70 Journalists Died Last Year in the Line of Duty

From World magazine:

In the line of fire.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 70 journalists died last year in the line of duty. Syria was the deadliest country, with 28 journalist deaths. Adding insult to injury has been the growing number of journalists who have been detained or censored for doing their work. The most recent example is the terror charge leveled against Al-Jazerra in Egypt.

Imprisonment of journalists worldwide reached a record high in 2012, with 232 individuals behind bars on Dec. 1, an increase of 53 over its 2011 tally. Last year was the second-worst year on record, with 211 journalists imprisoned. Turkey was the worst offender.