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The Writing Room: Journalists in Jail Around the World — More and More Are Freelancers

December 8, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that freelance writers now make up nearly 45 percent of journalists imprisoned around the world, a percentage increase that no doubt reflects changes in global news reporting. For details, go to CPJ’s website.

Filed Under: On Writing & Reading, The Writing Room

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