The Namibia Press Agency ( NAMPA ) is the national news agency of the Republic of Namibia . It was founded in 1987 under the name Namibia Press Association as a SWAPO partisan press agency, and resuscitated after independence under its current name in 1991. Its operation is regulated by the Namibia Press Agency Act of 1992. The state owned agency is responsible for news distribution and picture services to local and international customers. Up until now, the agency offers text and picture services, but no audio or video material. About 20 journalists and 30 other staff members work for NAMPA. Aside from its Windhoek headquarters, the agency has offices in Swakopmund , Gobabis , Ongwediva / Oshakati , Opuwo and Rundu . Most media in Namibia rely on the services of NAMPA, especially for international news.
8-669: In October 2002, the Committee to Protect Journalists asserted that NAMPA has "...long practiced self-censorship on contentious issues", while also accusing the Agency of being a government mouthpiece . This article about government in Namibia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Namibian newspaper-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Committee to Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ )
16-649: A biannual magazine, Dangerous Assignments . It also published an annual worldwide survey of press freedom called Attacks on the Press between 1987 and 2017. Since 2018, "Attacks on the Press" has been published in digital form. Since 1992, the organization has compiled an annual list of all journalists killed in the line of duty around the world. For 2017, it reported that 46 journalists had been killed in connection with their work, as compared to 48 in 2016, and 72 in 2015, and that of those journalists killed, 18 had been murdered. A running total of journalists killed over
24-497: A stipulation of his settlement with Jacobs, Gianforte donated $ 50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists, which said it would use the funds to support the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker . As of 2023 , the organization publishes an annual "Impunity Index" of countries in which journalists are murdered and the killers are not prosecuted. Ann Cooper served as executive director from 1998 to 2006. Journalist Joel Simon served as
32-633: Is a founding member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), a global network of more than seventy non-governmental organizations that monitors free-expression violations around the world and defends journalists, writers, and others persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression . In 2016, the Times of Israel reported that the United Nations voted to deny consultative status to CPJ citing concerns with
40-540: Is an American independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit , non-governmental organization based in New York City , with correspondents around the world. CPJ promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists . The American Journalism Review has called the organization, "Journalism's Red Cross ." Since the late 1980s, CPJ has been publishing an annual census of journalists killed or imprisoned in relation to their work. The Committee to Protect Journalists
48-537: The entire period from 1992 is available on the group's website, as well as the statistics for any given year; as of April 2018 the total was 1285. The organization's figures are typically lower than similar ongoing counts by Reporters Without Borders or the International Federation of Journalists because of CPJ's established parameters and confirmation process. It also publishes an annual census of imprisoned journalists. The organization
56-775: The group's finances, and also because CPJ does not support punishment for hate speech. The ban was overturned and CPJ was granted consultative status in July 2016. In October 2016, the Committee broke with its tradition of staying out of politics and warned about the danger Donald Trump posed to press freedom in the United States and around the world. US Representative Greg Gianforte was convicted of criminal assault in state court in June 2017 stemming from his assault of The Guardian political reporter Ben Jacobs in May 2017. As
64-443: Was founded in 1981 in response to the harassment of Paraguayan journalist Alcibiades González Delvalle . Its founding honorary chairman was Walter Cronkite . Since 1991, it has held the annual CPJ International Press Freedom Awards Dinner, during which awards are given to journalists and press freedom advocates who have endured beatings, threats, intimidation, and prison for reporting the news. Between 2002 and 2008, it published
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