Aug 29 2026
In July 2026, Jacob Weisberg led the organization (Committee to Protect Journalists) through a board vote to affirm CPJ’s existing, definition of a journalist. This decision followed public criticism and denials from Weisberg regarding allegations that the board intended to alter criteria to exclude slain Palestinian and Lebanese journalists in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
On June 25, Jodie Ginsberg, the chief executive of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), announced that the organization was reexamining the names in its database of journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war.