Issues

Israel is engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented. Palestinian journalists are being threatened, directly targeted, and murdered by Israeli forces, and are arbitrarily detained and tortured in retaliation for their work. Israel has systematically destroyed media infrastructure in Gaza, and tightened censorship throughout…

When the Trump administration ordered the defunding of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free outlets in March 2025, it silenced independent news that reached millions, many in countries where the press is heavily censored. These outlets had won initial legal victories, but recent setbacks have shut many operations down, and the toll on journalism…

Journalists face a multitude of threats and are increasingly being pushed into exile in response to their work. Almost half of the journalists CPJ supported in 2024 are living in exile, and this number has grown in recent years.  In 2024, most of the individual support grants CPJ awarded from the Gene Roberts Fund for…