025)]</ref> despite his deep ties to [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/idf-accuses-slain-al-jazeera-journalist-of-leading-hamas-cell/ IDF accuses slain Al Jazeera journalist of leading Hamas cell (accessed August 11, 2025)]</ref>,<ref>[https://www.maariv.co.il/news/military/article-1222828 Journalist in the service of Hamas: Al-Jazeera's familiar face was eliminated in the Gaza Strip (accessed August 11, 2025)]</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==Soros Funding== | |
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| − | + | From the [[Open Society Institute|Open Society Foundations]] website accessed on December 19, 2019:<ref>[https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/what-we-do/regions/united-states Information and Media] (accessed on December 19, 2019)</ref> | |
| − | + | ::[T]he [[Open Society Institute|Open Society Foundations]] support efforts to understand the implications of information technology on the way we live. The Foundations also continue to support efforts to protect journalistic freedoms, through groups such as the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]], and to ensure that market forces do not curtail independent investigative reporting, by helping to fund newsrooms such as [[ProPublica]] and the [[Center for Investigative Reporting]]. | |
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| − | + | In 2015, the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] received 10,000 from the [[Open Society Institute]].<ref>[https://pp-990.s3.amazonaws.com/2017_03_PF/13-7029285_990PF_201512.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAI7C6X5GT42DHYZIA%2F20180614%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20180614T182458Z&X-Amz-Expires=1800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=38a0cba38943362da3db4c7ad72dae7d3d26111b849ef3147c62bd7d142ebdbd]</ref> | |
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| − | + | In 1999, '''George Soros'''' [[Open Society Institute|Open Society Foundations]] gave 4 grants, totaling $220,000 to the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] - on whose board once sat [[The Nation]] magazine co-owner and editorial director [[Victor Navasky]].<ref name=soroshamfish>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101120142922/http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum505/showthread.php?t=8374 Archive Link: GEORGE SOROS' EVIL EMPIRE IS EXPOSED] Conservative Underground</ref> He is currently a Publisher emeritus with the magazine. | |
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| + | ==Board of Directors== | ||
| − | + | Since July 2006, journalist [[Joel Simon]] has been the organization's executive director; he had previously served as deputy director since 2000. | |
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| − | + | Its board of directors has included American journalists, including: | |
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| + | *[[Stephen J. Adler]] of [[Reuters]] | ||
| + | *[[Anne Garrels]] | ||
| + | *[[Amanda Bennett]] | ||
| + | *[[Krishna Bharat]] | ||
| + | *[[Rajiv Chandrasekaran]] | ||
| + | *[[Susan Chira]] of The [[New York Times]] | ||
| + | *[[Sheila Coronel]], Graduate School of Journalism, [[Columbia University]] | ||
| + | *[[Josh Friedman]], [[Carey Institute for Global Good]] | ||
| + | *[[David Remnick]] | ||
| + | *[[Charlayne Hunter-Gault]] | ||
| + | *[[Jonathan Klein]], [[Getty Images]] | ||
| + | *[[Jane Kramer]], [[The New Yorker]] | ||
| + | *[[Isaac Lee]], [[Univision]] | ||
| + | *[[Alan Rusbridger]] | ||
| + | *[[David Schlesinger]] | ||
| + | *[[Jacob Weisberg]], The [[Slate]] Group | ||
| + | *[[Matthew Winkler]], [[Bloomberg News]] | ||
| + | *[[Kati Marton]] | ||
