Jodie Ginsberg
@jodieginsberg.bsky.social
CEO, Committee to Protect Journalists
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U.S. Journalist
Assistance Network
Journalist safety in the US:
Protecting data and devices.
RSVP to the event on Zoom here: cpj-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Assistance Network
Journalist safety in the US:
Protecting data and devices.
RSVP to the event on Zoom here: cpj-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 PM
U.S. Journalist
Assistance Network
Journalist safety in the US:
Protecting data and devices.
RSVP to the event on Zoom here: cpj-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Assistance Network
Journalist safety in the US:
Protecting data and devices.
RSVP to the event on Zoom here: cpj-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Following escalating threats to the safety of journalists nationwide, CPJ and the International Women’s Media Foundation announced the launch of the U.S. Journalist Rapid Response Fund. The fund will debut in Minnesota with an initial contribution of $25,000 from CPJ and the IWMF. cpj.org?p=559776
New emergency fund supports US journalists at risk - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, February 5, 2026—Following escalating threats to the safety of journalists nationwide, two international press freedom organizations – the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Inte...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Following escalating threats to the safety of journalists nationwide, CPJ and the International Women’s Media Foundation announced the launch of the U.S. Journalist Rapid Response Fund. The fund will debut in Minnesota with an initial contribution of $25,000 from CPJ and the IWMF. cpj.org?p=559776
"We’re past the fire alarm. We are at the fire."
@pressfreedom.bsky.social has spent 40 years addressing authoritarian regimes' threats to journalists. For the last 12 months we have been applying everything we learned over those four decades in the United States.
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@pressfreedom.bsky.social has spent 40 years addressing authoritarian regimes' threats to journalists. For the last 12 months we have been applying everything we learned over those four decades in the United States.
www.newsweek.com/don-lemon-ar...
Don Lemon Arrest Signals Danger for Press Freedom | Opinion
Lemon, a household name who reported for CNN for nearly two decades and now publishes on Substack, was arrested Thursday night.
www.newsweek.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"We’re past the fire alarm. We are at the fire."
@pressfreedom.bsky.social has spent 40 years addressing authoritarian regimes' threats to journalists. For the last 12 months we have been applying everything we learned over those four decades in the United States.
www.newsweek.com/don-lemon-ar...
@pressfreedom.bsky.social has spent 40 years addressing authoritarian regimes' threats to journalists. For the last 12 months we have been applying everything we learned over those four decades in the United States.
www.newsweek.com/don-lemon-ar...
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Minnesota reporters recount ICE actions, community solidarity: ‘I know it’s going to be dangerous’ cpj.org?p=558564
Minnesota reporters recount ICE actions, community solidarity: ‘I know it’s going to be dangerous’ - Committee to Protect Journalists
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol operations have intensified in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul areas as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Operation Metr...
cpj.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Minnesota reporters recount ICE actions, community solidarity: ‘I know it’s going to be dangerous’ cpj.org?p=558564
Powerful piece from journalist Sheila Eldred on the challenges and importance of reporting from Minneapolis: "Never have I heard so much appreciation for what we do."
There is no “normal” journalism right now. In this personal account, Minneapolis journalist Sheila Eldred reflects on what it means for journalists to show up for neighbors and sources who want to tell their stories while navigating ongoing safety concerns. healthjournalism.org/letter-from-...
Letter from Minneapolis: No ‘normal’ in journalism, right now
In this personal account, Minneapolis-based AHCJ member Sheila Eldred reflects on listening to fear and grief up close.
healthjournalism.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Powerful piece from journalist Sheila Eldred on the challenges and importance of reporting from Minneapolis: "Never have I heard so much appreciation for what we do."
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GEORGIA FORT: “Journalism is on trial. This should be alarming to the entire nation. I would ask every journalist: how did it feel to see your colleagues arrested for reporting the news?”
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 PM
GEORGIA FORT: “Journalism is on trial. This should be alarming to the entire nation. I would ask every journalist: how did it feel to see your colleagues arrested for reporting the news?”
"Documenting what is happening in our community is not a crime."
Georgia Fort, speaking just after her release from federal custody, is right. Journalism is not a crime. The free press is constitutionally protected-something the current administration wants to ignore.
