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HOW JOURNALISTS GET KILLED
NEW AMERICA MEDIA - The Committee to Protect Journalists monitors the
killings of journalists all over the world. Since they began tracking
these deaths in 1992, CPJ found that on average more than three
journalists are killed every month in the line of duty. Seven out of 10
of the murdered journalists were killed in direct retaliation to the
stories they have done. Abi Wright is the communications director for
the Committee to Protect Journalists. She spoke to Sandip Roy on the New
America Media radio show Up Front.
Does Chauncey Bailey's death show that though reporting in a war zone
like Iraq is dangerous, doing investigative reporting that takes on your
own community's icons is just as dangerous?
Our research certainly shows that journalists in their own hometowns who
take on a tough topic such as corruption or crime are much more at risk
of physical reprisal than even a journalist covering a conflict far away
from their country. . .
The assumption many have is that it could happen in Russia, Colombia or
Iraq, but it doesn't happen in America.
I think it's important to underscore that while this murder has so
shocked the journalism community in the U.S., it is a chilling crime
without question. It is very rare.
The last assassination of a journalist that we have documented here at
CPJ was in 1993. Thank goodness it is a rare occurrence. Although
whenever it happens it is shocking and justice must be served in this
and every case. . .
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_
id=0a53f0b9e3df52c5f6c858fb6daedc18
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HOW JOURNALISTS GET KILLED
NEW AMERICA MEDIA - The Committee to Protect Journalists monitors the
killings of journalists all over the world. Since they began tracking
these deaths in 1992, CPJ found that on average more than three
journalists are killed every month in the line of duty. Seven out of 10
of the murdered journalists were killed in direct retaliation to the
stories they have done. Abi Wright is the communications director for
the Committee to Protect Journalists. She spoke to Sandip Roy on the New
America Media radio show Up Front.
Does Chauncey Bailey's death show that though reporting in a war zone
like Iraq is dangerous, doing investigative reporting that takes on your
own community's icons is just as dangerous?
Our research certainly shows that journalists in their own hometowns who
take on a tough topic such as corruption or crime are much more at risk
of physical reprisal than even a journalist covering a conflict far away
from their country. . .
The assumption many have is that it could happen in Russia, Colombia or
Iraq, but it doesn't happen in America.
I think it's important to underscore that while this murder has so
shocked the journalism community in the U.S., it is a chilling crime
without question. It is very rare.
The last assassination of a journalist that we have documented here at
CPJ was in 1993. Thank goodness it is a rare occurrence. Although
whenever it happens it is shocking and justice must be served in this
and every case. . .
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_
id=0a53f0b9e3df52c5f6c858fb6daedc18
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