Committee to Protect Journalists
Cristina Zahar is an accomplished professional in journalism and communications, currently serving as the Program Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Committee to Protect Journalists since July 2023. With extensive experience, Cristina previously held the role of Executive Secretary at the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism, contributing significantly to organizational growth and international outreach. Other noteworthy positions include Managing Director at Eaglemoss do Brasil, co-founder of Bastidores de Comunicação and OrbitalLab, and Editorial Director at Abril Coleções. Cristina's academic background includes an MBA from Fundacao Instituto de Administracao and multiple courses in design thinking and finance.
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists, which is also known as CPJ, is an independent, non-profit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. Committee to Protect Journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report news without fear of reprisal.Committee to Protect Journalists ensures the free flow ofnews and commentary by taking action wherever journalists are attacked, imprisoned, killed, kidnapped, threatened, censored, or harassed.Committee to Protect Journalists' first advocacy campaign was held in 1982 by giving precedence to the idea that journalists around the world should come together to defend the rights of colleagues working in repressive and dangerous environments. At the time, three British journalists:Simon Winchester, Ian Mather, and Tony Prime were arrested in Argentina while covering the Falklands War. A letter from Committee to Protect Journalists Honorary Chairman Walter Cronkite helped spring them from prison.Every year Committee to Protect Journalists organizes International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition of courageous reporting, to honor journalists who have faced imprisonment, violence, and censorship.Committee to Protect Journalists was founded in 1981 by a group of U.S. correspondents.