Jonathan has over ten years of experience in journalism, political affairs, and human rights, focusing on issues related to freedom of expression, technology, climate change, and conflict prevention. He currently works as a Senior Researcher with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), where he reports, conducts advocacy, and coordinates emergency responses for journalists across Sub-Saharan Africa. Jonathan 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.

Since joining CPJ in 2017, Jonathan has led numerous reporting and advocacy trips, including to Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Liberia, and Nigeria, where he covered national elections in 2019 and 2023. 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 managed CPJ’s project mapping the use of commercial spyware to target journalists and those close to them around the world.

Jonathan serves on the Advisory Board of the Amigo Project, which is 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.

Previously, Jonathan worked in South Africa and Mozambique with the Institute for Security Studies, assessing Mozambican peacebuilding processes. He also wrote on links between climate action and conflict prevention for the German think tank adelphi. He reported as a correspondent for IPS News from the U.N. Secretariat in New York and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and has written for Al-Jazeera English, Daily Maverick, The Continent, Africa Portal, International Peace Institute, Southern Africa Litigation Centre, and The Washington Post’s Press Freedom Partnership newsletter.

Jonathan speaks English and French, and is HEFAT/HEAT trained.