One thousand news media personnel around the world have been killed trying to report the news over the past 10 years - that's almost two deaths every week, according to a new report released today (Tuesday, March 6 2007). The statistic is one of the main findings of the world's most comprehensive inquiry into the deaths of journalists and other news media professionals. The survey was conducted between January 1996 and June 2006 by the International News Safety Institute (INSI) - a coalition of media organisations, press freedom groups, unions and humanitarian campaigners dedicated to the safety of journalists and media staff. [More...]
The full report is available to download in PDF Format by clicking here
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