Committee for the Protection of Journalists
| Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) |
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|---|---|
| legal form | 501 (c) Corporation |
| founding | 1981 |
| founder | Michael Massing, Laurie Nadel |
| Seat | New York City |
| motto | Defending Journalists Worldwide |
| main emphasis | Freedom of the press |
| Action space | worldwide |
| people | Sandra Mims Rowe (Chair), Joel Simon (Managing Director) |
| sales | about 3.5 million US dollars |
| Employees | approx. 30 |
| Volunteers | approx. 10 |
| Website | cpj.org |
The Committee to Protect Journalists ( English Committee to Protect Journalists , CPJ) is in the United States -based non-governmental organization that is the world for press freedom and the human rights of journalists begins.
The committee was formed in 1981 by a news editor from Columbia Broadcasting System and the editor-in-chief of Columbia Journalism Review . The occasion was the arrest of a reporter from Paraguay . Early members included Walter Cronkite , Anthony Lewis, and Dan Rather .
The CPJ is funded by donations from individuals, businesses and foundations, but does not accept government grants. In 2010, the organization spent around $ 3.6 million in total.
Its headquarters in New York City has specialists for the five regions of Europe and Central Asia, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Africa and America. There are also agencies, for example in Washington, DC and Bangkok . On its website, it publishes current and regular news and reports on violations of press freedom worldwide. There are also special publications such as On Assignment. A Guide to Reporting in Dangerous Situations (German about: Im Einsatz. A guide to reporting in dangerous situations ) and the half-yearly journal Dangerous Assignments (German about: dangerous operations ). Since 1986 the CPJ has published Attacks on the Press every year , originally sheets of paper held together with staples, now a book and since 2013 with a new concept and new subtitle. Local journalists reporting on human rights and corruption are particularly at risk.
The CPJ has presented the International Press Freedom Awards annually since 1991 . This honors journalists and human rights activists for their services to freedom of the press, including those in custody like Ocak Işık Yurtçu and Shi Tao .
Since 1992 the CPJ has kept a list of journalists killed while working . In the fall of 2013, the CPJ announced its first comprehensive report on the United States. This report sharply criticized the Barack Obama administration for a climate of fear instead of freedom of the press.
In 2006, Reporters Without Borders , the International Press Institute, and the CPJ received Emmy Awards .
The CPJ includes journalists such as Christiane Amanpour , Tom Brokaw and Arianna Huffington . In 2011, Sandra Mims Rowe was named chairman.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (PDF; 6.39 MB) CPJ, accessed October 5, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Joel Simon: Walter Cronkite's press freedom legacy. CPJ, July 17, 2009, accessed October 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Thirty years on, CPJ gathers lessons and looks forward. CPJ, March 1, 2011, accessed October 5, 2013 .
- ^ Michael Massing: Tony Lewis gave CPJ authority, devotion over decades. CPJ, March 25, 2013, accessed October 5, 2013 .
- ↑ About CPJ: Frequently Asked Questions. CPJ website, accessed October 5, 2013.
- ↑ Annual Report 2011 (PDF; 4.7 MB), Annual Report of the CPJ, accessed on October 5, 2013 (English).
- ^ Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines . 2013 edition. John Wiley & Sons , 2013, ISBN 978-1-118-55055-7 , pp. xi ( excerpt from Google Book Search [accessed October 5, 2013]).
- ^ Press Conference on Report of Committee to Protect Journalists. United Nations , February 14, 2013, accessed October 5, 2013 .
- ^ Attacks on the Press in 2010: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists . 2011, ISBN 978-0-944823-30-9 , pp. 410 ( online [PDF; 5.6 MB ; accessed on October 5, 2013]).
- ↑ Methodology. (No longer available online.) CPJ, archived from the original on October 3, 2013 ; Retrieved October 5, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CPJ examines press freedom under Obama. CPJ, September 30, 2013, accessed October 10, 2013 .
- ↑ US freedom of the press: Journalists lament the climate of fear under Obama. Der Spiegel , October 10, 2013, accessed October 10, 2013 .
- ^ National Television Academy to honor Fighters for World Press Freedom. (No longer available online.) National Academy Of Television Arts and Sciences, Aug. 16, 2006, archived from the original on Oct. 5, 2013 ; Retrieved October 5, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Sandra Mims Rowe, Edith Kinney Gaylord Visiting Professor in Journalism Ethics. Arizona State University , accessed October 5, 2013 .
