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CPJ Insider: September edition
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Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest taken from a plane flying from the city of Manicore to Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, on June 10, 2022. (AFP/Mauro Pimentel)
Covering the Amazon: Q&A with Renata Neder, CPJ’s Brazil representative
Environmental reporting can be dangerous and traumatic for journalists. Whether covering wildfires or flash floods or reporting from remote areas where there is environmental destruction or drug trafficking, journalists face numerous threats on the beat. We spoke with CPJ’s Brazil representative, Renata Neder, about the recent murders of British freelance journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous issues expert Bruno Pereira to find out how CPJ can continue to demand justice in their cases. Learn more »
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 Spotlight on Giving: Remembering Burl Osborne
Journalist and publisher Burl Osborne, who died in 2012, came from humble beginnings in the hills of Appalachia. Diagnosed at a young age with kidney disease, Osborne overcame a number of medical challenges to build a successful career as a journalist and a staunch defender of the free press. Learn more »
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Must-reads
One year after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, CPJ released a special report on the ongoing media crisis across the country. “Female journalists face particular challenges, including intimidation, lack of access to information, and severe discrimination,” Zahra Joya, who founded the news agency Rukhshana, which covers the lives and concerns of Afghan women, wrote in an article for the report.
CPJ spoke with reporters in the U.S. concerned about threats–both online and legal–in the fallout from the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade. “Things just feel a little more charged than they have previously,” Becca Andrews, a journalist for Mother Jones, told CPJ. “I’d like to say it all [the threats to advocates and sources] doesn’t have a chilling effect… but it’s messy.”
CPJ published a briefing on the climate of impunity in Mexico by Natalie Southwick, CPJ’s Latin America and the Caribbean program coordinator, and Carlos Martínez de la Serna, CPJ’s program director. “One bright point in this press freedom crisis,” they write, “has been the efforts from journalists and citizens to come together, protest violence against journalists, and call for the Mexican government to do more to ensure security for reporters under threat.”
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CPJ in the news
“I Was Onstage With Salman Rushdie That Day, and What I Saw Was Remarkable,” The New York Times
“A Nefarious and Hidden Threat to Journalists Rises,” Columbia Journalism Review
“Family of Palestinian American Journalist Demands Justice,” VOA
“Threats to free press are multiplying around the world,” CNN
“Rights groups condemn Hezbollah threats against Lebanese journalists,” Arab News
“Six months of Ukraine — the toll on journalists and journalism,” EUObserver
“Austin Tice: Syria denies holding US journalist captive,” Middle East Eye
“Ethiopia Gets Tough on Journalists Since Tigray Conflict,” VOA
“Uzbekistan admits CPJ representative after 5 hours of wait in airport,” AKIPress
“Poland Summons Belarus Diplomat Over Jailing Of Journalist,” The Associated Press
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