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November 27, 2019 BY Elena Cosentino, INSI director

"Never was the need to stand together greater than it is today"

When I joined INSI in April 2019 I realised how relatively easy I’d had it covering international current affairs over the years.

November 27, 2019 BY CPJ

Radio journalist Dindo Generoso shot and killed in the Philippines

The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of radio reporter Dindo Generoso in the central Philippines, and called on Philippine authorities to identify the motive behind the killing and bring all of the perpetrators swiftly to justice.

November 27, 2019 BY CPJ

Syrian photojournalist al-Yousef killed as forces shell southern Idlib

Abdul Hameed al-Yousef, a Syrian photographer and camera operator for the pro-civil rights opposition Kafr Rumah Media Office, was killed on November 10, 2019, when forces supporting President Bashar al-Assad shelled Kafr Rumah, a town in Idlib governorate, according to Facebook posts by al-Yousef's employer, the local press freedom group the Syrian Journalists’ Association, and Faiz al-Doghaim, a Syrian journalist, who spoke with CPJ via messaging app.

November 27, 2019 BY AP

Honduran journalist killed leaving station

Honduran authorities say a television journalist has been shot to death shortly after leaving his station.

November 18, 2019 BY INSI

INSI joins with tech companies to combat online harassment of journalists

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) is today announcing the launch of an unprecedented project in cooperation with Facebook and Google to tackle online harassment against journalists.

November 15, 2019 BY INSI

Robin Elias is INSI's new chair

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) has appointed Robin Elias as its new chair.

November 6, 2019 BY Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

Colombian community radio host is killed inside studio in Nariño

A journalist and host at a community radio station in Colombia was shot dead while working in the station's studio on Oct. 18.

November 6, 2019 BY BBC

Attackers kill DR Congo journalist shining light on Ebola virus

A Congolese journalist who had been raising awareness about the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed at his home.

November 1, 2019 BY Cilla Benkö

Punishment for crimes against journalists must be harsher

The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2 brings to the public’s attention crimes against journalists all over the world.

October 31, 2019 BY INSI

Climate of impunity for crimes against media

Ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, 12 partner organisations of the Council of Europe Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists call on governments to ensure that crimes against journalists are not carried out with impunity.

October 22, 2019 BY CPJ

Syrian Kurdish journalist killed in Turkish airstrike on civilian convoy

The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the Turkish air strike on a civilian convoy that killed journalist Saad Ahmed and injured at least four other reporters.

October 22, 2019 BY Guardian

Haiti protesters clash with police hours after journalist shot dead

Haitian protesters have clashed with police in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, hours after a journalist who had covered previous anti-government protests was found shot to death in his car.

October 18, 2019 BY INSI

INSI AGM to be held 19 November

The Annual General Meeting of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) will take place this year in Paris on 19 November.

September 16, 2019 BY WAN IFRA

What journalists are doing about online abuse and harassment

Journalists are increasingly the target of insults or threats from individuals or groups online, which can have physical impacts and should no longer be seen as separate from the offline world.

September 4, 2019 BY Knight Center

Broadcast journalist who received death threats is killed in western Honduras

Broadcast journalist Edgar Joel Aguilar was shot and killed in a barbershop in La Entrada, Copán in western Honduras on Aug. 31, 2019.

August 29, 2019 BY CGTN

Somali journalists mourn colleague killed in blast

Somali journalists on Wednesday mourned the death of a fellow media practitioner who was killed during a fierce fighting between Somalia National Army (SNA) and al-Shabab militants in the country’s southern region.

August 29, 2019 BY AFP

Journalist killed in Mexico

The head of a Mexican news website was found stabbed to death in the center of the country, authorities said Saturday, the 10th such killing this year.

August 29, 2019 BY ABC

Journalist killed on the job in New Orleans plane crash

A longtime reporter is one of the victims identified in a fatal plane crash in New Orleans East.

August 28, 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.

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.

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.

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.

March 19, 2019 BY New York Times

Press Groups Condemn Killing of Honduras Journalist

Press groups are condemning the weekend slaying of a Honduran television journalist.

March 17, 2019 BY Al Jazeera

Mexican journalist Santiago Barroso shot dead

A Mexican journalist who often covered crime and drug gangs in northern Sonora state has died after being shot at point-blank range in his home near the US border, local authorities said.

March 17, 2019 BY New York Times

Local TV journalist killed in eastern Afghanistan

Police say a local TV journalist was shot and killed in eastern Afghanistan, less than a week after a journalist in the southern Helmand province was wounded by a sticky bomb attached to his car.