February 12, 2019
BY INSI
Reporting on natural disasters
As Tropical Storm Pabuk lashes coastal villages in southern Thailand, INSI has some advice for journalists covering natural disasters.
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February 10, 2019
BY CNN
Mexican journalist was sitting in a restaurant having breakfast when he was shot and killed
Jesus Eugenio Ramos Rodriguez was at breakfast Saturday morning when he became the second journalist murdered in Mexico this year.
February 7, 2019
BY Cilla Benkö
Media Freedom under threat in Europe
The importance of free media for democracy can hardly be exaggerated. Still, we can see a development across the world where the very cornerstones of liberal democracy are being challenged in a way they haven't been for a very long time.
February 5, 2019
BY The National
Abu Dhabi TV cameraman killed in Yemen market bombing
A cameraman from Abu Dhabi TV has been killed in a bomb attack in Yemen.
February 5, 2019
BY Reuters
Two Afghan journalists killed as gunmen open fire in radio station
Two Afghan journalists were killed on Tuesday night when gunmen entered a radio station and opened fire, authorities said.
January 30, 2019
BY INSI
Afghanistan, Mexico, US top list of deadliest countries
The number of media workers killed for doing their jobs rose to 73 last year, with countries not traditionally regarded as hostile environments among the most dangerous places for journalists, according to INSI’s 2018 Killing the Messenger report.
January 22, 2019
BY Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
First journalist killed in Mexico in 2019
A journalist who denounced receiving threats was found dead in Baja California Sur after having been reported as disappeared earlier in the day.
January 21, 2019
BY Al Jazeera
Photojournalist Mohamed Ben Khalifa killed in Libya
Photographer and video journalist Mohamed Ben Khalifa was killed on Saturday by a stray shell south of Tripoli while on the job.
January 17, 2019
BY BBC News
Ahmed Hussein-Suale: Ghana journalist shot dead
A Ghanaian undercover journalist has been shot dead as he drove home, after a politician called for retribution against him.
January 17, 2019
BY RSF
Taliban execute citizen journalist
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Afghan citizen-journalist Javid Noori’s summary execution by Taliban fighters at a roadblock in the western province of Farah on 5 January.
January 7, 2019
BY Hannah Storm
A message from the Director
Hannah Storm has announced her resignation as Director of the International News Safety Institute (INSI). She will leave the organisation in March.
January 3, 2019
BY INSI
Schibsted Norway joins INSI
The International News Safety Institute (INSI) is delighted to welcome the Norwegian arm of the Schibsted Media Group to the INSI network.
December 22, 2018
BY BBC
Top Somali journalist among Mogadishu bomb victims
One of Somalia's most prominent journalists is among at least a dozen people killed in bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu, reports say.
December 17, 2018
BY The Local
Italian journalist dies after being shot in Strasbourg Christmas market attack
Italian reporter Antonio Megalizzi and his colleague Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski have died of their injuries, bringing the number of people killed in the attack to five.
December 12, 2018
BY Hannah Storm
Without journalism safety, there can be no press freedom
Since I joined the International News Safety Institute (INSI) in 2010, hundreds of journalists have been killed around the world. In that time, thousands of our colleagues have courageously continued their work despite frequent threats against them and those closest to them.
December 11, 2018
BY Express Tribune
Journalist shot dead, another injured in Peshawar
A journalist was gunned down with his colleague sustaining serious injuries after being targeted by unidentified assailants in Peshawar on Monday.
December 3, 2018
BY Aztec Reports
Another journalist found dead one day after presidential inauguration
The body of Mexican news reporter, Jesus Alejandro Márquez Jiménez, was identified on Sunday after being found by the side of the Tepic-Pantanal highway in the state of Nayarit.
November 27, 2018
BY INSI
INSI News In November
We marked International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in November by remembering colleagues who have been killed this year doing their work.
November 26, 2018
BY CNN
Syrian radio host who satirized Assad and ISIS shot dead
A Syrian radio host who satirized both President Bashar al-Assad and opposition insurgents including ISIS has been shot dead in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, the Syrian Journalists Association said Saturday.
November 5, 2018
BY Cristina Zahar
Press vows to keep Brazil's Bolsonaro in check
Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign for the Brazilian presidency was notable for its aggressive, right-wing tone, particularly the attacks he made on the media.
November 1, 2018
BY Cilla Benkö
"Those who threaten and murder journalists must be punished"
Today, 2 November, is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
October 31, 2018
BY International Federation of Journalists
Two journalists killed in separate attacks in less than 24 hours
In less than 24 hours, two journalists have been killed in attacks in Chhattisgargh and Jharkhand, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists, India (NUJI) and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have condemned the murders and demand immediate action from the Indian government to end the culture of impunity and violence against media workers.
October 30, 2018
BY INSI
Reporters murdered amid rising anti-media rhetoric
High profile killings, threats and angry rhetoric against journalists and news outlets made October a particularly dangerous month for members of the media trying to do their jobs around the world.
October 30, 2018
BY BBC News
India journalist and police killed in 'Maoist attack'
A cameraman from India's national broadcaster, Doordarshan, and two policemen have been killed in an alleged attack by Maoist rebels.
October 28, 2018
BY Financial Express
Somali journalist shot dead outside Mogadishu
Armed men shot dead a radio journalist outside Mogadishu on Saturday evening, police and the journalist union confirmed.
