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Committee to Protect Journalists
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an independent, nonprofit organization based in New York, New York, United States, that is dedicated to promoting press freedom worldwide and defending the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
A group of US foreign correspondents founded CPJ in 1981 in response to the often brutal treatment of their foreign colleagues by authoritarian governments and other enemies of independent journalism.
By publicly revealing abuses against the press and by acting on behalf of imprisoned and threatened journalists, CPJ warns news organizations where attacks on press freedom are occurring around the world.
CPJ organises vigorous public protests and works through diplomatic channels to effect change. CPJ publishes articles, news releases, special reports, a biannual magazine called Dangerous Assignments [1], and an annual worldwide survey of press freedom called Attacks on the Press [2].
CPJ also administers the annual CPJ International Press Freedom Awards, which honour journalists and press freedom advocates who have endured beatings, threats, intimidation, and prison for reporting the news.
CPJ is a founding member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), a global network of more than 70 non-governmental organisations that monitors free expression violations around the world and defends journalists, writers and others who are persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression.
CPJ's board of directors includes prominent American journalists, including Christiane Amanpour, Tom Brokaw, Anne Garrels, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Gwen Ifill, Jane Kramer, Anthony Lewis, Dave Marsh, Kati Marton, Michael Massing, Victor Navasky, Andres Oppenheimer, Clarence Page, Norman Pearlstine, Dan Rather and Mark Whitaker.