2321 casualties all countries
| Article | Media type | Gender | Cause of death |
| 15 October 2008 | NIGERIA Eiphraim Audu | Radio | Male | Shooting |
| 13 October 2008 | UNITED STATES John Downhower | Television | Male | Air accident |
| 13 October 2008 | UNITED STATES Dave Garrett | Television | Male | Air accident |
| 12 October 2008 | PERU Adelmo Chavez Goicochea | Radio | Male | Other non-natural |
| 10 October 2008 | IRAQ Dyar Abas Ahmed | Online | Male | Shooting |
| 10 October 2008 | COLOMBIA Pablo Josué Cedeño Charry | Television | Male | Other accident |
| 9 October 2008 | MEXICO Miguel Angel Villagómez | Male | Shooting | |
| 9 October 2008 | MEXICO David García Monroy | Male | Shooting | |
| 6 October 2008 | SRI LANKA Rashmi Mohamed | Television | Male | Explosion |
| 5 October 2008 | THAILAND Wallop Bounsampop | Male | Shooting |
Killing the Messenger is INSI’s annual report of journalism casualties from around the world. The statistics are compiled by monitoring press reports of journalists, media workers and citizen journalists killed as a result of their job which are then checked and verified by the Cardiff School of Journalism.
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