Data: Journalists face risks worldwide

The Committee to Protect Journalists maintains a database tracking those killed while actively working as journalists.  | Audrey Kuo/Voices

The Committee to Protect Journalists maintains a database tracking those killed while actively working as journalists. | Audrey Kuo/Voices

By Audrey Kuo
Voices

The Committee to Protect Journalists maintains a database tracking those killed while actively working as journalists. The numbers in the database err on the conservative side, according to CPJ media officer Andrew Levinson. “We don’t like to confirm a death unless we’re very sure that they were killed as a result of their work,” he said.

• Roxana Saberi gives a statement and Q&A.

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