Journalists Under Attack

Fox News cameraman killed by shelling in Ukraine

Irish cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed after his vehicle was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian producer Oleksandra 'Sasha' Kuvshinova, who worked with Fox News in Ukraine, killed in shelling attack

Kuvshinova, 24, was working as a consultant for Fox News when she was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine.

Journalist Brent Renaud is killed while reporting on the war in Ukraine

U.S. video journalist Brent Renaud was killed while reporting in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv. 

Sumy Sadurni, photojournalist whose focus was East Africa, dies in car crash

Mexican crime reporter killed in Zacatecas, Mexico

Juan Carlos Muniz was shot and killed in the central state of Zacatecas on Friday, officials said, the latest in a string of assassinations of media workers this year.

Russian military forces shelled a television tower in Kyiv, Ukraine, killing five people including camera operator Yevhenii Sakun.

Sakun, 49, was working as a camera operator for the Ukrainian television station LIVE when he was killed during the bombing of Kyiv’s television and radio tower.

Gunmen kill journalist in Meixcan state of Sonora

Jorge Camero, 28, was in a gym in Empalme, Sonora, when he was attacked according to the Sonora state prosecutor, who said authorities found eight shell casings at the scene.

Haitian police kill a journalist covering a protest

Journalist Maximilien Lazard was killed by the Haitian National Police after officers opened fire on a protest by textile workers demanding a higher minimum wage in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.

Television reporter found dead in southern neighborhood of Mexico City

Television host and model Michelle Perez Tadeo was found dead in a southern neighborhood of Mexico City three days after being reported missing.

Journalist Pu Tuidim abducted and killed in Myanmar

On January 6 or 7, 2022, members of the Myanmar military’s 140 Infantry Battalion abducted at least 10 people, including journalist Pu Tuidim, amid fighting between the military and anti-government forces in Chin State’s Matupi Township, and later executed them, according to news reports.