Agence France Presse July 23, 2009. Fifty-nine journalists have been killed around the world so far this year, in an alarming rise from 2008 that has become a "bloodbath" of the media, a watchdog said Thursday.
Agence France PresseJune 5, 2009. Pyongyang has previously said Laura Ling and Euna Lee would face trial for 'hostile acts' and illegally entering the country.
Yaser Abbas, Azzaman AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2008. Police have started investigating some 49 files related to Iraqi journalists killed or kidnapped since the 2003 invasion.
Ari Berman, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. August 27, 2008. Some think political journalists are too cozy with the powerful sources they cover. Events in Denver do little to dispel that suspicion.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. May 15, 2008. A military whistle-blower has come forward with information that contradicts the government's official story about the deaths of two journalists.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. May 9, 2007. The work of journalist Anthony Mitchell, who was just killed in Kenya, revealed the need for our exchange with Africa to involve more than oil, guns and secret prisons.
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. May 1, 2007. Thursday is World Press Freedom Day -- a time to remember and celebrate the crucial role a free press plays in democracy and development.
Mohammed A. Salih, IPS News. January 3, 2007. After 64 journalists were killed in Iraq in 2006, Reporters Without Borders has described the country as "the world's most dangerous" for the media.