Journalists killed worldwide 2014-2023, by profession

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Amy Watson,
May 15, 2024
In 2023, 41 professional journalists were killed worldwide, along with two media workers and two non-professional journalists. The number of people working in the industry killed decreased year over year, however certain regions (namely the Middle East) remained particularly dangerous for journalists.

Number of journalists killed worldwide from 2014 to 2023, by profession

CharacteristicProfessional journalistsCitizen journalistsMedia workers
2014 66 19 11
2015 67 27 7
2016 74 9 8
2017 50 7 8
2018 63 13 4
2019 36 10 3
2020 45 1 4
2021* 38 4 4
2022 53 0 4
2023 41 2 2
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December 2023

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Worldwide

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2014 to 2023

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*Data for 2021 gathered on December 1, 2021 and does include figures recorded after that point.

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