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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 12d

📣 The U.S. government can’t control media content. 📺

Today, CPJ and @rsf.org are on site in Washington D.C. ahead of the Federal Communications Commission open commission meeting to call on Chair Brendan Carr to take politics out of the FCC.

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · 18d

"It’s so important to have a free press, and it’s nuts we aren’t paying more attention to it."
We @pressfreedom.bsky.social agree. Thank you Jimmy Kimmel.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19d

KIMMEL: “He’s gunning for our journalists too — they want to pick and choose what the news is… it’s so important to have a free press, and it’s nuts we aren’t paying more attention to it.”

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · 27d

It’s literally the job of columnists to have opinions. Sacking them for expressing their views not only chills the individual’s speech but free speech in general.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 25

Our statement on Israel's killing of more journalists in #Gaza. "Israel’s killing of journalists continues while the world watches and fails to act firmly on the most horrific attacks the press has faced in recent history,” said CPJ’s Sara Qudah. “These murders must end now.”
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At least 4 Gazan journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 25, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Israeli strikes that killed four journalists in Nasser hospital in southern Gaza and calls for the international community t...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 20

US senators have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio following last week's assassination of six journalists by Israel: “The absence of US government support for accountability efforts serves to undermines U.S. moral leadership and credibility.”
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Democrats Demand U.S. Action Over Israel 'Targeting' Journalists In Gaza

"It appears Israel is publicly admitting to targeting and killing journalists who have shown the world the scale of suffering in Gaza," 17 Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thinking of the remarkable journalist and editor Jose Rubén Zamora today on his 69th birthday, which he is unjustly spending behind bars for yet another year. We continue to demand his release.

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Guatemala’s Zamora detained 3 years; groups demand his release - Committee to Protect Journalists

July 29, 2025, marks 1,095 days since the beginning of the arbitrary detention of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora, founder of elPeriódico and one of the most prominent voices in journalism in Guatemala a...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 19

As his health deteriorates in a Hong Kong jail, Jimmy Lai’s detention is now a test of Keir Starmer’s seriousness about human rights – and the government’s willingness to defend its citizens and values abroad.

www.independent.co.uk/voices/jimmy...

Britain’s shameful inaction on Jimmy Lai could cost him his life

As his health deteriorates in a Hong Kong jail, the businessman’s detention is now a test of Keir Starmer’s seriousness about human rights – and the government’s willingness to defend its citizens and...

www.independent.co.uk

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Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC @caoilfhionn.bsky.social · Aug 16

In @independent.ie, @jodieginsberg.bsky.social & I argue the deliberate, systematic targeting of #Gaza’s journalists is not only an assault on individuals; it is an attack on truth & human rights.

Ireland must do more, urgently, to protect Gaza’s journalists.

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www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Jodie Ginsberg: Why Ireland must lead the way in protecting Gaza’s journalists

Three years ago, just weeks after an Israeli soldier shot and killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the Taoiseach made clear Ireland’s unequivocal commitment to upholding press freedom and t...

www.independent.ie

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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · Aug 14

NEW: The Israeli army unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas

The 'Legitimization Cell' scoured Gaza for material to boost Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters.

By Yuval Abraham

www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...

Israeli army unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas

Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian r...

www.972mag.com

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · Aug 14

So much of what we know about starvation in Gaza is because of reporting by Anas Al-Sharif. Israel targeted and killed him and his entire crew while they were in a press tent outside a hospital. I spoke with @jodieginsberg.bsky.social, head of the CPJ @pressfreedom.bsky.social for @slate.com.

In Gaza, Journalism Is a Death Sentence

“That is a war crime.”

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 13

Israel is murdering Gaza's journalists - and it's no longer even hiding it.

Me for @theguardian.com (they went with a different headline...).

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel is wiping out Gaza’s journalists – and it’s no longer even hiding it | Jodi Ginsberg

The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crime

www.theguardian.com

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

The prevention of international access, the killings of journalists, the targeting of media facilities, the punishment of outlets like Haaretz are part of a deliberate strategy to conceal what is happening in Gaza.

Me on the latest journalist killings by Israel.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Palestinian reporters killed, international reporters banned – Israel’s other Gaza war is over narrative

Members of press and influencers covering devastation are being silenced despite protection under international law

www.theguardian.com

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our statement on the targeted killing of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and colleagues: Israel is murdering the messengers.

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Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by Israel’s killing in Gaza on Sunday of five Al Jazeera staff — correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camer...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 11

Israel just targeted and killed an entire news crew. This is not "just what happens" to reporters in war. Israel has killed more journalists in the 22 months since October 7 '23 than were killed WORLDWIDE in the 3 years between '20 and '22.
This is murdering the messenger.
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Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Aug 10

Devastated to hear of the killing by Israel of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif. This is the latest killing of a journalist whom Israel alleges to be a terrorist without providing any credible proof.

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 25

I have been a reporter for 25 years. I know the risks reporting in war zones. This is not that situation. This is systematic silencing by Israel.

If we do not act now, there will be no one left in Gaza to tell anyone’s story.

Me today for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gaza is starving. So are its journalists | Jodie Ginsberg

A desperate situation has become catastrophic. If we do not act now, there will be no one left to tell anyone’s story

www.theguardian.com

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign, which he believes is a precursor to his assassination.

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CPJ calls for Anas Al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, July 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military ...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 21

I wrote about the uncomfortable press freedom parallels between Georgia, the country, and Georgia, the state.

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Mzia and Mario: a tale of two Georgias

Georgia has been on my mind a lot lately: Georgia, the country and Georgia, the U.S.

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 21

I spoke to Charles Sennott, founder of The GroundTruth Project and Report for America, about the threats facing the media in the United States - and how each individual attack might not feel worrying but when you add them together "what you've got is a juggernaut that's right in front of you."

Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Jul 21

“In times of real crisis, people turn to those reliable local news providers for information, including life-saving information,” CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social told Charles Sennott.

Watch here⤵️
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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 21

Gaza is starving. Our colleagues trying to report what's happening there are starving. My colleague Sara Qudah wrote this on their plight over a month ago. The situation has only worsened.

www.politico.eu/article/war-...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 19

Yes. Which is why we condemned Paramount's decision to settle in the CBS case. cpj.org/2025/07/para...

Paramount reaches $16M settlement with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ interview - Committee to Protect Journalists

Atlanta, July 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Paramount Global’s $16 million settlement with U.S. President Donald Trump reached on Tuesday, with deep concern that such a concess...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 19

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. Press freedom is crucial for the public's right to know - and it's being strangled.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/p...

Trump files libel lawsuit over Wall Street Journal report on Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday letters | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and reporters who wrote a story about a collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birth...

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 17

This is a travesty for local media in the United States on which so many people still rely.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US Senate passes aid and public broadcasting cuts in victory for Trump

Members vote 51 to 48 in favour of president’s request to slash $9bn in spending already approved by Congress

www.theguardian.com

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Jodie Ginsberg @jodieginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 14

Foreign journalists in the U.S. are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration

www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Foreign journalists in the U.S. are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration - Poynter

Non-citizen journalists working in the U.S. report wiping their social media accounts, canceling travel plans and pulling bylines.

www.poynter.org

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Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org · Jul 13

“Mzia, in your darkest moment we stand with you and we will not let go until you are free,” said CPJ’s @gypsyrights.bsky.social outside Women’s Prison where Mzia Amaglobeli is held.

Reps from @globalfreemedia.bsky.social, @rsf.org & @pressfreedom.bsky.social visited prison site in act of solidarity

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