Project Information
24/08/2025 02.30 PM - 04.00 PM
Kunal Majumder, India Representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), brings a wealth of experience at the intersection of press freedom, politics, and human rights. Majumder has reported for Tehelka, Indian Express, and VICE, with a focus on media capture, governance, and rights-based issues.
His workshop will be rooted in lived experience. As part of CPJ, Majumder has documented press freedom violations across India and organized safety trainings for journalists in high-risk environments, such as Uttar Pradesh — work that earned him the Jan Mitra Award. These sessions are hands-on, built around case studies giving participants practical insight into threats and strategies for resilience
Complementing this is a legal awareness module that equips participants — both journalists and citizens — with knowledge of their fundamental rights, gender justice, and avenues for legal recourse. Drawing on CPJ’s advocacy with Indian, US, and EU governments, Majumder introduces participants to constitutional protections, anti-harassment laws, and reporting mechanisms for rights violations. His teaching experience as visiting faculty at Jamia Millia Islamia ensures this knowledge is presented in accessible, actionable ways.
Global exposure through programmes like the EU Visitors’ Programme and Finland’s Foreign Correspondents’ Programme allows him to integrate comparative perspectives on press freedom, gender equity, and legal safeguards. As part of CPJ’s Emergencies team, he has also overseen nationwide journalist safety workshops and authored reports documenting targeted violence against media professionals.
Uniquely, Majumder’s sessions also foreground mental health and resilience. He addresses stress management in high-pressure environments and draws from his engagement with Tibetan Buddhist practices to encourage collective care and destigmatization of mental health struggles — a rare but crucial component in discussions on media safety.
Overall, his workshops equip participants to build justice-seeking, self-reliant networks that can withstand threats to free expression and civic discourse — whether through legal awareness, community resilience, or practical safety measures in the face of challenges like phone tapping and surveillance, as highlighted in his 2024 CPJ reports.
Complementing this is a legal awareness module that equips participants — both journalists and citizens — with knowledge of their fundamental rights, gender justice, and avenues for legal recourse. Drawing on CPJ’s advocacy with Indian, US, and EU governments, Majumder introduces participants to constitutional protections, anti-harassment laws, and reporting mechanisms for rights violations. His teaching experience as visiting faculty at Jamia Millia Islamia ensures this knowledge is presented in accessible, actionable ways.
Global exposure through programmes like the EU Visitors’ Programme and Finland’s Foreign Correspondents’ Programme allows him to integrate comparative perspectives on press freedom, gender equity, and legal safeguards. As part of CPJ’s Emergencies team, he has also overseen nationwide journalist safety workshops and authored reports documenting targeted violence against media professionals.
Uniquely, Majumder’s sessions also foreground mental health and resilience. He addresses stress management in high-pressure environments and draws from his engagement with Tibetan Buddhist practices to encourage collective care and destigmatization of mental health struggles — a rare but crucial component in discussions on media safety.
Overall, his workshops equip participants to build justice-seeking, self-reliant networks that can withstand threats to free expression and civic discourse — whether through legal awareness, community resilience, or practical safety measures in the face of challenges like phone tapping and surveillance, as highlighted in his 2024 CPJ reports.