In the News

CPJ 2009 International Press Freedom Award Winner Mustafa Haji Abdinur is interviewed by NBC’s Ron Allen on December 29 for MSNBC.com. In this clip he discusses the violence in his home nation of Somalia and why he feels compelled to continue reporting despite the risks.

CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon appeared on the December 11 edition of NPR’s On the Media radio program to discuss CPJ’s 2009 prison census…

CPJ 2009 International Press Freedom Award Winner Mustafa Haji Abdinur appeared on the November 25 edition of “Amanpour” on CNNI to discuss the growing threats to journalists in his home nation of Somalia in light of the massacre of journalists in the Philippines.

CPJ 2009 International Press Freedom Award Winner Mustafa Haji Abdinur appeared on the November 25 edition of “Andrea Mitchell Reports” to discuss the dangers he and his colleagues face working as journalists in Somalia.

CPJ 2009 International Press Freedom Award Winner Mustafa Haji Abdinur appeared on the November 24 edition of “World Focus” on PBS to discuss the “culture of violence in daily Somali life and the war against the independent press.”

On October 28 the SiliconValleyWatcher blog posted a short video featuring speeches from CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon and Board Chairman Paul Steiger announcing funding from the Thiel Foundation to aid freedom of the press online.Please click here to read the post and watch video of the speeches.

CPJ Senior Program Coordinator for the Americas Carlos Lauria appeared on the October 4 edition of “María Hinojosa: One-on-One” to discuss dangers journalists face in Mexico and around the world. He was joined by Mexican reporter Blanche Petrich…

CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon appeared on the September 15 edition of Worldfocus to discuss CPJ’s special report on journalist murders in Russia, “The Anatomy of Injustice”.

CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon appeared on the August 6 edition of KCRW’s To The Point radio program to discuss the topic of dangerous assignments and travel in light of Euna Lee and Laura Ling’s release from prison in North Korea.

CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Bob Dietz appeared on the June 9 edition of KCRW’s To The Point radio program to discuss the sentencing of Euna Lee and Laura Ling in North Korea.