The Associated Press released a report this morning on the number of journalists killed so far this year and the news wasn’t good. A record number of journalists was killed in 2009. Below is the full story.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Committee to Protect Journalists says at
least 68 journalists were killed in 2009, the highest one-year
tally ever documented by the press advocacy group.
The record toll was largely due to the slaughter of 30 media
workers in the Philippine province of Maguindanao on Nov. 23.
The number was 60 percent higher than the 42 deaths recorded in
2008.
Without the Philippine killings, the number of journalists
killed would have been 38, or slightly lower than the 2008 figure.
CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney said Wednesday the killings
still represented a disturbing trend, especially in Somalia where
nine journalists were killed.
The previous high total was 67 deaths recorded in 2007.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)