Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Bitter reversal: Myanmar military coup wipes out press freedom gains
- Murders of journalists more than double worldwide
- Record number of journalists jailed worldwide
- Getting Away with Murder
- Covering police violence protests in the US
- Amid COVID-19, the prognosis for press freedom is dim. Here are 10 symptoms to track
- The Trump Administration and the Media
- About: The Trump Administration and the Media
- Trust deficit: About This Report
Reporter Without Borders
- Armed group torches reporter’s home in eastern DRC
- Moroccan journalist’s travel ban must be lifted on humanitarian grounds, RSF says
- US: Press freedom coalition calls for end to Assange prosecution
- International civil society coalition marks fourth anniversary of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia with renewed call for justice
- Statement of the joint press freedom mission to Malta
- Iran: Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2020
- “Le Système B” – RSF’s shock documentary about Vincent Bolloré’s media
- First worrying signs for press freedom in Guinea since last month’s coup
Nov. 2 Marks ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’
A memorial wall at the Newseum in Washington, DC displays the names of slain journalists. Photo: John M (flickr)
NEW YORK, November 2, 2018—Approximately 90 percent of crimes against journalists/media workers go unpunished. To date, 82 journalists have been killed in the line of duty through Nov. 2, 2018, according to UNESCO. The Overseas Press Club of America supports international free speech organization ARTICLE 19 in its call for governments to act on crimes against journalists.
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The Overseas Press Club is an international association of journalists based in New York City that works to encourage the highest standards in journalism, to educate the next generation of foreign correspondents and to promote international press freedom and the well-being of colleagues in the field.