Robert Mahoney
New York-based journalist, author and expert on global press freedom
About
I am a journalist, author and advocate for press freedom. I research, write and speak publicly on threats to journalists and media freedom globally and work to promote the safety of journalists.
As a leader of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a US-based nonprofit at the forefront of the fight for free media, I organized international missions to report on attacks on the press and to advocate with governments for the rights of journalists.
I am a skilled negotiator, coalition builder, team leader and media trainer in multicultural environments. I have extensive global experience as a news executive and foreign correspondent having covered world stories for Reuters news agency. I have lived in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
I am co-author of a 2022 book "The Infodemic, How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free". I am always looking for new challenges in the media freedom and safety field.
Reporting and commentary
Foreign media is banned from Gaza. Biden should press Israel for access (The Hill, March 24)
Opinion | Not Just Shireen Abu Akleh: Israel Is Judge and Jury When It Comes to Killing Journalists (Haaretz, May 2023)
Mahoney: The lingering legacy of China’s COVID-19 censorship (Committee to Protect Journalists, June 2023)
Opinion: Pompeo's attack on Khashoggi's reputation is a gift to enemies of press freedom (Committee to Protect Journalists, January 2023)
What are the challenges for reporters in Ukraine and Russia? (Washington Post, March 2022)
Opinion: Why no one dare tell China's Xi the awful truth -- zero-Covid isn't working (CNN, April 2023)
How China’s Response to COVID-19 Set the Stage for a Worldwide Wave of Censorship (The New Yorker, April 2022)
Veteran reporters in Ukraine reflect on Russian warfare strategy (Nieman Reports, March 2022)
Opinion: How the West can help the media victims of Putin’s war (Committee to Protect Journalists, March 2022)
Media and public speaking
CPJ's Robert Mahoney on why 'the Russian media is dead' (CNN Business, March 2022)
How governments helped fuel an infodemic during Covid (MSNBC, April 2022)
Diagnosing the Infodemic -Robert Mahoney | The Open Mind (PBS, June 2022)
Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney: The Infodemic (Commonwealth Club of California, October 2022)
Nobel Peace Prize Winners: Truth-Telling Journalists (WNYC, October 2021)
Safeguarding journalists in an increasingly volatile world (Foreign Policy, May 2022)
EP 575 The Pandemic Brought on Government Lies and Censorship (America Trends Podcast, August 2022)
Reporters Under Fire (Speaking Up with Miles Taylor, May 2022)
What the Press Lost in 2021 (WNYC Studios, December 2021)
Media Jungle: Infodemic: How Censorship, Lies Made The World Sicker and Less Free (Media Jungle, May 2022)
Journalism-under-fire (WNYC, Feb 2012)
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