October 22, 2018
BY The Guardian
Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi killed but claims he died in 'fistfight'
Turkish investigators are likely to find out what happened to the body of Jamal Khashoggi before long, a senior official has said, after Saudi Arabia admitted for the first time that the journalist was killed in its Istanbul consulate.
October 16, 2018
BY The News
Journalist Sohail Khan shot dead in Haripur
Unidentified armed assailants gunned down journalist Sohail Khan in Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
October 11, 2018
BY Deutsche Welle
Mexican journalist shot dead at restaurant
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez, the editor of a local news outlet in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, was shot dead Wednesday morning, the latest victim in Mexico's wave of journalist murders.
October 8, 2018
BY Time
Bulgarian Television Journalist Viktoria Marinova Was Raped and Killed
The body of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova was found in a park on Saturday, making her the third journalist to have been murdered in the European Union in a year, the Guardian reports.
September 28, 2018
BY INSI
INSI in Canada: September update
We were thrilled to hold our first News Safety Group in Montreal, which was hosted by INSI member CBC Radio-Canada, and brought together Canadian media to discuss security issues for journalists in North America.
September 28, 2018
BY Manon Globensky
"Journalists are no longer people" says Canadian reporter
The changing perception of journalists from positive to negative by the public may have grown exponentially in the past few years, thanks mostly to the Trump presidency south of the border, but it’s been going on for longer than that.
September 22, 2018
BY Reuters
Mexican journalist Mario Gomez killed while leaving his home
A Mexican journalist was murdered in the southern state of Chiapas on Friday, authorities and his employer said, the latest attack against the press in one of the world’s most dangerous countries for media workers.
September 16, 2018
BY Committee to Protect Journalists
Omar Ezzi Mohammad
Radio engineer Omar Ezzi Mohammad was killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit the Ansar Allah-controlled Al-Maraweah Radio Broadcasting Center, in al-Maraweah district in Hodeida Governorate. The attack killed two of the station’s security guards--Ali Aish Mohammad Youssef and Jamaie Abdullah Musib--as well as a farmer who was in the vicinity of the building at the time of the attack, according to the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate and Yemeni TV station Belqees.
September 12, 2018
BY UNESCO
Director-General condemns killing of journalist Ahmed al-Hamzi in Yemen
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, today condemned the killing of journalist Ahmed al-Hamzi in Al-Bayda Governorate, in central Yemen on 30 August, and called for improved safety measures for journalists working in conflict situations.
September 10, 2018
BY INSI
INSI AGM to be held in Edinburgh
The 15th Annual General Meeting of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) will take place this year in Edinburgh on 13 November.
September 6, 2018
BY CNN
Two journalists among 20 killed in wrestling club blasts in Kabul
Two journalists were among 20 people killed in Kabul in twin bomb attacks on a wrestling club on Wednesday, with the second blast targeting media and emergency services at the scene of the initial explosion.
August 31, 2018
BY Cilla Benkö
Sweden: journalists suffering hostility and hate
The election taking place on 9 September in Sweden has brought with it heated debate and intensified the public conversations taking place between citizens, politicians and journalists - both on and offline.
August 29, 2018
BY Knight Center for Journalism
Third Mexican journalist murdered in span of two months in Quintana Roo
Another journalist has been killed in Quintana Roo, the third media professional to be murdered in the Mexican state in the past two months. Motives behind his death are still unclear, but journalists and media organizations are calling on authorities to explore all possible lines of investigation.
August 27, 2018
BY Mwebantu
Tragedy as ZNBC cameraman dies while filming a funeral procession in Kabwe
A ZNBC Cameraman has died after falling off a moving vehicle while filming a funeral procession in Kabwe, the organisation has announced.
August 24, 2018
BY Knight Center
Radio journalist killed in Bahia is fourth Brazilian journalist killed in 2018
Brazilian radio journalist Marlon de Carvalho Araújo, 37, was murdered on Aug. 16 inside his home in Riachão de Jacuípe, Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil. Police suspect that the crime was motivated by his "aggressive way of providing the news," reported site G1.
August 16, 2018
BY The Shift
Journalist abducted in Libya found – bound, tortured and 13 bullet wounds
The body of a Libyan journalist abducted on Tuesday was found with hands bounds and 13 bullet wounds in Sabha, which is along one of the main smuggling and transit routes for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa attempting to reach Europe.
August 10, 2018
BY Anna Bevan
Online abuse shames and silences
Imagine it’s late at night. You’re alone in your house and your phone starts to beep. You start receiving threatening messages via email, WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter.
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.
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 31, 2018
BY INSI
Advisory: Covering environmental disasters
This INSI advisory covers reporting safely on environmental hazards from wildfires and volcanic eruptions to building fires and chemical spills.
July 30, 2018
BY INSI
INSI news in July
Working in hot weather; fighting the trolls; media casualties mounting in US and Afghanistan.
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.
What to put in your medical pack
Medical packs are an essential piece of kit for journalists. Emergencies can happen when you least expect them – not just in hostile or challenging environments.
Working in hot weather
With Europe, Africa, North America, parts of Asia and the Middle East struggling with heatwaves that have seen record temperatures soaring into the 40s, INSI has some advice for journalists working in hot weather.