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CPJ Insider: December edition
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2022 International Press Freedom Awardee Niyaz Abdullah (left) with 2023 IPFA Awardees (second from left to right) Ferdinand Ayité, María Teresa Montaño, Nika Gvaramia, and Shahina K. K. (Photo: Barbara Nitke for CPJ)
CPJ honors courageous journalists fighting repression worldwide
CPJ held its 33rd annual International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA) in New York City, helping raise a record-breaking $2.8 million to protect journalists around the world. Our 2023 awardees faced government crackdowns, kidnapping, exile, and the rising criminalization of their work. Learn more »
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 CPJ celebrates #GivingTuesday with your support!
Thank you for celebrating #GivingTuesday with CPJ. Press freedom is your freedom, after all, and defending it takes all of us. Amid war and conflict, widespread protests, and with a year of election reporting on the horizon, your support makes all the difference to the journalists we serve. Learn more »
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 #NotATarget: CPJ continues to document dismal toll of journalist killings in Gaza
The first month of the Israel-Gaza war was the deadliest month for journalists that CPJ has ever documented, with 37 deaths from October 7 to November 6. The current, dismal toll—of 63 journalists and media workers killed as of December 5—is more than 2022’s global total of 42 journalists and media workers who were confirmed as killed in direct reprisal for their work. The situation in Gaza is particularly difficult, accounting for 56 of the 63 deaths. Learn more »
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Must-read
CPJ spoke with Pavel Butorin, the husband of journalist Alsu Kurmasheva who has been held in pretrial detention in Russia since October. Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be held by Russia this year, after the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges in March. “We very much appreciate all the strong statements from so many organizations, including yours,” Butorin told CPJ, “The more awareness we bring to this case the better it is for Alsu.”
CPJ joined nine other press freedom groups in a letter to express disappointment after Romania’s prosecutor’s office at the Bucharest Court of Appeal decided to close its investigation into the harassment and smear campaign against investigative journalist Emilia Șercan. Șercan had received threatening messages following her critical reporting on the then-Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă. “This decision fails both Emilia Șercan and all Romanian journalists who seek to hold political power to account,” the letter states.
CPJ is gathering images from the Israel-Gaza war that show journalists working under under extreme, heartbreaking, and, too-often, fatal circumstances as they document the war. The photos powerfully illustrate what’s at stake for journalists who try to bring us the news amid strikes and a ground assault on the blockaded Gaza Strip. CPJ advises viewer discretion as some of the images can be distressing.
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CPJ in the news
“Gaza’s communications blackout raises concerns of Israeli war crimes,” Al Jazeera
“Journalism is not a crime. What’s criminal is the culture of impunity for journalists’ killers in Pakistan,” DAWN
“Impunity in Journalist Killings Remains the Norm, Report Says,” VOA
“Media watchdog says it was just ‘raising questions’ with insinuations about photographers and Hamas,” The Associated Press
“On Instagram, Palestinian journalists and digital creators documenting Gaza strikes see surge in followers,” NBC
“These charts show the scale of loss in the Israel-Hamas war,” CNN
“The open source software question, market concentration in AI,” Euractiv
“517 journalists killed in Americas in last 25 years; vast majority of cases go unpunished,” LatAm Journal Review
“Al Jazeera reporter’s family receives Israeli threat to leave Gaza home,” Al Jazeera
“Global Issues to Watch in 2024,” Chatham House
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