CPJ Ousts Nika Soon-Shiong From Board as Gaza Journalist List Faces Review of 209 Cases
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Updated · Washington Free Beacon · Jun 30
CPJ Ousts Nika Soon-Shiong From Board as Gaza Journalist List Faces Review of 209 Cases
2 articles · Updated · Washington Free Beacon · Jun 30
Summary
Nika Soon-Shiong said CPJ removed her from its board Sunday after she opposed an internal review of the group’s Gaza journalist database and linked the move to a Washington Free Beacon report on her anti-Israel activism.
CPJ last week announced a full review of its Israel-Gaza war database after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad obituaries identified some people it had listed as journalists as combatants.
Soon-Shiong argued in an open letter that CPJ should pause the review and should not strip protection from slain Gaza media workers because of affiliations with Hamas or other militant-linked outlets.
The controversy has already forced CPJ to remove 20 names from its Gaza list, though it still says 209 journalists or media workers have been killed by Israel or are in detention.
The dispute widens scrutiny of CPJ’s methodology and board politics as major media outlets continue citing its Gaza casualty data.