Committee to Protect Journalists
Cassandra Barragan is an experienced grants officer currently serving at the Committee to Protect Journalists since June 2023. Prior experience includes the National Endowment for Democracy as a grants officer, managing projects in Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria, and overseeing the grant lifecycle and compliance. Cassandra also held positions as a grants assistant and programs intern at Jesuit Refugee Service, where responsibilities included revising frameworks for accountability and supporting grants management, as well as a policy and advocacy intern at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, leading research and proposal writing. Earlier, Cassandra taught English as a second language at Pioneers Baccalaureate School and developed adult education curricula during a tenure with the International Rescue Committee. Educational credentials include a Master of Arts in Migration & Global Development from the University of Sussex and a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts from Florida State University. Additionally, a certificate in Arabic language was obtained from the Jordan Language Academy.
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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.