Two journalists with Reuters, two with Al Jazeera and two with Agence France-Presse were also injured, their employers said.
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AFP Journalist Killed by Rocket Fire in Intense Battle Near Bakhmut
Arman Soldin, 32, was the 17th journalist to be killed in Ukraine since 2022, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
New York Times’s Publisher Warns of Risks to Press Freedom and Democracy
The free press’s role in supporting human rights and democratic societies is “at great risk” amid increasing levels of violence against journalists worldwide, A.G. Sulzberger said.
A reporting team for an Italian newspaper comes under fire in southern Ukraine, and one journalist is killed.
Another reporter was hospitalized in the city of Kherson and described the attack to the paper, La Repubblica.
‘Chilling Effect’: Arrest of Journalist Makes Covering Russia Even Tougher
The detention of the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich poses new obstacles for Western journalists seeking to report on Vladimir V. Putin’s rule.
A Russian Editor Evades Putin’s Censorship
Galina Timchenko, founder of the dissident news site Meduza, has adapted as the information noose has tightened since the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia Outlaws Meduza, a Leading Independent News Site
The move made Meduza the latest journalistic outlet to fall victim to the Kremlin’s efforts to suppress criticism.
2022 Was a Deadly Year for Journalists, Especially in Latin America
There were nearly as many journalists killed in Mexico alone as there were in Ukraine.
President López Obrador Suggests the Attack on Ciro Gómez Leyva Was Staged
After assailants shot at Ciro Gómez Leyva in his own neighborhood, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested that the assassination attempt was actually an effort to destabilize the government.
Taliban Release 2 Americans Detained in Afghanistan
One of the Americans being held is an independent filmmaker who had been held since August.