Each year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) publishes a list
of journalists killed while on assignment. The following list does not
include those who were killed in accidents, such as car or plane crashes,
unless the accident was caused by hostile action. The following statistics
indicate where the most deaths occurred between 1996 and 2007.
Country
Number of deaths,
1996–2007
Iraq
129
Algeria
60
Russia
45
Colombia
39
Philippines
32
India
22
Bosnia
19
Turkey
20
Rwanda
16
Sierra Leone
16
Tajikistan
16
Circumstances: murder: 265; crossfire in war:
67; reporting in other dangerous circumstances: 39. Demographic
traits: female journalists: 20; photographers and camera operators:
82; radio journalists: 62; U.S. journalists: 9.
Source: The Committee to Protect Journalists,
www.cpj.org.
