There were also no journalist deaths in the war between Ukraine and Russia, though several possibly targeted attacks left reporters injured, the CPJ said.

Of the 124 journalists and media workers who were killed in 2024, 82 were killed in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.

The number of journalist deaths in 2024 marks the deadliest year on record since CPJ began tracking fatalities in 1992,” Beh Lih Yi, CPJ’s Asia Program Coordinator, told the Express Tribune.

Pakistan has reported the killing of an eighth journalist in 2024 and is poised to encounter its deadliest year for media practitioners. The latest victim is Malik Hassan Zaib, a 40-year-old ...

Journalist fatalities reached a high in 2017 with 126 recorded fatalities before falling below 50 deaths per year from 2019 through 2022, according to the CNS analysis.

The global total of 124 journalist deaths surpasses the previous record of 113 in 2007, a year when nearly half of the casualties were due to the Iraq War, according to CPJ.

IDF rejects report accusing it of being responsible for 70% of journalist deaths in 2024, says many were terrorists By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies 12 February 2025, 7:00 pm 19 ...

One journalist killed every four days in 2022-23, most cases unpunished: UN UNESCO reports a 38 percent increase in journalist deaths and urges governments to stop impunity.