Committee to Protect Journalists
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 11, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
Journalists face escalating threats worldwide, with risks at their highest levels in four decades due to conflict-driven displacement and technological and political pressures. Founded over 40 years ago, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending journalists facing risks through research and reporting, advocacy, and direct assistance. With eighty-three staff members and correspondents worldwide, CPJ has facilitated legal reforms, secured convictions for journalist murders, freed jailed journalists, and offered crucial support to journalists in need. In 2024, CPJ provided $1.3 million in direct aid to 3,877 journalists across sixty-six countries, including medical, trauma, legal, and relocation support, along with digital and physical safety training. Nearly 1,000 journalists in the United States benefited from safety training, highlighting CPJ’s growing domestic role. With Corporation support, CPJ aims to strengthen and expand this work by providing at least $1 million in direct aid annually, improving outreach, and expanding support for exiled journalists.