In its annual assessment of journalists killed worldwide, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says 70 journalists were killed in 2012. The New York-based press freedom organization categorizes murders as those with a confirmed motive, those with unconfirmed motives, and the death of media workers (employed in the industry but not reporting the news directly).
Record Number of Online Reporters Killed in 2012
Rivaling 2009 figures of 74 journalists killed worldwide, the death toll of journalists in 2012 came in at a whopping 70.
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