2024 Is Deadliest Year for Journalists in CPJ History; Almost 70% Killed by Israel

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) annual report confirming that 2024 was the deadliest year for journalists in CPJ's history, with 124 journalists killed globally, nearly 70% of whom (approximately 85) were killed by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon. The report documents the scale of journalist killing in Gaza, the near-total absence of foreign press due to Israeli restrictions on media access, the targeting of Palestinian journalists and their families, and the pattern of impunity for Israel's attacks on press freedom. CPJ calls for accountability for the systematic targeting of journalists. This is essential for media researchers, press freedom advocates, and journalists studying the systematic suppression of reporting from Gaza. CPJ's data provide authoritative documentation of the killing of journalists and the conditions of information suppression that have enabled genocide to proceed with limited independent coverage.