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CPJ Insider: February edition
Biden takes questions from reporters
(President Joe Biden speaks to reporters on the one-year anniversary
of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Ken Cedeno/Pool
via Reuters)
CPJ on press freedom in the US: Behind the scenes with Katherine
Jacobsen
In January, CPJ published "'Night and day': The Biden administration
and the press," a special report written by former Washington Post
executive editor Leonard Downie, Jr. The report, which featured
interviews with media experts, journalists, and government leaders,
found that while President Biden's approach to U.S. media is in stark
contrast to that of Donald Trump's, press freedom advocates remain
extremely concerned about several issues in the current
administration. Learn more »
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Meet Jodie Ginsberg, CPJ's new president
In mid-January, CPJ announced we had named our new president: press
freedom advocate Jodie Ginsberg. Jodie, a dual South African and
British citizen, began her journalism career at Reuters and worked in
several countries, including Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Ireland. She
later become the Reuters bureau chief for the UK and Ireland before
moving into advocacy work. Learn more »
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Must-reads
In a feature highlighting the protests in Kazakhstan
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, CPJ spoke to two journalists who described the difficulties they
faced while reporting on the demonstrations. "Nothing like this ever
happened here before," one told CPJ.
Bangladeshi journalist Kanak Sarwar tells CPJ
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about the government's efforts to silence his voice in
exile--including by detaining his sister and her sons. "When you are
the voice of the people, the voice of the voiceless, journalism will
be an addiction, not a profession," he said. "I will continue my
journalism."
In a Q&A with CPJ
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, Mexican journalist Marcela Turati describes how she learned that she
had been under investigation--and surveilled--by Mexican federal
authorities for years. "How can you do journalism without speaking
with a source on the telephone," she asked, "if you can't be sure that
they're not spying on you?"
CPJ in the news
"Jen Psaki says Biden answered more than 1,000 questions last
year when grilled about press freedom report
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," Mediaite
"As Biden concludes first year in office, press freedom
advocates share their priorities
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," CNN
"One year into the Biden administration, concerns about press
access and transparency remain
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," Foreign Press
"President Biden's first year with the press
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," Columbia Journalism Review
"In Peru, courts 'used like whips' to silence
journalists
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," The New York Times
"Kazakh president says 'gap between rich and poor'
sparked deadly protests
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," Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
"Reporting on Kazakhstan's chaos amid internet shutdowns
and violence
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," Open Democracy
"Outcry as India shuts Kashmir Press Club,"
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The Daily Star
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