August 5, 2019
BY Mexico News Daily
Gunman shoots and kills journalist, municipal official in Zihuatanejo
A Guerrero journalist who was also worked as a local official was murdered Friday in the tourist destination of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero.
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August 5, 2019
BY the Guardian
Third Mexican journalist killed in a week amid record murder rate
An investigation has been launched into the death of a reporter in the Mexican state of Veracruz after he became the third journalist to be murdered in a week.
August 5, 2019
BY Mexico News Daily
Guerrero crime beat journalist murdered in Morelos
The body of a Guerrero journalist was found in the trunk of a car on Tuesday night in Morelos, bringing the number of reporters who have lost their lives in Mexico this year to seven.
July 31, 2019
BY Africa Feeds
Nigerian journalist killed during protest
A 23-year-old trainee journalist with Nigerian Television station Channels TV was killed on Monday after he was hit by a stray bullet.
July 31, 2019
BY TRT World
Citizen journalist among 17 killed in northwest Syria
A young citizen journalist was among at least 17 civilians killed in air raids on Syria's rebel-held Idlib region on Sunday, rescue workers and a monitor said, as he filmed the bombardment of the battered enclave.
July 15, 2019
BY Reuters
Suicide car bomb targets hotel in Somali port city, two journalists confirmed dead
A car bomb went off on Friday at a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayu where local elders and lawmakers had been discussing an upcoming regional election and was followed by gunfire, police said, adding that the death toll could be high.
July 15, 2019
BY All Africa
Tanzanian Media House Loses Five Journalists in Horror Car Crash
Seven people, among them five journalists from Azam Media Group, were on Monday killed in a road accident at Shelui area in Tanzania.
July 15, 2019
BY al Jazeera
Radio journalist killed in the Philippine island of Mindanao
A radio host from the southern Philippine island of Mindanao was shot dead late on Wednesday, according to an organisation of journalists, becoming the latest victim in a wave of killings in the country.
July 15, 2019
BY AP
Afghan police: Radio journalist killed in eastern province
Afghan police say a radio journalist has been killed in the eastern Paktia province.
July 3, 2019
BY CPJ
Pakistani journalist Muhammad Bilal Khan stabbed to death
Pakistani authorities should swiftly investigate the killing of journalist Muhammad Bilal Khan in Islamabad to determine the motive and hold the perpetrators to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
July 3, 2019
BY CPJ
Syrian photojournalist Amjad Hassan Bakir killed in suspected regime missile strike
The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of Syrian photojournalist Amjad Hassan Bakir and urged all the parties to the ongoing Syrian conflict to guarantee the safety of civilians, including journalists.
July 3, 2019
BY Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Second journalist killed in Maricá in the state of Rio de Janeiro in less than one month
The director of a news site in Maricá, in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, was killed on June 18. Romário da Silva Barros, 31, was inside his car when he was shot three times, according to G1.
June 14, 2019
BY Knight Center
Community radio journalist focused on peace-related issues is killed in southern Colombia
Colombian journalist José Libardo Montenegro, of the community radio station Samaniego Estéreo, was killed on the night of June 11 in the municipality of Samaniego, in the department of Nariño, in the southern part of the country.
June 14, 2019
BY Washington Post
Journalist killed in southern Mexico, another kidnapped
A reporter was shot dead in the southern state of Tabasco, her newspaper said Wednesday, the latest in a string of journalist killings in one of the world’s most lethal countries for the profession. Another reporter was kidnapped by a pair of armed men in the nearby state of Veracruz.
June 14, 2019
BY Al Jazeera
Journalists in Haiti demand protection after reporter's killing
Media organisations in Haiti demanded police protection on Tuesday after the killing of a radio journalist who reported on corruption allegations against President Jovenel Moise's administration.
June 14, 2019
BY CPJ
Brazilian journalist Robson Giorno shot and killed in Rio de Janeiro state
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro must make every effort to find and prosecute those responsible for the killing of journalist Robson Giorno, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
May 30, 2019
BY RSF
TV reporter killed by mine in Chad
Obed Nangbatna, a reporter and cameraman for the Chadian national TV broadcaster, Télé Tchad, was fatally wounded on 25 May when the military vehicle he was travelling in ran over a mine. The four soldiers travelling in the same vehicle were also killed.
May 30, 2019
BY Al Jazeera
Mexican journalist under government protection plan shot dead
A Mexican journalist enrolled in a federal protection programme has been shot dead, the fifth reporter to be killed this year in one of the most dangerous countries for the press.
May 15, 2019
BY AFP
Radio journalist murdered in southern Mexico
A journalist who founded a community radio station in an indigenous region in southern Mexico was shot dead, the fourth reporter murdered in the country this year, officials said Friday.
May 3, 2019
BY Cilla Benkö
Free speech not a given on World Press Freedom Day
In Sweden, we have a long tradition of freedom of expression and freedom of the press, but it can never be taken for granted.
April 24, 2019
BY The Independent
Lyra McKee: woman, 57, arrested in connection with murder of journalist in Northern Ireland
Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a 57-year-old woman in connection with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee.
April 2, 2019
BY INSI
The News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment launches
Today we are launching the News Organisations Safety Self-Assessment, a new resource that will help news outlets to review and improve their current safety practices and protocols.
March 29, 2019
BY INSI
INSI News in March
After almost nine years at the International News Safety Institute, director Hannah Storm is moving on. She reflects on the extraordinary changes the media industry has been through over the past decade and the impact they’ve had on the safety of journalists.
March 26, 2019
BY Mexico News Daily
Sinaloa journalist killed; government announces new protective measures
The body of Sinaloa sports reporter Omar Iván Camacho was found under a bridge on Sunday evening in the municipality of Salvador Alvarado. He had been beaten and tortured.
March 25, 2019
BY Hannah Storm
End of an era: Storm reflects on years at INSI
After almost nine years at the International News Safety Institute I am moving on. But before I go, I wanted to reflect on the extraordinary changes our industry has been through over the past decade and the impact they’ve had on the safety of our colleagues.