Journalist Deaths Hit Five-Year Low
Editor & Publisher, December 31, 2008
By Joe Strupp
The worldwide journalist death toll dropped in 2008 to a five-year low as 60 news people were killed around the globe, a sharp decline from the 87 who lost their lives in 2007, according to Reporters Without Borders. The organization reports this year's figure as the lowest since 2003, when 43 were killed.
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