CPJ

On the 23rd day of Russia’s war on Ukraine, our wonderful grantee, the Committee to Protect Journalists, held a panel titled “Human Rights Violations and the Dangers Facing Journalists in Ukraine”. Experts from both the CPJ and Human Rights Watch were on hand to explain the current situation and to field questions from other reporters about the war, ongoing human rights violations, disinformation and the dangers facing journalists on the frontlines of history.

The HFPA has been a proud supporter of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) since 2017 and has granted them almost $2 million for their efforts to defend press freedom worldwide and to protect journalists and their right to report the news freely and without fear. The HFPA Board of Directors today announced an additional $75,000 to help their efforts in Ukraine.

On April 16, 2020, the Committee to Protect Journalists, an HFPA grantee, published a report on the Trump administration’s attacks on the press and the resulting attenuation of trust in the Fourth Estate. The report is written by Len Downie, Jr.