Committee to Protect Journalists

Join us online July 9 for the free webinar “Journalist safety covering the election: Protests, policing and crowds,” part of U.S. Election Safety Summer! This training equips journalists with knowledge to safely cover election-related protests, civil unrest, and crowded events. This is part of a series of six 90-minute webinars with safety tools for journalists covering the U.S. election and election-related events organized by the Committee to Protect Journalists, International Women's Media Foundation, and PEN America. Register: cpj.org/safetysummer5 #ElectSafely #JournalistSafety #CPJEmergencies

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CPJ documented 99 journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2023 — more than three quarters of whom died in the Israel-Gaza war. 72 alone were Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza. This 2023 global total is the highest since 2015 and an almost 44% increase from 2022. Read more in CPJ's report: https://lnkd.in/eeyTzv4Y

⚡️Burkina Faso ⚡️At least three Burkinabe journalists in the capital, Ouagadougou, have separately disappeared under suspicious circumstances in June. #PressFreedom https://lnkd.in/esfHCAiJ

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NEW ⚡️⚡️Since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, an unprecedented number of journalists and media workers have been arrested — often without charge — in what they and their attorneys say is retaliation for their journalism and commentary. #FreeThePress #Gaza Full story: https://lnkd.in/efapZZsP

If you are a journalist covering the US election, join us for these webinars aimed at helping reporters to stay safe and stay the course for what's going to be a marathon and not a sprint... We Committee to Protect Journalists can also provide 1-1 advice and in person training. Please get in touch if you're interested! And if we can't help International Women's Media Foundation, PEN America, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and others are also doing great work in this area. We have you covered!

Join us online July 9 for the free webinar “Journalist safety covering the election: Protests, policing and crowds,” part of U.S. Election Safety Summer! This training equips journalists with knowledge to safely cover election-related protests, civil unrest, and crowded events. This is part of a series of six 90-minute webinars with safety tools for journalists covering the U.S. election and election-related events organized by the Committee to Protect Journalists, International Women's Media Foundation, and PEN America. Register: cpj.org/safetysummer5 #ElectSafely #JournalistSafety #CPJEmergencies

We’ve seen a consistent pattern of journalist killings in a few notable countries over decades. CPJ’s 2023 data shows that targeting of journalists remains constant in nations including Iraq, Philippines, Mexico, Pakistan, India, and Somalia. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eeyTzv4Y