the proposal would politicize CPJ’s mission, could exclude journalists based on their employer or alleged conduct, and undermine protections for journalists, particularly those covering Gaza.
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Drop Site News publisher Dr. Nika Soon-Shiong says she has been removed from the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), after opposing a proposal to reexamine who qualifies as a journalist for CPJ’s database and protections.
The announcement comes after writer Mohammed El-Kurd reported that CPJ had formed a “special task force” to consider excluding journalists affiliated with what it describes as “state-backed propaganda outlets” or “terror-affiliated organizations,” as well as journalists deemed to have engaged in certain “behaviors and activities.”
Soon-Shiong published an email she sent to the board arguing the proposal would politicize CPJ’s mission, could exclude journalists based on their employer or alleged conduct, and undermine protections for journalists, particularly those covering Gaza.
She writes that the proposal followed discussions of a Free Beacon article targeting her and accusing Drop Site News of extremism over its reporting on Gaza. Soon-Shiong said she was informed Monday that she is no longer a CPJ board member.
An internal CPJ email shared with Drop Site calls reports that the organization plans to change its definition “false allegations” and “untrue.” It says the review, led by CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa team, is focused on its documentation of journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war after some individuals previously listed as journalists were later determined to have been combatants, and is expected to be completed in July. CPJ publicly announced that it had removed 20 names from its list of Palestinian media workers killed by Israel after 8 were given obituaries by militant groups. Another 12 were removed for undisclosed reasons.
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