US EditionA rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around
At least 126 journalists were killed worldwide in 2025, matching 2024’s total, amid rising assaults, imprisonments, and government restrictions on press freedom, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
- The year 2025 has been the deadliest on record for journalists and media workers, with 126 killed by early December, matching the total for 2024.
- According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 85 of the deaths were caused by Israel's bombing of Gaza, with 82 of the victims being Palestinians.
- In the United States, there have been 170 reports of assaults on journalists this year, 160 of them at the hands of law enforcement, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
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NUNS stated in a statement that 371 cases of endangering the safety of journalists were recorded in 2025 (compared to 168 in 2024), including 113 physical attacks and 165 threats.
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A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around
By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press. It's likely to be the deadliest year on record for journalists and media workers across the world.
One hundred and twenty-eight journalists were killed internationally in 2025, more than half of them in the Middle East, according to a new count released today, Thursday (1/1) by the International…More...
The year 2025 is closing as one of the hardest for freedom of the press and the exercise of journalism in the world, with record numbers of journalists killed, increasing aggressions, unprecedented political pressures and an industry that continues to weaken. According to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ), up to the beginning of December 126 media workers had been killed, matching the total of 2024, which had already set a hi…
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