October 2, 2020
BY AP
Gunmen on motorcycle kill journalist in Honduras
Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot to death a journalist in Honduras who had worked in radio and television before starting his own social media information channel.
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September 17, 2020
BY ACOS Alliance
Safely covering the pandemic
INSI is proud to support a new resource aimed at helping news organisations to cover the pandemic professionally and in a way that minimises risk.
September 16, 2020
BY Rappler
Former radio reporter killed in Sorsogon shooting
A former radio reporter in Sorsogon – now with the Balangibog News Online portal – was gunned down on Monday evening, September 14.
September 9, 2020
Mexico
BY CPJ
Mexican reporter Julio Valdivia found beheaded in Veracruz state
Mexican authorities must immediately undertake a thorough and credible investigation into the killing of journalist Julio Valdivia and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
September 7, 2020
BY UNESCO
Director-General urges investigation into killing of community radio journalist Abelardo Liz in Colombia
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has condemned the killing of Abelardo Liz, a community radio journalist in the town of Corinto, in the southwestern department of Cauca on 13 August.
September 7, 2020
BY CPJ
Journalists killed in Honduras
On July 1, 2020, two unidentified individuals shot Jorge Posas, a camera operator and technician at the local privately owned TV station Canal 45, and German Vallecillo Jr., a host at the station, while they drove in the residential area of El Naranjal, in the northeastern Honduran city of La Ceiba, according to news reports.
August 14, 2020
BY Reuters
Second journalist killed in Mexico in under a week
Unidentified assailants shot a journalist dead outside his home in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, state prosecutors said on Wednesday, in the second killing of a reporter in the past week.
August 4, 2020
BY CPJ
Photojournalist Christoff Griffith killed at crime scene in Barbados
Authorities in Barbados must thoroughly investigate the killing of photojournalist Christoff Griffith and ensure those responsible are held to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Griffith is the first journalist CPJ has recorded as killed in relation to his work in Barbados.
August 4, 2020
BY the Guardian
Killing of Pakistani anti-corruption journalist sparks protests
The murder of a reporter known for exposing corruption has set off a wave of protests across Pakistan’s western Balochistan province, one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist.
August 4, 2020
BY the Guardian
Mexico journalist gunned down – the fifth to be killed this year
Press groups have called for justice after unidentified gunmen killed a journalist in southern Mexico, along with a police officer assigned to protect him after a 2016 attack.
July 14, 2020
BY CPJ
Indian journalist shot and killed after reporting on land dispute
Police in India’s Uttar Pradesh state must thoroughly and transparently investigate the killing of journalist Shubham Mani Tripathi, and ensure that all responsible are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
June 18, 2020
BY East African
Cameroon: Call for Independent Probe Into Journalist's Death
International press freedom lobby groups have called for an independent investigation into the death of Cameroonian journalist Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe alias Samuel Wazizi, who died while in military custody 10 months ago.
June 8, 2020
BY UNESCO
UNESCO Director-General condemns murder of journalist Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani in Pakistan
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has urged an investigation into the killing of journalist Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani in the town of Dodapur in Pakistan’s Sindh Province on 26 May.
June 8, 2020
BY CPJ
Yemeni journalist Nabil al-Quaety killed outside his home in Aden
Yemeni authorities should conduct a thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Nabil Hasan al-Quaety and hold the perpetrators to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
June 8, 2020
BY Al Jazaara
Journalist killed in Kabul bomb blast targeting TV workers
A journalist and a driver were killed when a private bus carrying employees of an Afghan television station was hit by a roadside bomb in the capital, Kabul, the network's news director and officials have said.
June 6, 2020
BY Cilla Benkö
Attacks on journalists in the US show that words can be dangerous
The US is reeling from the worst violence it has seen for many years. The protests, which began after an unarmed black man, George Floyd, was suffocated to death, are dividing the country and highlighting long-standing injustices and conflicts.
May 22, 2020
BY Al Jazeera
Mexican journalist killed in Sonora, third to be slain in 2020
Journalist Jorge Armenta has been killed in an "armed attack" in Mexico's northern Sonora state, according to authorities.
May 13, 2020
BY CPJ
Guatemalan journalist Bryan Guerra shot dead in Chiquimula
Guatemalan authorities should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Bryan Guerra, determine if it was related to his journalism, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
May 13, 2020
BY Al Jazeera
Murder of radio anchor caps turbulent day in Philippine media
A Philippine radio broadcaster from the central island of Negros has been shot dead, becoming the third media worker slain in Dumaguete City since 2018 and the 16th nationwide since President Rodrigo Duterte came to office in June 2016.
May 2, 2020
BY Cilla Benkö
Free press vital during coronavirus pandemic
World Press Freedom Day will be celebrated on 3 May worldwide and this year feels more important than ever. One can scarcely underestimate the importance of a free press in a situation such as the one that we now find ourselves in.
April 30, 2020
BY Knight Center For Journalism in the Americas
Threatened Brazilian journalist killed by gunmen in Paraguay in dangerous border region
Brazilian journalist Lourenço Veras, known as Léo Veras, editor-in-chief of the website Porã News, was assassinated on the night of Feb. 12 in Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay. The city is next to the Brazi’s Ponta Porã.
April 15, 2020
BY Al Jazeera and agencies
Missing journalist found murdered in Mexico's south
A Mexican journalist who disappeared more than a week ago in the southern state of Guerrero was found dead on Saturday, becoming the second journalist to be murdered this year in the country.
April 8, 2020
BY Guardian
Mexican journalist gunned down in first fatal attack on press of 2020
A Mexican journalist has been shot dead in broad daylight as violent crime in the country – and attacks on the press – continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.
March 30, 2020
BY INSI
Coronavirus: reporting from contaminated environments
Filming Covid-19 patients in hospitals, homes or with emergency services is being done but requires a thorough risk assessment, specialist training and a series of strict precautionary measures to mitigate and minimise risk.
March 30, 2020
BY Francesca Tosarelli
"I’m not looking for any scoops here. I want to show the reality"
Independent filmmaker Francesca Tosarelli arrived in Bergamo, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, for what was meant to be a 24-hour shoot. Two weeks on she’s still there, one of a handful of journalists documenting the catastrophic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.