Daniel Pearl – Frank Smyth

Record Imprisonments, Impunity for Murders: Can Press Freedom Watchdogs Even Keep Up?

April 23, 2023/in Harvard International Review/by Frank Smyth

In recent years, CPJ has returned to using less precise language like “killings” to refer to murders whenever discussing them in the aggregate. It’s the kind of euphemism preferred by despots like the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

Do news blackouts help journalists held captive?

February 26, 2013/in The Comittee to Protect Journalists/by Frank Smyth

News organizations have invoked the captives’ safety in seeking media blackouts. But do the blackouts really benefit the individuals being held captive?

Murdering with Impunity: The Rise in Terror Tactics Against News Reporters

November 14, 2010/in Harvard International Review/by Frank Smyth

More journalists were killed last year than ever before. No doubt the world has become a more dangerous, but not necessarily in ways that people might expect.

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