Jonathan Rozen is a journalist and researcher focused on human rights, technology, climate change, and conflict prevention. He currently works as a Program Coordinator with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), where he reports, conducts advocacy, and manages emergency responses for journalists across Africa. His investigations have tracked impunity for crimes against journalists, harms associated with surveillance, efforts to control information during conflict, and the censorship and criminalization of expression online. He also led CPJ’s project mapping the use of spyware to target journalists and those close to them around the world. Previously, Jonathan reported as a U.N. correspondent for IPS News and has written for Al Jazeera English and Daily Maverick, among other outlets.
Jonathan is a Senior External Advisor with the International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Amigo Project, an effort between researchers from the City College of New York, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University to develop communications systems that function during Internet shutdowns. He holds a master’s degree in global affairs from the University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from McGill University.
Project: He will investigate the connections between surveillance capitalism and threats to journalists’ safety.