The Committee to Protect Journalists' Vital Role in the Digital Age

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By: Peter Osnos | The Atlantic

The Committee to Protect Journalists has just marked its thirtieth anniversary, in a year notable for the breadth of international protest movements and the expansion of digital technology for the collection and distribution of information. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have become embedded in the dissemination of events as they take place and have impacted the definition of news in fundamental respects. In ways unimagined a decade ago, the streets are filled with amateurs whose efforts at working around the repressive techniques of authoritarian governments have made a significant difference in newsgathering.































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