More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 129 journalists and media workers were killed, two-thirds of them by Israel.
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CPJ’s #2025KilledReport documents that a record 129 journalists and media workers were killed last year, two-thirds of them by Israel, including @reuters.com journalist Hussam al-Masri.
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All four journalists killed in Ukraine in 2025 were struck by Russian drones — the first year in which CPJ recorded press members killed by drones in the Russia-Ukraine war. It was also the highest number of journalist war deaths since 2022.
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Voices Silenced | CPJ remembers Ukrainian journalist Olena Hramova, who was killed in a Russian drone attack on October 23, 2025, while reporting for Ukraine’s state-funded international broadcaster Freedom in Kramatorsk.
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Voices Silenced | CPJ honors the life of Anas al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s best-known reporters, who was killed in a targeted Israeli strike on a media tent in Gaza on 8/10/2025. Israel murdered an entire news crew in the strike, including 5 other journalists.
CPJ's #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549
Voices Silenced | CPJ remembers the life of Mukesh Chandrakar, a freelance journalist who reported on corruption and local governance in India on his YouTube channel Bastar Junction.
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Voices Silenced | CPJ commemorates the life and work of Peruvian journalist Gastón Medina Sotomayor, the late owner and news director of the independent Cadena Sur TV and radio station.
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Voices Silenced | CPJ commemorates the life of Fiston Wilondja Mazambi, a Congolese freelance reporter and photographer. His death highlights the risks of freelance reporting and covering sensitive topics.
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“Journalists are being killed in record numbers at a time when access to information is more important than ever. We are all at risk when journalists are killed for reporting the news.” — CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social
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Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - key findings from CPJ @pressfreedom.bsky.social report.
Drone killings are on the rise - up from 2 in 2023 to 39 in 2025.
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【 Drone killings of press members are on the rise: surging from two in 2023 — the first year CPJ documented such killings — to 39 in 2025. Military ‥‥
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【 Drone killings of press members are on the rise: surging from two in 2023 — the first year CPJ documented such killings — to 39 in 2025. Military drones were confirmed or thought to be behind 33 […]
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Drone killings of press members are on the rise: surging from two in 2023 — the first year CPJ documented such killings — to 39 in 2025. Military drones were confirmed or thought to be behind 33 of those killings, with Israel responsible for 28.
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Israel is responsible for two in three journalist killings across the globe in 2024 and 2025. The Israeli military has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since CPJ began documentation in 1992.
Read more in CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549
Journalist killings reached a record high in 2025 — the deadliest year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. Israel was responsible for two in three of these killings, driving the total number to 129 killed last year.
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More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 129 journalists and media workers were killed, two-thirds of them by Israel.
Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549
