The Committee to Protect Journalists

Journalist Deaths Spike in 2009

A record 68 journalists were killed around the world in 2009, with nearly half those deaths occurring in the Philippines, according to a press freedom group. The Committee to Protect Journalists said this year's global count surpassed the previous record of 67 deaths in 2007, when many journalists were killed in Iraq. Last year there were 42 media deaths internationally, Reuters reported. For six years Iraq had been the deadliest country for journalists. In 2009 it was third, with four journalist deaths, the lowest annual count since the U.S. invasion in 2003. The Philippines topped the list ...

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