Some of the information we need to make sense of a complex world is missing.
By Joel Simon
A Colombian journalist recounts the rape that led to her activism.
By Jineth Bedoya Lima
Surprising insights come from engaging the militant group as a single, female, non-Muslim journalist.
By Alessandria Masi
Female journalists are subject to severe abuse online. Who is behind it?
By Elisabeth Witchel
Gender-specific security training is increasingly viewed as essential.
By Karen Coates
A gay photographer finds that his identity opens doors, even as it could bring danger.
By Jake Naughton
A personal column leads to death threats, foreshadowing online harassment-and a plan to fight back.
By Michelle Ferrier
Sign up to stay updated on CPJ's efforts to protect journalists and press freedom worldwide
Fighters lie to a young female reporter. Women are more open, but only children tell the truth.
By Erin Banco
How policymakers can help reduce gender-based threats.
By Dunja Mijatović
What should journalists do when they are threatened or attacked online?
By Courtney C. Radsch
Four women campaign for justice in the disappearance, killing, or imprisonment of journalists.
By María Salazar-Ferro
Journalism is vital to bringing justice to survivors of sexual violence.
By Kerry Paterson
The case of a prominent investigative reporter in Azerbaijan.
By Arzu Geybullayeva
The role of female journalists in China is growing, but women are still discriminated against.
By Yaqiu Wang
Female journalists forced to flee Libya cover the country from abroad
By Preethi Nallu
In the news industry, a leader needs all the tools she can muster.
By Kathleen Carroll
Top photo: Jordan TV journalist Nepal Farsakh reacts after Israeli security forces spray her face with pepper gas on July 2, 2015, as she was covering a demonstration by Palestinians on a road leading to the Adam settlement, near the West Bank village of Jabba. (Abbas Momani, AFP/Courtesy of Getty Images)
Purchase a copy of
Attacks on the Press is published by Bloomberg Press, an imprint
of Wiley.
Do you believe the free flow of information must be protected? Sign the #RightToReport petition and demand that President Obama immediately:
1. Issue a presidential policy directive prohibiting the hacking and surveillance of journalists and media organizations.
2. Limit aggressive prosecutions that ensnare journalists and intimidate whistleblowers.
3. Prevent the harassment of journalists at the U.S. border.
Or click here to see the full petition, and join leading journalists like Christiane Amanpour, The Guardian’s Alan Rusbridger, Editor of the AP Kathleen Carroll, and Arianna Huffington in signing on.
