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CPJ Insider: July edition
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Jimmy Lai sits next to a copy of Apple Daily's July 1, 2020, edition. (AP/Vincent Yu)
Jimmy Lai, of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, to receive CPJ’s 2021 Gwen Ifill award
Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned founder of Hong Kong’s Next Digital media company and Apple Daily newspaper, will be honored with CPJ’s 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award, CPJ’s board of directors announced in June. Learn more »
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Nika Soon-Shiong joins CPJ's board of directors
CPJ is thrilled to announce that Nika Soon-Shiong, executive director of the Fund for Guaranteed Income, has joined its board. She will be an integral member of the board and will help provide strategic guidance to the organization. Learn more »
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 Impact: Convictions in the murders of two Mexican journalists
CPJ welcomes landmark convictions in the murders of two Mexican journalists. We had advocated for justice for years in both cases. Learn more »
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 Estate of longtime TV news director Enid Roth supports CPJ
CPJ is deeply grateful for the generous support from the estate of Enid Roth, a longtime TV news director and producer who died in January 2018. Learn more »
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Must-reads
CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia coordinator, Gulnoza Said, speaks to the parents of Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich about their efforts to help free their son, who was arrested after Belarusian authorities diverted the flight he was on. “It felt like a horror movie,” his father said.
CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa senior researcher, Justin Shilad, highlights how journalists in Yemen are struggling to survive amid dangerous and unstable conditions. “You could describe working as a journalist in Yemen as an adventure,” one said. “The price one pays could be their life.”
To mark World Refugee Day, CPJ called on governments around the world to establish emergency visas for journalists-- and in a special feature on the website highlighted five reasons why this was vital for the press.
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CPJ in the news
“FBI launches flurry of arrests over attacks on journalists during Capitol riot,” The Washington Post
“What people in Hong Kong say about Apple Daily,” Reuters
“Nicaragua denies entry to New York Times journalist amid escalating crisis,” The New York Times
“Two journalists killed in Mexico, three dead so far this year,” The Associated Press
“Belarusian Association of Journalists under investigation as media crackdown spreads,” Voice of America
“‘Hands Off Ethiopia’: A new phase in the Tigray disinformation campaign,” Ethiopia Insight
“Trial of Moroccan journalists raises fears of repression,” Thomson Reuters Foundation
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