Jonathan Rozen is a journalist and researcher with over a decade of experience in political affairs and human rights, focusing on issues related to technology, freedom of expression, climate change, and conflict prevention. He currently works as Program Coordinator with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), where he reports, conducts advocacy, and manages emergency responses for journalists across Africa. Jonathan is also a Technology and Human Rights fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Since joining CPJ in 2017, Jonathan has led numerous reporting and advocacy trips, including to Zambia, Botswana, 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 as a Senior External Advisor with the International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He is also 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.

Previously, Jonathan worked in South Africa 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. Jonathan reported as a correspondent for IPS News from the United Nations headquarters 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 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. He speaks English and French.