by jpitney | Sep 10, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Nevada
This past week, a Clark County official allegedly murdered Las Vegas Review-Journal journalist Jeff German James Rainey and Brittny Mejia at LA Times: Murders of journalists connected to their work remain a rarity in the United States, especially compared with...
by jpitney | Sep 8, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists: In response to news reports that police arrested a suspect in the killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal journalist Jeff German, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement on Thursday: “Las Vegas...
by jpitney | Aug 24, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Mexico
AP: A journalist who ran an online local news program was shot to death Monday in southern Mexico, making him the 15th media worker killed so far this year nationwide. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said Monday that Fredid Román was gunned down in the...
by jpitney | Jul 15, 2022 | Biden, Journalism, Journalists, Uncategorized
Tyler Pager and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. at WP: President Biden said he confronted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman directly Friday about the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, telling him in a “straightforward and direct” way that the killing was...
by jpitney | Jul 13, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists
Marcela Turati at Nieman: For the last two decades, journalists have been confronted with the fact that you can be killed simply for doing your job, for investigating subjects that someone finds inconvenient. The authorities do not seriously investigate these crimes —...
