2321 casualties all countries
| Article | Media type | Gender | Cause of death |
| 31 August 2008 | RUSSIA Magomed Yevloyev | Online | Male | Shooting |
| 29 August 2008 | PAKISTAN Abdul Aziz Shaheen | Male | Crossfire | |
| 21 August 2008 | THAILAND Chalee Boonsawat | Male | Explosion | |
| 12 August 2008 | INDIA Javed Ahmed Mir | Television | Male | Crossfire |
| 12 August 2008 | GEORGIA Stan Storimans | Television | Male | Crossfire |
| 10 August 2008 | GEORGIA Alexander Klimchuk | Multiple | Male | Crossfire |
| 10 August 2008 | GEORGIA Grigol Chikhladze | Multiple | Male | Crossfire |
| 9 August 2008 | PHILIPPINES Dennis Cuesta | Radio | Male | Shooting |
| 7 August 2008 | PHILIPPINES Martin Roxas | Radio | Male | Shooting |
| 7 August 2008 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Normando García | Television | 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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