62 journalists killed in 2008

The number of journalists, bloggers and media workers killed doing their jobs fell to 62 this year from 106 in 2007, according to the Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders. But it said that the decrease was hardly grounds for optimism because, in many parts of the world, it showed that violent repression had forced reporters to abandon their jobs. Iraq remained the deadliest country for journalists with 15 deaths (down from 47 in 2007). Pakistan, the Philippines and Mexico followed Iraq as the most dangerous countries for reporters. (Via RSF)