ORLANDO, Florida – A day after a journalist was killed on an assignment near Orlando, Florida, his colleagues were in shock and grief. And experts in journalism said it was a warning sign that the world of local news might be growing more dangerous as reporters rush to cover the daily drumbeat of gun violence. Read more at straitstimes.com.
his colleagues were in shock and grief. And experts in journalism said it was a warning sign that the world of local news might be growing more dangerous as reporters rush to cover the daily drumbeat of gun violence.
The violence began around 11am in Pine Hills, a suburb about 8km west of downtown Orlando, when a man, later identified as Keith Melvin Moses, 19, fatally shot Ms Augustin as she sat in a car with Moses’ cousin, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina. It was not clear why Moses shot Ms Augustin, the sheriff said.
It was unclear whether the gunman knew that the reporter and videographer were journalists. Sheriff Mina said their vehicle “didn’t have any markings that stood out”, and that the gunman had passed by “another news vehicle”. Sheriff Mina emphasised that investigators did not know the suspect’s motive or the nature of his connections to the victims. He said Moses was not speaking to the police.Danger comes closer to home
The news of his death on the job punctuated a “new and alarming” increase in threats, harassment and violence against local reporters in the United States, said Mr Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.
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