Twenty-five journalists were killed in connection with their work in 2019, the lowest number recorded in 17 years, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' annual report.
29-year-old journalist and author Lyra McKee is seen in this undated photo.TORONTO -- Twenty-five journalists were killed on the job in 2019 -- the lowest number recorded in 17 years – but 25 more deaths remain under investigation, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' annual report.
The CPJ cited the stabilization of dangerous regional conflicts and fewer journalists “murdered in reprisal for their reporting” as reasons for the decrease. The most dangerous beat to work in was politics, the most dangerous job was camera operator, and military officials were the most frequently suspected killers of journalists in 2019, according to CPJ’s data.
However, the organization does acknowledge that the drop in the murder rate “comes amid unprecedented global attention on the issue of impunity in the killing of journalists,” citing the murders of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta, Jan Kuciak in Slovakia and Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul as major incidents.
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