On Fox News Lauría details Mexico’s press crisis
Watch the latest video at FOXNews.com Carlos Lauría, CPJ’s senior program coordinator for the Americas, appeared on the August 4 edition of Fox News’ “Strategy Room.” The segment details how drug cartels in Mexico are kidnapping and killing journalists to control the flow of information. Lauría also talks about Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s struggle to protect freedom…
Simon on The Kojo Nnamdi Show
CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon was live on “The Kojo Nnamdi Show,” a daily news public radio show in Washington. Simon was joined by Iraqi journalist Haider Hamza, who has covered the war in Iraq for Reuters and ABC News, and Alfredo Corchado, the Mexico bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News, in a discussion…
Lauría in Washington Post
CPJ Senior Americas Program Coordinator Carlos Lauría is quoted in an article in Washington Post about the seventh Honduran journalist killed since March 1. Most of the victims had reported on organized crime in the northern coastal region of Honduras, a key transshipment point for U.S.-bound cocaine. Please follow this link to read the article…
Joel Simon interview in Tehelka
CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon is interviewed in the March 27 edition of India’s Tehelka Magazine. In the article entitled, ‘Online Info Is Easy To Choke’, Simon discusses CPJ’s work, the increase in violence against the press in recent years, and what the situation is like for members of the Indian press. Please find the…
Clarín on Attacks on the Press
The February 16 edition of Argentina’s Clarín newspaper has Spanish-language coverage of CPJ’s Bogota launch of Attacks on the Press in 2009 . The article entitled, “Fuerte crítica del Comité de Protección de Periodistas por los ataques a Clarín”, by Miguel Wiñazki, highlights CPJ’s regional essay and also deals with CPJ’s coverage of raids on…
New York Times on Attacks on the Press
The February 16 edition of the New York Times has coverage of CPJ’s launch of Attacks on the Press in 2009 at the United Nations. The article, “Record Number of Journalists Killed in 2009”, by Neil MacFarquhar, highlights CPJ’s call to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon “to make a more assertive and firm stand in…
Video: Carlos Lauria and Jean Roland Chery on CUNY TV
CPJ Senior Program Coordinator for the Americas Carlos Lauria and Haitian journalist Jean Roland Chery appeared on the February 3 edition of CUNY’s “Independent Sources” to discuss the hurdles facing Haitian journalists as they try to rebuild the media in a devastated country. Please visit the show’s Web site to view the video.
Impunity: stopping the killers
Index on Censorship has posted an article by CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon about the issue of impunity in the murders of journalists. The post outlines how press freedom advocates can combat the culture impunity and find justice in the cases of murdered journalists.