In record year, China, Israel, and Myanmar are world’s leading jailers of journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists 1/24/25, 10:29 AM Census methodology CPJ’s annual prison census is a snapshot of journalists jailed globally for their work as of 12.01 a.m. on December 1. !e census includes only those journalists CPJ has con"rmed to have been imprisoned in relation to their reporting or coverage by their outlet; it does not include those classi"ed as “missing” or “abducted” if they have disappeared or are held captive by non-state actors. CPJ de"nes journalists as people who cover the news or comment on public a#airs in any media, including print, photographs, radio, television, and online. It does not include the many journalists imprisoned and released throughout the year; accounts of those cases can be found at http://cpj.org. Journalists remain on CPJ’s list until the organization determines with reasonable certainty that they have been released or have died in custody. Arlene Getz is editorial director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Now based in New York, she has worked in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East as a foreign correspondent, editor, and editorial executive for Reuters, CNN, and Newsweek. Follow her on LinkedIn. Editor’s note: !is report has been updated to make minor changes to data in charts pertaining to gender, job status, reporting beats, sentences, and charges. https://cpj.org/thematic-reports/in-record-year-china-israel-and-myanmar-are-worlds-leading-jailers-of-journalists/ Page 26 of 27