Committee to Protect Journalists
Sandra Mims Rowe ( Chairman ), Joel Simon (CEO )
The Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ ) is a resident of the United States, non-governmental organization which campaigns for press freedom and human rights of journalists worldwide.
The committee was founded in 1981 by a news editor from the Columbia Broadcasting System and the chief editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. The occasion was the arrest of a reporter from Paraguay. Among the early members were Walter Cronkite, Anthony Lewis and Dan Rather.
The CPJ is funded by donations from individuals, corporations and foundations, but does not accept grants from governments. In 2010, the organization spent a total of about 3.6 million U.S. dollars.
In his headquarters in New York, the CPJ employs specialists for the five regions of Europe and Central Asia, Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Africa and America. There are also offices for example, in Washington, DC and Bangkok. On his website it currently published 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 as:. Use in A Guide for reporting in dangerous situations ) and the semi-annual magazine Dangerous Assignments ( German about: Hazardous inserts). Since the year 1986 CPJ publication Attacks on the Press is a year ( "Attacks on the Press " ) out, originally held together with staples leaves, now a book, and since the year 2013 with a new concept and a new subtitle. According to her, reporting local journalists are particularly vulnerable to human rights and corruption.
Since the year 1991 CPJ International Press annually awards the Freedom Awards. Thus, journalists and human rights activists for their contribution to the freedom of the press are honored again and again even those in prison. Ocak as Işık Yurtçu and Shi Tao
Since 1992, the CPJ maintains a list during the practice of the profession of slain journalists.
In 2006, Reporters Without Borders, the International Press Institute and the CPJ received an Emmy.
In the fall of 2013, the CPJ announced its first comprehensive report on the United States. This report sharply criticized by the government of Barack Obama there instead of press freedom a climate of fear.
The CPJ include journalists such as Christiane Amanpour, Tom Brokaw and Arianna Huffington. In 2011, Sandra Mims Rowe was appointed chairman.