Deadly cost of keeping public informed: Almost 50 journalists murdered, or fall victim to crossfire

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Deadly cost of keeping public informed: Almost 50 journalists murdered, or fall victim to crossfire
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From a car bomb to a brutal stabbing to being shot on-air, these are cases that involved a journalist getting killed while on the job byjensangalang TrevorHughes christinetfern JDGallop

the video on social media after fleeing the scene.

The shots rang out on-air as Parker and Ward were presenting a local tourism story at an outdoor shopping mall. Viewers saw her scream and run, and she could be heard saying"Oh my God," as she fell. Ward fell, too, and the camera he had been holding on his shoulder captured a fleeting image of the suspect holding a handgun.Both victims were romantically involved with other employees at the station, according to Parker's boyfriend, WDBJ anchor Chris Hurst.

The statute prevents tech companies from being held legally responsible for third-party content on their platforms.On Aug. 2, 2007, Chauncey Bailey, editor-in-chief of the Oakland Post, was shot dead in a downtown Oakland, California, street. Bailey had a long journalism career in print, radio and broadcast., a media coalition to finish stories begun by the slain editor, according to the site.

His bio online states he worked as a reporter for KNTV television in San Jose in the early '70s, the Sun Reporter newspaper in San Francisco, the Hartford Courant, United Press International in Chicago, the California Voice in Oakland, as a reporter and columnist for the Detroit News, public affairs director and newscaster at KDIA radio, a reporter covering East Oakland and African-American community affairs for the Oakland Tribune, news director at KSBT Soul Beat Television, and then...

Almost four years after Bailey's murder, in June 2011, Yusuf Bey IV, owner of Your Black Muslim Bakery, and Antoine Mackey were convicted of ordering the death of the longtime journalist.

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