Paul Mooney

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As world leaders take to UNGA stage, CPJ highlights countries of concern

Press freedom records of Egypt, Russia, Iran, China, Nigeria, Mexico, Ecuador New York, September 25, 2015–Each year, the world’s leaders are invited to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where they are given a platform to speak freely and openly. But while the leaders of many countries enjoy this privilege, their journalists back…

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Journalists in Hong Kong and Taiwan Battle Beijing’s Influence

Media owners’ reluctance to draw China’s disfavor imperils the ability of the Hong Kong and Taiwanese press to play a watchdog role. By a CPJ Contributor Popular protests like this one in Taipei on January 1, 2013, helped derail a plan for a wealthy business tycoon with interests in China to buy Taiwan’s largest newspaper.…

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Q&A: Paul Mooney on reporting in China

I’ve known Paul Mooney since we worked together at Time Warner’s Hong Kong-based magazine Asiaweek, which closed in December 2001. After that we’d overlapped in Beijing for several stints. A lot has been written about China’s refusal to give him a visa to let him go back to Beijing to work as a features writer…

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