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The Deadliest Countries For Journalists In 2018 [Infographic]
Dec 19, 2018, 08:07am
Following on from its recent ranking of the countries imprisoning the most journalists in 2018, The Committee To Protect Journalists, an advocacy group, has now reported that 53 journalists are known to have been killed around the world so far this year. At least 34 of them were singled out for murder. The CPJ tracks three types of journalists' deaths on the job - reprisal murders, deaths in combat or crossfire and deaths on other dangerous assignments like covering protests that turn violent. 2018 marks an uptick in killings after two years of decline while the number of media workers imprisoned has remained at a sustained high amid a global crackdown on press freedom.
The most high-profile killing this year was undoubtedly the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October. The brutal killing caused a wave of uproar in the west and fueled a major political crisis between the Saudis and the wider international community. Meanwhile the war in Afghanistan has continued to rage and it remains the most dangerous country for journalists. So far this year, 13 journalists have been killed there, the highest number in any year, including 2001, since CPJ started keeping track.
Afghanistan has suffered a spate of deadly bombings this year. In many cases, extremists detonated a second device with the intention of killing first responders and journalists. One such incident in late April has been attributed to the Islamic State and resulted in the deaths of nine journalists. Other countries ravaged by conflict are still experiencing high death tolls and nine journalists have died in Syria this year while three deaths were recorded in Yemen. Four journalists also died on the job in the United States this year, including independent music video blogger Zachary Stoner who was shot in Chicago in June.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallm...journalists-in-2018-infographic/#6b2db0ae2af5
Dec 19, 2018, 08:07am
Following on from its recent ranking of the countries imprisoning the most journalists in 2018, The Committee To Protect Journalists, an advocacy group, has now reported that 53 journalists are known to have been killed around the world so far this year. At least 34 of them were singled out for murder. The CPJ tracks three types of journalists' deaths on the job - reprisal murders, deaths in combat or crossfire and deaths on other dangerous assignments like covering protests that turn violent. 2018 marks an uptick in killings after two years of decline while the number of media workers imprisoned has remained at a sustained high amid a global crackdown on press freedom.
The most high-profile killing this year was undoubtedly the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October. The brutal killing caused a wave of uproar in the west and fueled a major political crisis between the Saudis and the wider international community. Meanwhile the war in Afghanistan has continued to rage and it remains the most dangerous country for journalists. So far this year, 13 journalists have been killed there, the highest number in any year, including 2001, since CPJ started keeping track.
Afghanistan has suffered a spate of deadly bombings this year. In many cases, extremists detonated a second device with the intention of killing first responders and journalists. One such incident in late April has been attributed to the Islamic State and resulted in the deaths of nine journalists. Other countries ravaged by conflict are still experiencing high death tolls and nine journalists have died in Syria this year while three deaths were recorded in Yemen. Four journalists also died on the job in the United States this year, including independent music video blogger Zachary Stoner who was shot in Chicago in June.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallm...journalists-in-2018-infographic/#6b2db0ae2af5
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