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.
Record Number of Online Reporters Killed in 2012
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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).

<a href="http://cpj.org/reports/2012/12/journalist-deaths-spike-in-2012-due-to-syria-somal.php"><img src="http://cpj.org/reports/somalia.usethis.afp.jpg" alt="Somalis carry the body of journalist Abdisatar Dahir Sabriye, who was killed in an attack at a Mogadishu café in September. (AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab)" width="400" height="243"/></a>
Somalis carry the body of journalist Abdisatar Dahir Sabriye, who was killed in an attack at a Mogadishu café in September. (AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab)