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Joel Simon to Head New Initiative to Combat Growing Threats to Journalism - Newmark J-School

Jan 10

Through research and education we can make the world a bit safer for journalists and help nurture and sustain a global information system that serves the public interest. My first day on the job is February 1. I can’t wait to get started!

I also want to thank my former colleagues

@PressFreedom

@kathleencarrll

@RobMahoney

and my successor, CPJ President

. Keep up the fight!

More thank yous to

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(also ex-Twitter); and most of all

@emilybell

, who supported me and helped me incubate this idea during my fellowship year. Special thanks to the

@FordFoundation

which provided funding.

Special thanks to benefactor and namesake

@craignewmark

, who is providing seed funding for the Journalism Protection Initiative.

I’m so happy to be working with the dean

@gmochkofsky

;

@JeffJarvis

(ex-Twitter; find him on Mastodon); the faculty; the staff; and of course the students at

My remit is to think broadly and strategically about how journalists can protect themselves and the integrity of their work in a complex and often adversarial environment. The focus is on research, convenings, and journalism education.

I’m thrilled to be joining

@NewmarkJSchool

as the founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative. Read all about it!

journalism.cuny.edu

The Journalism Protection Initiative will focus on disinformation, rising authoritarianism, and violence.

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Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

“We need to get the politics out of it. Whether they’re rich, whether they’re famous, or whether they’re just a regular American who was visiting a family member in that country, we need to get them home.” - Joey Reed

How the Families of American Hostages Created Bipartisan Support for Prisoner Swaps

A political agreement between Republicans and Democrats is at risk of unravelling as some G.O.P. members attack the exchange that freed the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner.

Dec 26, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

Dec 20, 2022

Important new report on

@uspresstracker

. It's great that the number of arrests have come down, but every time a journalist is arrested coveriing a protest in the US it undermines #PressFreedom.

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@uspresstracker

Dec 20, 2022

NEW: A dozen journalists arrested in the US in 2022; charges persist for more pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/in-2022-a

Show this thread

Dec 17, 2022

Weekend Read: How the desperate American families of American hostages held overseas came together in a remarkable campaign to free their loves ones, and in the process shifted US policy. In

@NewYorker

How the Families of American Hostages Created Bipartisan Support for Prisoner Swaps

A political agreement between Republicans and Democrats is at risk of unravelling as some G.O.P. members attack the exchange that freed the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner.

Dec 16, 2022

In a gesture of solidarity, #BrittneyGriner vowed to fight for the release of #PaulWhelan, still imprisoned in Russia. This is typical of how American hostage families have come together via the

@BOFHcampaign

, whose efforts I chronicle in the

@NewYorker

How the Families of American Hostages Created Bipartisan Support for Prisoner Swaps

A political agreement between Republicans and Democrats is at risk of unravelling as some G.O.P. members attack the exchange that freed the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner.

Dec 12, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

Dec 5, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

Some big news: We’re suing NSO Group, the spyware company, on behalf of fifteen journalists and others who were the victims of spyware attacks in El Salvador. 1/X

knightcolumbia.org

El Faro Journalists, Knight Institute Sue NSO Group Over Spyware

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New from me

—Journalist Roman Gressier's lawyers say he is the first American hacked with Pegasus spyware to sue its maker. He's joined in a major suit by more than a dozen colleagues from a newsroom decimated by a massive hacking campaign. Read:

A Hacked Newsroom Brings a Spyware Maker to U.S. Court

When Roman Gressier, an American reporter working in El Salvador, found out that he and his colleagues were being surveilled, he feared persecution and worried for his sources’ safety.

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#Urgente | 15 miembros de El Faro presentaron una demanda contra el fabricante del programa espía #Pegasus en una corte federal de EE.UU. La denuncia fue presentada por

@knightcolumbia

contra NSO Group, a quien se acusa de violaciones a la ley de abuso y fraude informático (CFAA)

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Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

Nov 21, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

Nov 14, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

Nov 13, 2022

Can’t wait!

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Heidi Ewing

@HeidiLoki

Nov 12, 2022

Friends in Los Angeles ! Join us Monday evening Nov. 14 as we talk global press freedom, and “Endangered” with @davidakaye and @JoelSimonSays ! LA Central Library.

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LA Friends: Join me,

this Monday night for a timely discussion on democracy and #pressfreedom in the US and around the world. Moderated by

@davidakaye

. With thanks to

@LibraryFoundLA

@ColumbiaGR

Eventbrite: lfla.org/event/the-info

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

Congratulations

on 10 amazing years!

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Bronx Documentary Center

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (is offline)

Oct 28, 2022

Great summary of a great gathering,

@trustconf

which just wrapped up in London. Thank you to the amazing team at

@TRF

for organizing it and including me in the conversation.

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Reuters Institute

@risj_oxford

Oct 28, 2022

NEW on our website Seven things we learnt at this year's @trf @trustconf about press freedom and new journalism tools. A summary by @Marina__Adami with takeaways from @EliotHiggins @rasmus_kleis @Irenekhan @camposmello and @JoelSimonSays reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/trust-con

Joel Simon Retweeted

@rasmus_kleis

Oct 26, 2022

Defamation, seditious label, SLAPPs, and laws that purport to address "f*ke news" are among the legal tools political actors and powerful people use to try to silence independent journalists

says, kicking off #TC2022 panel on legal trends hampering media freedom.

Oct 24, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

ILAS | Columbia University

Oct 18, 2022

Hoy a las 3:30 de la tarde! Nos vemos allí.

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@ILASColumbia

Oct 17, 2022

TOMORROW Oct 18!

ilas.columbia.edu/events/witness Join us for a book presentation for @AbadColorado 's new book, with curator Maria de Ibarra and @JoelSimonSays, a fellow at @towcenter. @Abadcolorado worked as an independent photojournalist from 1992-2001, covering #Colombia

Oct 17, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

Oct 13, 2022

Look who ran into tonight at the benefit for ⁦

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⁩ and ⁦

⁩!! Together we are three generations of ⁦

@pressfreedom

⁩ leaders. Missing: Ann Cooper and ⁦

@anelsona

⁩. Can’t wait for the next reunion.

Oct 10, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.

My short doc about the life and tragic death of journalist Steven Sotloff will be premiering

@DX_IFF

next Friday, October 14 - 3pm in person and virtually.

Oct 3, 2022

Journalist Austin Tice was detained in Syria on August 14, 2012. It's Monday, the beginning of another week. It's time for Austin to come home. #FreeAustinTice

A small thing you can do to help #FreeAustinTice - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2012, freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while reporting in Syria. A brief video made public a few weeks later showed Tice as a captive. He has not been heard from since.