In the News

As protests continued in Ferguson, MO, the Washington Post ran comparisons between the crackdown on protestors and foreign conflicts. One of these comparisons involved the treatment of journalists, which cited several recent CPJ alerts and cases. Read the full article here.

The Australian (via the Associated Press) cited CPJ’s statement on the death of a journalist and a media worker in Gaza. Read the full article here.

The Cairo Post cited CPJ’s statement on recent attacks on Libyan journalists. Read the full article here.

On the anniversary of the Watergate scandal, the Atlantic referenced CPJ’s report on the Obama administration and the press. Read the full article here.

The Guardian cited CPJ’s research on press freedom in Iran and CPJ’s analysis on the imprisonment of Jacob Rezaian. Read the full article here.

The Huffington Post referenced CPJ’s report, Obama and the Press, in an article covering the Human Rights Watch/ACLU report on the affect of mass surveillance on American democracy. Read the full article here.

The Washington Post cited CPJ’s statement on the detainment of Post correspondent Jacob Rezaian, his wife, and other journalists in Iran. Read the full article here.

Vice quoted Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, in its analysis of threats to journalists covering Operation Protective Edge. Read the full article here.

Reuters cited CPJ’s Impunity Index in its analysis of the threats to Nigeria’s media. Read the full article here.

Mashable quoted CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, Sherif Mansour, after three journalists were injured by IDF airstrikes in Gaza. Read the full article here.