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CPJ Insider: July edition
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 CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Alberto Ibargüen speaks to CPJ supporters, staff, and friends at the grand opening of our new press freedom center in New York. (CPJ)
CPJ opens the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Press Freedom Center in New York
In early June, CPJ held its grand opening of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Press Freedom Center, the site of our global headquarters in New York. The new space will serve as a convening hub for press freedom advocacy and research. Learn more »
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 CPJ president presents DW award to Ukrainian journalists
German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) held its annual Global Media Forum gathering journalists, activists, and government officials to foster resilient journalism and civil society, especially in times of conflict. Learn more »
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 CPJ joins the naming ceremony for Jamal Khashoggi Way in front of the Saudi Embassy
Years of advocacy work came to fruition as CPJ and Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a nonprofit founded by Khashoggi-along with other partner organizations–unveiled new street signs for Jamal Khashoggi Way in June. Learn more »
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 CPJ collaborates with HBO, Ronan Farrow, and Loki Films on just-released documentary
For more than two years, CPJ partnered closely with directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing on journalist and executive producer Ronan Farrow's new HBO documentary, “Endangered.” Learn more »
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Must-reads
In a letter to the Biden administration, CPJ is demanding a U.S.-led independent and transparent investigation of the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg writes, “more than one month after Abu Akleh’s killing, only journalists have carried out serious probes of the incident.” Ginsberg also used the opportunity to remind Biden of his own words promoting press freedom on World Press Freedom Day and that his administration is not bound to the “norms set by previous administrations.”
Through a partnership with CPJ and other press freedom groups, a recent hearing of "The People's Tribunal,”—which hosts a series of staged trials with real experts and real witnesses— included explosive new testimony from Nishantha Silva, a detective who says the Sri Lankan president was complicit in the 2009 killing of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge. "It seemed obvious to observers," CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Steven Butler writes, "as Wickrematunge himself pointed out just before he was killed, that only government officials would have had a motive to go after him."
CPJ spoke with two reporters–Guillermo Contreras from the San Antonio Express-News and Zach Despart from the Texas Tribune–in the wake of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The journalists detail how authorities' efforts to impede the free flow of information have made it increasingly difficult to do their work. "To have police come along and tell us that you will get arrested for doing your job," Contreras told CPJ, "that’s troubling to me."
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CPJ in the news
“Al Jazeera obtains image of bullet that killed its journalist,” Al-Jazeera
“Zimbabwe court convicts reporter for The New York Times,” The New York Times
“‘Jamal Khashoggi Way': Washington renames Saudi embassy street,” Middle East Eye
“Media Arrests 'Reverberate' Across Ethiopian Newsrooms,” VOA
“How police treatment of journalists at protests has shifted from cohabitation to animosity,” Poynter
“Ukrainian photojournalists: 'There is a lot that people don't know about Ukraine's war,’” DW
“Dom Phillips' alleged murder highlights dangers of environmental journalism,” NBC News
“New Hong Kong government includes 4 officials sanctioned by U.S.,” The Epoch Times
“‘Please leave. They're going to kill you': No freedom of the press in Russia,” Star Gazette
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