Alexander, Pearlstine Join CPJ Board

By: Joe Strupp The Committee to Protect Journalists today appointed Andrew Alexander, Washington, D.C., bureau chief for Cox Newspapers, and Norman Pearlstine, editor-in-chief of Time Inc., to its board of directors.

"They each bring extensive international experience, impressive management skills, and a deep commitment to the cause of press freedom," said CPJ board Chairman David Laventhol in a statement announcing the move. "I look forward to working with them to advance CPJ's vital mission."

Alexander started as a reporter for the Melbourne Herald in Australia and later joined the Dayton Journal Herald, where he worked as an investigative reporter and political writer.

He moved to the Journal Herald's Washington bureau in 1976, joined the national staff in 1984, and was named foreign editor in 1989. He has reported from more than 50 countries, covering conflicts in Vietnam, Angola, Iran, and Iraq. He also recently became chair of the American Society of Newspaper Editors FOI committee.

Pearlstine was named editor-in-chief of Time Inc. in 1995, overseeing the editorial content of Time Inc.'s magazines, which include Time, Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and People.

CPJ, a nonprofit organization founded in 1981, promotes press freedom worldwide by fighting for the right of journalists to report the news freely, without fear of reprisal.

Other CPJ board members are: Franz Allina, Terry Anderson, Peter Arnett, Dean Baquet, Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, Josh Friedman, Anne Garrels, James C. Goodale, Cheryl Gould, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Alberto Ibarguen, Gwen Ifill, Steven L. Isenberg, Jane Kramer, David Laventhol, Anthony Lewis, David Marash, Kati Marton, Michael Massing, Geraldine Fabrikant Metz, Victor Navasky, Burl Osborne, Charles L. Overby, Clarence Page, Erwin Potts, Dan Rather, Gene Roberts, Sandra Mims Rowe, John Seigenthaler, Paul E. Steiger, and Paul C. Tash.