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Georgia Fort, speaking just after her release from federal custody, is right. Journalism is not a crime. The free press is constitutionally protected-something the current administration wants to ignore.
www.fox9.com/video/fmc-ae...
Georgia Fort released from custody, asks 'Do we have a constitution?'
Independent Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort spoke to media after she was released from federal custody. She posed the question, "Do we have a constitution?"
www.fox9.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:23 PM
"Documenting what is happening in our community is not a crime."
Georgia Fort, speaking just after her release from federal custody, is right. Journalism is not a crime. The free press is constitutionally protected-something the current administration wants to ignore.
www.fox9.com/video/fmc-ae...
Georgia Fort, speaking just after her release from federal custody, is right. Journalism is not a crime. The free press is constitutionally protected-something the current administration wants to ignore.
www.fox9.com/video/fmc-ae...
"To me this is a little aggressive to just serve a warrant." Watch this with the sound up.
This is the kind of aggression experienced by journalists we work with in authoritarian and criminal regimes.
We @pressfreedom.bsky.social stand with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.
#journalismisnotacrime
This is the kind of aggression experienced by journalists we work with in authoritarian and criminal regimes.
We @pressfreedom.bsky.social stand with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.
#journalismisnotacrime
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 9:07 PM
"To me this is a little aggressive to just serve a warrant." Watch this with the sound up.
This is the kind of aggression experienced by journalists we work with in authoritarian and criminal regimes.
We @pressfreedom.bsky.social stand with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.
#journalismisnotacrime
This is the kind of aggression experienced by journalists we work with in authoritarian and criminal regimes.
We @pressfreedom.bsky.social stand with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.
#journalismisnotacrime
Our latest @pressfreedom.bsky.social statement on the arrest of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort over their Minnesota protests coverage. As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is a leading indicator of the condition of a country’s democracy...
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UPDATED: CPJ condemns arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort over Minnesota protests coverage - Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ is continuing to provide updates on this case. Washington, D.C., January 30, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort...
cpj.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Our latest @pressfreedom.bsky.social statement on the arrest of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort over their Minnesota protests coverage. As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is a leading indicator of the condition of a country’s democracy...
cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
CPJ has warned about US press freedom for years.In April we said:"If we let the abnormal become normal, many more freedoms will be at risk–no matter what your politics”.The arrest of Lemon and Fort are a breach of their rights as journalists and an affront to all US citizens.
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Alarm bells: Trump's first 100 days ramp up fear for the press, democracy - Committee to Protect Journalists
Executive summary The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of executive actions that have created a chilling effect and have the potential to curtail media freedoms....
cpj.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
CPJ has warned about US press freedom for years.In April we said:"If we let the abnormal become normal, many more freedoms will be at risk–no matter what your politics”.The arrest of Lemon and Fort are a breach of their rights as journalists and an affront to all US citizens.
cpj.org/special-repo...
cpj.org/special-repo...
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📣 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.
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.
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
📣 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.
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.
"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.
We @pressfreedom.bsky.social agree. Thank you Jimmy Kimmel.
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.”
September 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"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.
We @pressfreedom.bsky.social agree. Thank you Jimmy Kimmel.
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.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
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I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
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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.
substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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.
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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August 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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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cpj.org/2025/08/at-l...
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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August 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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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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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August 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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.
cpj.org/2025/07/guat...
cpj.org/2025/07/guat...
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...
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
August 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/jimmy...
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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...
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
August 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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...
Ireland must do more, urgently, to protect Gaza’s journalists.
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www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
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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-...
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
August 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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-...
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-...
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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.”
slate.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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.
Israel is murdering Gaza's journalists - and it's no longer even hiding it.
Me for @theguardian.com (they went with a different headline...).
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Me for @theguardian.com (they went with a different headline...).
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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
August 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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...
Me for @theguardian.com (they went with a different headline...).
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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...
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
August 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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...
Me on the latest journalist killings by Israel.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Our statement on the targeted killing of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and colleagues: Israel is murdering the messengers.
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
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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August 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our statement on the targeted killing of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and colleagues: Israel is murdering the messengers.
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
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.
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
This is murdering the messenger.
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
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...
cpj.org
August 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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.
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
This is murdering the messenger.
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
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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August 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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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