Attacks on the Press in 2009: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks on the Press analyzes conditions for the news media in more than 100 countries across the world, charting advancements and documenting new dangers. According to this report, the changing media landscape makes the work done by the Committee to Protect Journalists more critical than ever. Repressive regimes like Iran’s count on the anonymity of their victims, on the world ignoring or overlooking who they’ve arrested and why. And without the imprimatur of a major news organization, it’s indeed all too easy for freelancers, bloggers, and local journalists to disappear. What they need is the kind of spotlight that CPJ can bring to bear.