As CPJ marks its 25th anniversary, our early board members and former directors look ahead to the emerging challenges facing the international press. Moderator John Carroll, Knight visiting lecturer at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard, leads the panel in a two-week discussion about Iraq, national security, Internet censorship, and the new threats to press freedom.
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The Topics
Iraq: A dangerous equation yields limited results
Journalists in Iraq “face perils that did not exist when I began my foreign coverage in Southeast Asia in the mid-1950s,” Peter Arnett writes. Also Dave Marash, Michael Massing, Anne Nelson, Franz Allina, and Ann Cooper.
Stringers and fixers: News companies need to do more
As U.S. media shrink their overseas press corps, “local staff and freelancers are making up the difference and, thus, must be given a new employment status,” Josh Friedman writes. Also Ann Cooper, Anne Nelson, Jane Kramer, and Franz Allina.
Lebanon-Israel conflict: Understanding public opinion crucial
Understanding Lebanese public opinion and deploying journalists who speak Arabic are crucial to covering the newest Middle East crisis, writes Anthony Lewis. Also Peter Arnett.
U.S. press standards: White House seen as waging attacks on press
In threatening to use the Espionage Act to prosecute journalists, the Bush administration has undertaken “a major step-up in executive branch efforts to deter journalists from prying into national security matters,” Michael Massing writes. Also Anthony Lewis.
Censored nations: Use unconventional methods
News organizations should turn to nontraditional reporting in highly censored nations such as North Korea by using exiles, students, religious and human right organizations, Anne Nelson writes. Also Peter Arnett, Ann Cooper, and Dave Marash.
China and Internet censorship: Corporations need to resist
Saying that “the Internet with its inherent freedoms is potentially a loaded gun in repressive societies,” Peter Arnett calls on U.S. corporations to do more to protect their users in China. Also Anthony Lewis and Jane Kramer.
Emerging threats: War on terror used as pretext to muzzle press
The war against terrorism has been used by world leaders as a pretext to “muzzle reporting in the name of preserving national security,” Ann Cooper writes. Also Michael Massing, Anne Nelson and Jane Kramer.