Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1981 by a group of U.S. correspondents. Based in New York, CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. It researches and documents attacks on journalists, engages in advocacy and legal action when journalists are censored, jailed, kidnapped, threatened, or killed, and provides emergency assistance to journalists at risk.