Memento mori
Noting the passing of journalists
The Week of March 10, 2025
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Eight journalists killed so far in 2025
According to CPJ data set, seven journalists have been killed so far this year.
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Myanmar’s military government murders local news correspondent
Myat Thu Tan, a contributor to the local news website Western News and correspondent for several independent Myanmar news outlets, was shot and killed on January 31, 2024, while in military custody in Mrauk-U in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State. - acb
DW.com (Deutsche Welle). India: Local reporters face risk of violence, murder
India: Eight journalists imprisoned in 2024 - acb
The New York Times. Selwyn Raab dies: Tenacious journalist who covered the mob
An investigative reporter for NYT and others, exposed the Mafia's influence and reach, and who helped exonerate men wrongly convicted of notorious 1960s killings. He died in Manhattan, age 90. - gjw
The Week of February 23, 2025
124 journalists were killed in 2024, mostly Palestinians in Israel's Gaza war, as global conflicts heightened threats to the press. - jy
The Week of February 11, 2025
AP. Reid G. Miller, AP international correspondent and editor, dies at 90
Reid G. Miller, a respected correspondent and editor who covered major global events—from the Rwandan genocide to U.S. interventions in Central America—has died. - jy
The Week of February 4, 2025
CPJ. Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war
Over 100 journalists have died in Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war. -jy
The Week of January 28, 2025
WP. Jules Feiffer, cartoonist of acerbic wit and satire, dies at 95
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer passed away on January 17, 2025, at the age of 95. He was known for his social commentary, particularly in Greenwich Village, and created a long-running comic strip for The Village Voice that spanned 40 years. - jy
Newsjunkie obit on Jules Feiffer, with portrait by Peter Landau, here.
The Week of January 7, 2025
CPJ. Al-Qaeda executes Yemeni journalist after 9 years of enforced disappearance
The Week of December 31, 2024
The Guardian. Five Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza as Israel also strikes Yemen
The Week of December 24, 2024
BB. Pat Furgurson, a journalist who reported on his colleagues’ murders, dies
The Week of December 17, 2024
Newsweek. 104 Media Workers Killed in 2024, Over Half in Gaza: Journalism Group
CPJ. 95 Journalists Killed in 2024
Statista. Number of journalists killed worldwide from 1995 to 2023
RSF. Bashar al-Assad to be prosecuted for the murder of 181 journalists since the 2011 revolution
The Week of December 10, 2024
AP. Two Romanian men charged in the stabbing of an Iranian journalist in London
The Week of November 19, 2024
The Guardian. Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be a war crime
CPJ. Report on journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war
Scripps. Colorado journalist Cynthia Hessin loses battle with cancer
Newsjunkie. Ukrainian journalist, Victoria Roshchyna, dies in Russia prison
The Week of November 12, 2024
The Hindu. Hindu Tamil Thisai journalist Kalyanasundaram dies at 50
The Week of November 5, 2024
Newsjunkie. Jim Hoagland, with illustration by Peter Landau
NYT. Jim Hoagland, distinguished journalist on world affairs, dies at 84
The Week of October 29, 2024
AP. 2 journalists killed in separate incidents in Mexico within 24 hours
The Guardian. ‘I couldn’t cry over my children like everyone else’: the tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael al-Dahdouh
NYT. James Ledbetter, Media Critic and Business Journalist, Dies at 60
The Week of October 22, 2024
BBC. Three Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike
The Week of October 7, 2024
Detroit Free Press. Nancy Laughlin, former Detroit Free Press editor who nurtured people and newspapers, dies at 72
The Guardian. Ukrainian reporter died in Russian detention, Kyiv says
IWMF. Statement on Death of Victoria Roshchyna, 2022 Courage Award Winner
Newsjunkie. David Burnham, with illustration by Peter Landau
Deadline. David Burnham Dies: New York Times Investigative Reporter Whose Work Inspired ‘Serpico’ Was 91.
Reuters. Belal Jadallah, Hassouna Sleem and Sary Mansour killed in Gaza
Willamette Week. In remembrance: Reuter’s journalist Issam Abdallah killed in Gaza, October 16, 2023
Edited by Jenny Young, Damon Gitelman, AC Blaisdell, and Gordon Whiting