Committee to Protect Journalists
11 - 50 employees
Founded 1981
🤝 Non-profit
📱 Media
🌍 Social Impact
💰 Grant on 2022-07
Non-profit • Media • Social Impact
Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. It advocates for journalists, including reporters and photojournalists, and supports the rights of news media and bloggers to operate freely. Through its work, the organization emphasizes the importance of a free press as essential to democracy and public discourse.
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Committee to Protect Journalists
11 - 50 employees
Founded 1981
🤝 Non-profit
📱 Media
🌍 Social Impact
💰 Grant on 2022-07
Non-profit • Media • Social Impact
Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. It advocates for journalists, including reporters and photojournalists, and supports the rights of news media and bloggers to operate freely. Through its work, the organization emphasizes the importance of a free press as essential to democracy and public discourse.
📋 Description
• Monitor press freedom violations in Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan, including arrests, censorship, attacks, and legal harassment • Write daily news alerts, public statements, and in-depth features on emerging press freedom issues • Translate interviews, reports, and official documents to and from Arabic • Coordinate investigative research, case mapping, OSINT analysis, and cross-verification with civil society partners • Update CPJ’s press freedom violations databases • Liaise with journalists, media workers, and press freedom and human rights organizations for interviews and case updates • Flag urgent press freedom developments to the Levant Program Coordinator • Contribute to advocacy efforts and international engagement and awareness campaigns • Provide research support for Journalist Assistance requests • Dispatch editorial output on CPJ MENA’s social media pages and MailChimp • Collaborate with the Levant team and MENA Program • Attend at least one weekly team meeting and one all-staff meeting • Provide occasional after-hours support in urgent cases • Perform all other duties as assigned
🎯 Requirements
• Minimum five years of professional experience researching, reporting, and writing on press freedom and broader freedom of speech issues • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong understanding of MENA media and human rights issues • Strong commitment to press freedom • Fluency in Arabic and English, including reading, writing, and speaking • Proficiency in Google Workspace applications • Experience working across time zones and collaborating with international teams • Ability to work independently and proactively • Strong interpersonal and project management skills • Sound understanding of journalistic standards • Applicants must have the legal right to work in the location to which they apply • Additional regional language proficiency is a plus • Salesforce experience is a plus • Prior regional coverage experience and existing contacts is preferred • Ability to work flexible hours when needed
🏖️ Benefits
• Compensation commensurate with experience and consideration of cost of living in the candidate’s individual location • Remote work • Potential for contract extension • Equal employment opportunities and prohibition of discrimination and harassment
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