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Much of the footage coming out of Syria has been shot on mobile phones by citizen journalists. (AFP)


Self-Censorship: Silencing the Voice to Stay Alive

Self-Censorship: Silencing the Voice to Stay Alive

New York – Journalism is a profession of relaying facts and documenting the news whether through the lens of a mobile phone during an Arab Spring demonstration or an in-depth report that uncovers corruption at European banks or a blog that speaks of the suffering of a...
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Mexican journalists pose with photos of killed journalists outside the Veracruz state representation office during a protest in Mexico City on February 11, 2016. (AFP)


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This May 27, 2011 file photo shows American Journalist James Foley as he poses for a photo in Boston, USA. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)


Report: At least 60 journalists killed in 2014

Report: At least 60 journalists killed in 2014

New York, AP—At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday, making the past three years the deadliest for journalists since the organization began keeping...
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A poster calling for the release of French journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres is installed on the facade of the Ile de france regional council headquarters in Paris January 6, 2014. (REUTERS/BENOIT TESSIER)


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AFP reporter Sammy Ketz, hits the ground as a Syrian soldier runs past during sniper fire in the ancient Christian Syrian town of Maalula, on September 18, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO)


Report: 70 journalists killed on the job in 2013

Report: 70 journalists killed on the job in 2013

New York, AP—At least 70 journalists were killed on the job around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 slain in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The dead in Syria included a number of citizen...