August 8, 2018
BY Press Gazette
Mexican journalist shot dead by motorbike assassins is eighth killed in country so far this year
A Mexican journalist has been shot dead by two assassins on motorbikes.
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Journalists Under Attack
August 8, 2018
BY Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Authorities investigate motives behind murders of two journalists killed in southwestern Colombia
The regions of Cauca and Valle del Cauca recently saw the loss of two journalists in less than 24 hours early this month. Although neither had previously reported any threats, their deaths occur at a time of increasing violence against the press.
August 1, 2018
BY Washington Post
Russian filmmakers killed in Africa were investigating mercenaries close to the Kremlin
Three Russians producing a documentary about mercenary forces close to the Kremlin were gunned down in the Central African Republic this week, highlighting the risks that Russian journalists continue to take despite the growing numbers who perish in their line of work.
July 27, 2018
BY Middle East Monitor
Somalia’s police kill journalist in Mogadishu
Somalia’s police shot dead a broadcast journalist yesterday, Garowe Online reported. This is the first killing of a journalist in 2018 as the government battles with corruption within its ranks.
July 26, 2018
BY Rappler
Albay broadcaster Joey Llana laid to rest
Hard-hitting radio broadcaster Joey Llana was laid to rest on Thursday, July 26, nearly a week after he was gunned down in Daraga town in this province.
July 25, 2018
BY Newsweek
Playa del Carmen Journalist: Who is Ruben Pat?
The director of a news website that uncovered the actions of drug cartels in Mexico has been shot dead in Playa del Carmen.
July 24, 2018
BY Al Jazeera
Two Mexican journalists killed in separate attacks
Two Mexican media workers were murdered in separate attacks, bringing the total number of journalists killed in Mexico so far in 2018 to at least eight.
July 16, 2018
BY AFP
Journalist killed in south Syria fighting: state media
A Syrian journalist working with a pro-regime television network has been killed in the southern province of Quneitra, where government forces are battling rebels, state media said Monday.
July 2, 2018
BY GCHR
Yemen: Journalists Oussama Salem Almaqtari and Mohamed Al-Qadesi killed in Taiz
Yemeni journalists are facing life threating situations, as they struggle to report on the daily suffering of Yemeni people due to the civil war. The last month took a heavy toll on Yemeni media workers. Citizen journalist Oussama Salem Al-Maqtari (photo to the left) and photojournalist Mohamed Al-Qadesi (photo to the right) were both killed, and journalist Bashir Aklan was injured during military actions in Taiz province.
June 29, 2018
BY CBC
Maryland man charged with 5 counts of murder in newspaper shooting
Five first-degree murder charges were filed Friday against a man accused of targeting Maryland's capital newspaper, shooting his way into the newsroom and killing four journalists and a staffer before police arrested him.