ORGANIZATION

Founded 1981 by foreign correspondents, to "promote press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal."

Official Website:
http://www.cpj.org/

Location:
New York City

Founding Date:
1981

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christiane Amanpour	Journalist	12-Jan-1958		Host of ABC's This Week
Tom Brokaw	Journalist	6-Feb-1940		Former anchor, NBC Nightly News
Walter Cronkite	Journalist	4-Nov-1916	17-Jul-2009	America's most trusted newscaster
Anne Garrels	Journalist	2-Jul-1951		NPR senior foreign correspondent
Charlayne Hunter-Gault	TV Personality	27-Feb-1942		NPR, NewsHour reporter
Alberto Ibargüen	Publisher	c. 1944		President of the Knight Foundation
Gwen Ifill	Journalist	29-Sep-1955		Washington Week, Lehrer News Hour
David Laventhol	Publisher	15-Jul-1933	8-Apr-2015	President of Times Mirror, 1987-93
Anthony Lewis	Journalist	27-Mar-1927	25-Mar-2013	Gideon's Trumpet
Lara Logan	Journalist	29-Mar-1971		60 Minutes II
Doyle McManus	Journalist	c. 1952		LA Times Washington bureau chief
Goenawan Mohammad	Journalist	29-Jul-1941		Muckraking Indonesian journalist
Victor Navasky	Publisher	5-Jul-1932		Publisher of The Nation
Burl Osborne	Publisher	25-Jun-1937	15-Aug-2012	Dallas Morning News
Charles L. Overby	Journalist	c. 1946		CEO of Freedom Forum, Newseum
Clarence Page	Columnist	2-Jun-1947		Newspaper columnist, talking head
Norman Pearlstine	Journalist	4-Oct-1942		Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief
Dan Rather	Journalist	31-Oct-1931		Former CBS Anchorman
Diane Sawyer	Journalist	22-Dec-1945		Good Morning America
John Seigenthaler	Editor	27-Jul-1927	11-Jul-2014	Tennessean editor, RFK aide
Peter Thiel	Business	11-Oct-1967		Co-Founder of PayPal
Brian Williams	Journalist	5-May-1959		Exaggerating newscaster

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