Our Mission

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) was founded in 1981 by a group of U.S. journalists determined to help secure greater press freedom for colleagues abroad threatened by repressive governments and other enemies of independent journalism. CPJ has become a vitally important institution to journalists and news organizations around the world. We have a highly specialized brief: CPJ is the only organization in the United States devoted solely to reporting and responding to attacks on individual journalists and to other specific press freedom violations throughout the world. We pride ourselves on the detail and accuracy of our information, and on our capacity for quick and effective action.