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Jun 9, 2021 · Joel Simon, who will leave the organization after 15 years as executive director, says autocrats have become brazen in their efforts to block good journalism.
Joel Simon is the director of the Journalism Protection Initiative and a former executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. He has written three books on press freedom, media ethics and global conflicts.
Joel Simon has worked tirelessly as a champion of press freedom around the world. For 15 years between 2006 and 2021, he served as the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Joel Simon is a journalist and press freedom advocate who leads the Journalism Protection Initiative at CUNY. He was the executive director of CPJ for over 15 years and has written and spoken on press freedom issues worldwide.
Dec 29, 2021 · As executive director of CPJ, Joel Simon has seen how journalists have changed the world while becoming a target for repressive forces. In an interview with VOA last month, Simon talked...
Apr 13, 2020 · In a recent column for Columbia Journalism Review, the CPJ’s executive director, Joel Simon, warns that the news media crackdown could lead to long-term curbs on the global information system.
Joel Simon's testimony on behalf of the Committee to Protect Journalists, which has tracked impunity for attacks on the press since 1992.
