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Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists is an American independent nonprofit organization, based in New York City, New York, that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists. The 'American Journalism Review' has called the organization "Journalism's Red Cross". Wikipedia*

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Committee to Protect Journalists has hosted 11 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1994 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2006 with an average of 889 views per video. Most appearances with Tom Brokaw (4), William Orme (4), Peter Jennings (3). Most common tags: Journalism, Freedom of Press.

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    In Extremis

    Lindsey Hilsum talked her book on the life and death of war correspondent Marie Colvin, In Extremis: The Life and Death of th

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    Marked for Death

    Terry Gould talked about his book Marked for Death: Dying for the Story in the World’s Most Dangerous Places (Counterpoint; A…

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    Journalists Imprisoned by U.S. Military

    Panelists talked about the cases of Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein and Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj, both of…

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    Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

    A tribute was held for Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered on October 7, 2006, in the elevator…

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