Burton Benjamin Award – Ted Koppel
The Burton Benjamin Memorial Award honors the late CBS News senior producer and former CPJ chairman who died in 1988. In his 34 years at ABC News, Ted Koppel has upheld the highest principles of professionalism and independence and has been a standard-bearer for press freedom worldwide. Landmark broadcasts from Israel and South Africa…
Belarus’ Lukashenko Escalates His War On The Media
With his sights set firmly on integration with Russia, President Alexander Lukashenko has intensified his efforts to stifle the independent and opposition media in Belarus. In the days surrounding the April 2 signing in Moscow of the second treaty on integration with Russia in two years, Lukashenko reached new heights, even by his own standards,…
CPJ and the World
The publication in March of CPJ’s Attacks on the Press in 1996 was the culmination of months of intense preparation by CPJ staff, investigating and verifying more than 1,000 documented cases of violations of press freedom worldwide. The 376-page volume, edited by Publications Director Alice Chasan, is the longest and most comprehensive of CPJ’s annual…
As Kidnappings Mount, Chechen Government Puts New Restrictions On Journalists
Faced with a mounting toll of Russian journalists’ abductions, the new Chechen government has heavily restricted reporters’ movements. The May kidnapping of independent Russian NTV’s prominent war reporter Yelena Masyuk and two crew members was the latest in a string of kidnappings, possibly related to the intention of some Chechen factions to derail the 1996…