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Experts from India, Belarus, Nigeria, Mali, Paraguay and the Philippines explain how they are building tools to bridge gaps between newsrooms and audiences to keep their countries’ languages alive in the age of AI news. Read more from the @risj_oxford⤵️ reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/these-pio……
"African journalists must investigate the surveillance industry. Who buys the tools? Who sells them? And at what cost to democracy?" writes @angelaquintal in @PremiumTimesng. premiumtimesng.com/opinion/807794… "Surveillance silences whistleblowers. It chills reporting. It hides…
#Egypt🇪🇬: A year ago, Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar was arrested solely for his journalism. When his wife bravely spoke out, she was detained & accused of spreading false news. Today, Ashraf remains behind bars—a haunting symbol of Egypt’s ruthless crackdown on press freedom.
“If that can happen to [Mario] Guevara, a respected journalist who legally resides here and has been for the past 20 years, who could be next?” — Katherine Jacobsen, CPJ's US, Canada & Caribbean program coordinator speaks at a press conference to call for his release Watch…
![pressfreedom's tweet image. “If that can happen to [Mario] Guevara, a respected journalist who legally resides here and has been for the past 20 years, who could be next?” — Katherine Jacobsen, CPJ's US, Canada & Caribbean program coordinator speaks at a press conference to call for his release
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![pressfreedom's tweet image. “If that can happen to [Mario] Guevara, a respected journalist who legally resides here and has been for the past 20 years, who could be next?” — Katherine Jacobsen, CPJ's US, Canada & Caribbean program coordinator speaks at a press conference to call for his release
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![pressfreedom's tweet image. “If that can happen to [Mario] Guevara, a respected journalist who legally resides here and has been for the past 20 years, who could be next?” — Katherine Jacobsen, CPJ's US, Canada & Caribbean program coordinator speaks at a press conference to call for his release
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9 YEARS AGO, journalist Jean Bigirimana left his home in #Burundi, after receiving a phone call from a source in the country’s intelligence service. The @iwacuinfo journalist has been missing since then. Authorities have never credibly investigated his disappearance.…
“Trump's case against the Wall Street Journal is alarming. We believe it is the first time that a sitting U.S. president has sued a media company in retaliation for its coverage. Presidents should focus on governance, rather than attacking journalists’ First Amendment freedoms."…

🔴Press conference starting soon: Lawyers representing Mario Guevara, CPJ, Free Press, and the Georgia First Amendment Foundation will reaffirm calls for the release of the Atlanta-based journalist from ICE custody. facebook.com/committeetopro…

As Gaza faces a humanitarian catastrophe, Palestinian journalists are among those being deliberately starved and denied life-saving aid. CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally…
"The cases of [Mzia] Amaglobeli and [Mario] Guevara should remind us that threats to press freedom are not somewhere else. They are not far away. They are here — and they are growing. And so too is the resistance." Read more from CPJ's CEO Jodie Ginsberg⤵️…
![pressfreedom's tweet image. "The cases of [Mzia] Amaglobeli and [Mario] Guevara should remind us that threats to press freedom are not somewhere else. They are not far away. They are here — and they are growing. And so too is the resistance."
Read more from CPJ's CEO Jodie Ginsberg⤵️…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwZcY8SbEAMPUo0.png)
“In times of real crisis, people turn to those reliable local news providers for information, including life-saving information,” CPJ’s CEO Jodie Ginsberg told Charles Sennott. Watch here⤵️ charlessennott.substack.com/p/like-a-hurri…

📣 Attention journalists: Lawyers representing journalist Mario Guevara, CPJ, @freepress, and the @Georgia1stAmend will hold a press conference to reaffirm calls for the release of the Atlanta-based journalist from ICE custody. 🗓️July 22 | 10 a.m. ET RSVP here⤵️…

#Gaza: Journalists cannot carry out their work — let alone survive — while being deliberately starved and denied life-saving aid. #غزة: لا يمكن للصحفيين القيام بعملهم – ناهيك عن البقاء على قيد الحياة – وهم يُجوّعون عمدًا ويُحرمون من المساعدات المنقذة للحياة.
Join our team! CPJ is currently #hiring a Regional Director for our Europe and Central Asia program. This remote position (U.K. preferred) provides strategic direction and oversight of all areas of CPJ’s work in the region. 🗓️ Deadline: July 23, 2025 cpjorg.bamboohr.com/careers/89?sou…

“The number and size of lawsuits being issued against the media by the President is unprecedented and a clear attempt to undermine free speech protections ingrained in the Constitution,” writes CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg. Read her complete comment here: bsky.app/profile/jodieg…
Peruvian journalist Gastón Medina was fatally shot on January 20 in Ica — sending shockwaves through the Peruvian press because he was the first journalist killed in the country since 2019. CPJ went to Ica to write a piece on Medina's killing investigation⤵️…
An independent media is vital for democracy. Access to information enables all people to make decisions and hold the powerful to account. A world without journalism is a world without truth. cpj.org/donate #JournalismMatters

📣Lawyers representing journalist Mario Guevara, CPJ, @freepress, and the @Georgia1stAmend will hold a press conference on July 22 at 10 a.m. to reaffirm calls for the release of the Atlanta-based journalist from ICE custody. More information and RSVP here⤵️…

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