| + | *[[Michael Massing]] | ||
| + | *[[Victor Navasky]] | ||
| + | *[[Clarence Page]] | ||
| + | *[[Norman Pearlstine]] | ||
| + | *[[Lara Logan]], [[CBS]] | ||
| + | *[[Rebecca MacKinnon]] | ||
| + | *[[Ahmed Rashid]]</div> | ||
| − | + | ===Former board members=== | |
| − | + | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | |
| + | *[[Christiane Amanpour]] | ||
| + | *[[Gwen Ifill]] | ||
| + | *[[Tom Brokaw]] | ||
| + | *[[Dan Rather]] | ||
| + | *[[Anthony Lewis]] | ||
| + | *[[Dave Marsh]] | ||
| + | *[[Mark Whitaker]] | ||
| + | *[[Andres Oppenheimer]]</div> | ||
| − | + | ==People== | |
| − | + | Current executive staff as of June 12 2018:<ref>[https://cpj.org/about/staff.php Staff] (accessed on Dec. 22, 2009)</ref> | |
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| − | + | *[[Joel Simon]], Executive Director | |
| − | + | *[[Robert Mahoney]], Deputy Executive Director | |
| − | + | *[[Elana Beiser]], Editorial Director | |
| − | Advocacy And | + | *[[Courtney Radsch]], Advocacy Director |
| − | Kerry Paterson | + | *[[John Weis]], Director Of Development And Outreach |
| − | + | *[[Sue Marcoux]], Director Of Finance And Administration | |
| − | + | *[[Maria Salazar-Ferro]], Emergencies Director | |
| − | Michael De Dora | + | *[[Carlos Martinez De La Serna]], Program Director |
| − | + | *[[Angela Quintal]], Africa Program Coordinator | |
| − | + | *[[Jonathan Rozen]], Africa Research Associate | |
| − | Beatrice Santa- | + | *[[Alexandra Ellerbeck]], North America Program Coordinator |
| − | + | *[[Natalie Southwick]], Americas Research Associate | |
| − | Senior Program Officer | + | *[[Steven Butler]], Asia Program Coordinator |
| − | + | *[[Aliya Iftikhar]], Asia Research Associate | |
| − | + | *[[Nina Ognianova]], Europe And Central Asia Program Coordinator | |
| − | + | *[[Gulnoza Said]], Europe And Central Asia Research Associate | |
| − | Tanya Somasundaram | + | *[[Sherif Mansour]], Middle East And North Africa Program Coordinator |
| − | + | *[[Justin Shilad]], Middle East And North Africa Research Associate | |
| − | + | *[[Nicole Schilit]], Journalist Assistance Program Coordinator | |
| − | Jake Rothenberg | + | *[[Ahmed Zidan]], Digital Manager |
| − | + | *[[Mehdi Rahmati]], Social Media Associate | |
| − | Business And Accounting Manager | + | *[[Natalie Meltzer]], Program Manager |
| − | + | *[[Jennifer Dunham]], Deputy Editorial Director | |
| − | + | *[[Jessica Jerreat]], Senior Editor | |
| − | + | *[[Katherine Jacobsen]], News Editor | |
| − | Zelene Pineda Suchilt | + | *[[Mustafa Hameed]], Multimedia Producer |
| − | + | *[[Kerry Paterson]], Advocacy And Communications Manager | |
| − | James W. Foley Fellow | + | *[[Michael De Dora]], Washington Advocacy Manager |
| − | + | *[[Beatrice Santa-Wood]], Communications Associate | |
| − | + | *[[Shazdeh Omari]], Senior Program Officer | |
| − | + | *[[Tanya Somasundaram]], Development Assistant | |
| − | + | *[[Jake Rothenberg]], Executive Assistant | |
| − | + | *[[Margaret Abam-DePass]], Business And Accounting Manager | |
| − | + | *[[Zelene Pineda Suchilt]], Administrative Assistant | |
| − | + | *[[Lucy Westcott]], James W. Foley Fellow</div> | |
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| − | + | ===International Program Network=== | |
| − | Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras | + | <div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2"> |
| − | Christopher Miller | + | *[[Tom Gibson]], European Union Representative And Advocacy Manager |
| + | *[[Attila Mong]], Europe Correspondent | ||
| + | *[[Colin Pereira]], Journalist Safety Specialist | ||
| + | *[[Ela Stapley]], Safety Technologist | ||
| + | *[[Iris Hsu]], China Correspondent | ||
| + | *[[Elisabeth Witchel]], Consultant, Campaign Against Impunity | ||
