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

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.

The International Federation of Journalists on Tuesday said that 2024 was another "particularly deadly" year for media professionals and news reporters in its annual report.

However, UNESCO is continuing to monitor dozens of journalist deaths worldwide until such point that a confirmation is provided. The process is followed in accordance with UNESCO’s mandate and ...

A new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday that 2024 saw a record number of journalists killed around the globe — marking a sharp rise over the years in the killings of ...

Having seen no journalist deaths in 2021, 2022 and 2023, Iraq recorded three journalist deaths last year, which the CPJ connected to joint Iraqi-Turkish military action against Kurdish militants.

Our figures show journalists under attack worldwide.” The Israel-Gaza war accounted for 85 journalist deaths, with CPJ stating that 82 of those killed were Palestinians.

For the second consecutive year, conflict zones have proven dangerous for journalists and media workers, with 2024 seeing at least 68 deaths in the line of duty, according to new data from the UN ...