Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- 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
- Trust deficit: Guatemala’s new president must overcome skepticism to improve press freedom
Reporter Without Borders
- Northern Cyprus: Three journalists facing jail time for reporting sale of passports
- Hong Kong: police storm Apple Daily headquarters, arrest five senior staff
- Three Indian journalists could be jailed for nine years for tweets about video
- RSF alarmed by gradual disappearance of independent media in Russia
- Saudi Arabia: “It’s high time to free Raif Badawi”
- Radio journalist threatened by soldier in northeastern DRC
- Pakistan: RSF and two other NGOs demand re-investigation of the murder of journalist Zubair Mujahid
- The Forum on Information and Democracy calls for a New Deal for Journalism
Number of Journalists Killed in 2019 Falls to Record Low
People light candles in front of posters of Jamal Khashoggi during a candle light vigil to remember journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul. Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
The number of journalists killed for their reporting dropped to a 17-year low in 2019, according to the annual report by The Committee to Protect Journalists. The reduction comes amid unprecedented global attention on the issue of impunity for killing journalists. High-profile murder cases from Malta, Slovakia and the exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi continue to reverberate