Introduction
Chris Hondros, a veteran combat photographer for Getty Images, was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade in Misrata, Libya, on April 20, 2011. Above, he covers fighting in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 21, 2006. (Getty Images)
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More than 1,000 American and foreign journalists have been killed or seriously injured over the past 20 years covering wars, insurgencies, popular uprisings and other conflicts abroad, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Arab Spring revolutions. As the Internet has spurred the global appetite for minute-by-minute news updates and established news organizations worldwide have shuttered overseas bureaus and cut back their staffs, more and more inexperienced young freelance reporters and photographers and local hires have ventured into harm's way in search of dramatic stories and photos. Meanwhile, insurgents are using YouTube and Facebook to publicize their cause, making them less inclined to protect journalists in hopes of getting good press. In fact, combatants today often consider journalists not as partners or even impartial observers, but as high-value targets for hostage-taking — and murder.
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Journalism, Newspapers, and the Media |
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Jan. 28, 2022 |
Misinformation and the Media |
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Oct. 02, 2020 |
Social Media Platforms |
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Sep. 18, 2020 |
The News Media |
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Aug. 24, 2018 |
Conspiracy Theories |
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Jun. 09, 2017 |
Trust in Media |
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May 30, 2014 |
Digital Journalism |
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May 03, 2013 |
Media Bias |
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Apr. 26, 2013 |
Free Speech at Risk |
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Apr. 12, 2013 |
Combat Journalism |
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Nov. 2010 |
Press Freedom |
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Oct. 08, 2010 |
Journalism Standards in the Internet Age |
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Feb. 05, 2010 |
Press Freedom |
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Mar. 27, 2009 |
Future of Journalism  |
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Jun. 09, 2006 |
Blog Explosion  |
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Jan. 20, 2006 |
Future of Newspapers |
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Apr. 08, 2005 |
Free-Press Disputes |
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Oct. 15, 2004 |
Media Bias |
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Oct. 10, 2003 |
Media Ownership  |
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Dec. 25, 1998 |
Journalism Under Fire |
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Jun. 05, 1998 |
Student Journalism |
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Sep. 20, 1996 |
Civic Journalism |
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Sep. 23, 1994 |
Courts and the Media |
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Aug. 24, 1990 |
Hard Times at the Nation's Newspapers |
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Jan. 19, 1990 |
Finding Truth in the Age of ‘Infotainment’ |
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Aug. 18, 1989 |
Libel Law: Finding the Right Balance |
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Jun. 06, 1986 |
Magazine Trends |
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Oct. 12, 1984 |
News Media and Presidential Campaigns |
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Jul. 15, 1983 |
State of American Newspapers |
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Oct. 23, 1981 |
High Cost of Libel |
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Dec. 23, 1977 |
Media Reforms |
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Mar. 11, 1977 |
News Media Ownership |
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Jun. 21, 1974 |
Access to the Media |
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Dec. 20, 1972 |
Newsmen's Rights |
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Aug. 16, 1972 |
Blacks in the News Media |
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Dec. 15, 1971 |
Magazine Industry Shake-Out |
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Jul. 18, 1969 |
Competing Media |
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Sep. 02, 1964 |
Politicians and the Press |
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Dec. 04, 1963 |
Libel Suits and Press Freedom |
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Jan. 09, 1963 |
Newspaper Mergers |
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Dec. 20, 1961 |
Reading Boom: Books and Magazines |
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Dec. 02, 1959 |
Privileged Communications |
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Apr. 25, 1956 |
Newsprint Deficit |
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May 06, 1953 |
Government and the Press |
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Sep. 21, 1948 |
Press and State |
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Sep. 05, 1947 |
Newsprint Supply |
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Mar. 26, 1947 |
Facsimile Newspapers |
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Dec. 10, 1945 |
World Press Freedom |
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May 01, 1940 |
New Experiments in Newspaper-Making |
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Nov. 04, 1933 |
Press Freedom Under the Recovery Program |
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