| + | *[[Ozgur Ogret]], Turkey Representative | ||
| + | *[[Shawn W. Crispin]], Senior Southeast Asia Representative | ||
| + | *[[Andrew Downie]], Brazil Correspondent | ||
| + | *[[Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras]], Middle East And North Africa Correspondent | ||
| + | *[[Christopher Miller]], Correspondent For Ukraine, Russia, And Belarus | ||
| + | *[[Jan-Albert Hootsen]], Mexico Representative | ||
| + | *[[Muthoki Mumo]], East Africa Correspondent | ||
| + | *[[Frank Smyth]], Senior Adviser For Journalist Security</div> | ||
==Committee to Defend Diane Bukowski and Freedom of the Press== | ==Committee to Defend Diane Bukowski and Freedom of the Press== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Committee to Defend Diane Bukowski and Freedom of the Press]] | [[Category:Committee to Defend Diane Bukowski and Freedom of the Press]] | ||
[[Category:Organizations]] | [[Category:Organizations]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:18, 11 August 2025
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is headquartered in New York City. They are funded in part by George Soros' Open Society Foundations.
According to their website, "When press freedom violations occur, CPJ mobilizes a network of correspondents who report and take action on behalf of those targeted. CPJ reports on violations in repressive countries, conflict zones, and established democracies alike. A board of prominent journalists from around the world helps guide CPJ's activities"[1]
The Committee to Protect Journalists claims that their "mission involves not only journalists but anyone who cherishes the value of information for a free society."
History
Verbatim from their website:[2]
- "The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded in 1981 by a group of U.S. correspondents who realized they could not ignore the plight of colleagues whose reporting put them in peril on a daily basis.
- "The idea that journalists around the world should come together to defend the rights of colleagues working in repressive and dangerous environments led to CPJ's first advocacy campaign in 1982. At the time, three British journalists-Simon Winchester, Ian Mather, and Tony Prime were arrested in Argentina while covering the Falklands War. A letter from CPJ Honorary Chairman Walter Cronkite helped spring them from prison.
- "Since then, CPJ's mission involves not only journalists but anyone who cherishes the value of information for a free society."
Hamas Terrorist Support
_with_Yahya_Sinwar.jpg)
Anas Al-Sharif was sympathetically portrayed as a "journalist" by the Committee to Protect Journalists[3] despite his deep ties to Hamas.[4],[5]
Soros Funding
From the Open Society Foundations website accessed on December 19, 2019:[6]
- [T]he Open Society Foundations support efforts to understand the implications of information technology on the way we live. The Foundations also continue to support efforts to protect journalistic freedoms, through groups such as the Committee to Protect Journalists, and to ensure that market forces do not curtail independent investigative reporting, by helping to fund newsrooms such as ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
In 2015, the Committee to Protect Journalists received 10,000 from the Open Society Institute.[7]
In 1999, George Soros' Open Society Foundations gave 4 grants, totaling $220,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists - on whose board once sat The Nation magazine co-owner and editorial director Victor Navasky.[8] He is currently a Publisher emeritus with the magazine.
Board of Directors
Since July 2006, journalist Joel Simon has been the organization's executive director; he had previously served as deputy director since 2000.
