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ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Joel Simon, executive director of Committee to Protect Journalists about his latest book We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom. They were joined by Janine di Giovanni, a human rights reporter in conflict zones and a senior fellow at Yale University, as they discussed hostage policy and the ethical and legal concerns behind it.
SHOW NOTES:
- Journalist Austin Tice has been missing in Syria for six years. Is it still news?, Joel Simon, CPJ
- Khashoggi case shows importance of ethical reporting on hostages, Sulome Anderson, CJR
- When reporters are kidnapped, Trevor Bach, CJR
- After James Foley: News leaders divided on how to handle kidnapped reporters, David Uberti, CJR
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