committee to protect journalists
Posted Nov 15, 2021, 1:35 pm
Lise Olsen
/Texas Observer
Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante and Jeannine Relly, journalism professors based at the University of Arizona, spent the last decade collecting dozens of oral histories from journalists working along the U.S.-Mexico border, and in Mexican states hit hard by drug violence. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 22, 2020, 11:47 am
Tim Ryan
/Courthouse News Service
In a scathing report recounting his complaints about individual media outlets and journalists, calls for changes to libel laws and prosecution of leakers, a journalism advocacy group said President Trump’s treatment of the press has eroded public trust in the media. ... Read more»
Posted Aug 7, 2019, 2:35 pm
Committte to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Mexico’s government to address its press freedom crisis after a third journalist was killed in a week in Mexico.... Read more»
Posted Apr 17, 2017, 12:33 pm
Diego Moyers-Mendoza
/Cronkite News
As attacks against reporters in Mexico increase, a coalition of immigration lawyers and organizations that defend journalists is calling for the release of a Mexican reporter detained at the border after asking for political asylum in the United States.... Read more»
Posted May 1, 2012, 11:36 am
Alex Leff
/Global Post
It's been another week of chilling reminders of the high risks for journalists in parts of Latin America, with two killings turning the news lens on reporters. Now, a possible kidnapping in Colombia has put the danger further into focus.... Read more»
Posted May 2, 2011, 10:36 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Dorothy Parvaz, a reporter for Al Jazeera, has been missing since arriving in Damascus, Syria, on Friday. There is "strong evidence" to suggest Parvaz had been detained, and her family and employer are demanding information from the Syrian government.... Read more»
Sponsored by
Posted Dec 7, 2010, 9:28 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Though successful in covering the gruesome aspects of the cartel-related carnage in Mexico, the U.S. press falls short in exposing the muzzling of its Mexican counterparts at the hands of organized crime, says one expert.... Read more»