Its board of directors has included American journalists, including:
- Stephen J. Adler of Reuters
- Anne Garrels
- Amanda Bennett
- Krishna Bharat
- Rajiv Chandrasekaran
- Susan Chira of The New York Times
- Sheila Coronel, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
- Josh Friedman, Carey Institute for Global Good
- David Remnick
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- Jonathan Klein, Getty Images
- Jane Kramer, The New Yorker
- Isaac Lee, Univision
- Alan Rusbridger
- David Schlesinger
- Jacob Weisberg, The Slate Group
- Matthew Winkler, Bloomberg News
- Kati Marton
- Michael Massing
- Victor Navasky
- Clarence Page
- Norman Pearlstine
- Lara Logan, CBS
- Rebecca MacKinnon
- Ahmed Rashid
Former board members
People
Current executive staff as of June 12 2018:[9]
- Joel Simon, Executive Director
- Robert Mahoney, Deputy Executive Director
- Elana Beiser, Editorial Director
- Courtney Radsch, Advocacy Director
- John Weis, Director Of Development And Outreach
- Sue Marcoux, Director Of Finance And Administration
- Maria Salazar-Ferro, Emergencies Director
- Carlos Martinez De La Serna, Program Director
- Angela Quintal, Africa Program Coordinator
- Jonathan Rozen, Africa Research Associate
- Alexandra Ellerbeck, North America Program Coordinator
- Natalie Southwick, Americas Research Associate
- Steven Butler, Asia Program Coordinator
- Aliya Iftikhar, Asia Research Associate
- Nina Ognianova, Europe And Central Asia Program Coordinator
- Gulnoza Said, Europe And Central Asia Research Associate
- Sherif Mansour, Middle East And North Africa Program Coordinator
- Justin Shilad, Middle East And North Africa Research Associate
- Nicole Schilit, Journalist Assistance Program Coordinator
- Ahmed Zidan, Digital Manager
- Mehdi Rahmati, Social Media Associate
- Natalie Meltzer, Program Manager
- Jennifer Dunham, Deputy Editorial Director
- Jessica Jerreat, Senior Editor
- Katherine Jacobsen, News Editor
- Mustafa Hameed, Multimedia Producer
- Kerry Paterson, Advocacy And Communications Manager
- Michael De Dora, Washington Advocacy Manager
- Beatrice Santa-Wood, Communications Associate
- Shazdeh Omari, Senior Program Officer
- Tanya Somasundaram, Development Assistant
- Jake Rothenberg, Executive Assistant
- Margaret Abam-DePass, Business And Accounting Manager
- Zelene Pineda Suchilt, Administrative Assistant
- Lucy Westcott, James W. Foley Fellow
International Program Network
- Tom Gibson, European Union Representative And Advocacy Manager
- Attila Mong, Europe Correspondent
- Colin Pereira, Journalist Safety Specialist
- Ela Stapley, Safety Technologist
- Iris Hsu, China Correspondent
- Elisabeth Witchel, Consultant, Campaign Against Impunity
- Ozgur Ogret, Turkey Representative
- Shawn W. Crispin, Senior Southeast Asia Representative
- Andrew Downie, Brazil Correspondent
- Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras, Middle East And North Africa Correspondent
- Christopher Miller, Correspondent For Ukraine, Russia, And Belarus
- Jan-Albert Hootsen, Mexico Representative
- Muthoki Mumo, East Africa Correspondent
- Frank Smyth, Senior Adviser For Journalist Security
Committee to Defend Diane Bukowski and Freedom of the Press
In 2009 Committee to Protect Journalists was listed as a supporter of the Committee to Defend Diane Bukowski and Freedom of the Press[10]
References
- ↑ Committee to Protect Journalists Website (accessed on June 12, 2018)
- ↑ History (accessed on June 12, 2018)
- ↑ CPJ calls for Anas al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears (accessed August 11, 2025)
- ↑ IDF accuses slain Al Jazeera journalist of leading Hamas cell (accessed August 11, 2025)
- ↑ Journalist in the service of Hamas: Al-Jazeera's familiar face was eliminated in the Gaza Strip (accessed August 11, 2025)
- ↑ Information and Media (accessed on December 19, 2019)
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Archive Link: GEORGE SOROS' EVIL EMPIRE IS EXPOSED Conservative Underground
- ↑ Staff (accessed on Dec. 22, 2009)
- ↑ Defend Diane Bukowski and freedom of the press: Supporters (accessed on Dec. 22, 2009)