Thursday, February 23, 2012

Dying to Tell a Story



With the recent death of two journalists in Syria, reminds us how far journalists will go to seek the truth and report it to the world. Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlick were the recent victims of  Syrian president Al Assad's regime. They were one of the few reporters in Homs,Syria.  Reporting on the constant shelling the city of Homs from the Syrian military resulting in a massacre. If it were not like Marie Colvin and other journalists who have gave their lives to seek the truth and beside the professional journalists the Syrian civilians have become citizen journalists capture images and videos and posting on twitter and youtube, documenting the atrocities being committed by Al Assad's military and milita . The world would be veiled by a lie. But Syria is not the only place journalist have lost their lives according to according to the Committee to Protect Journalists the most dangerous countries to report in are


20 Deadliest Countries

  1. Iraq: 151
  2. Philippines: 72
  3. Algeria: 60
  4. Russia: 53
  5. Colombia: 43
  6. Pakistan: 42
  7. Somalia: 37
  1. India: 27
  2. Mexico: 27
  3. Afghanistan: 24
  4. Turkey: 20
  5. Bosnia: 19
  6. Sri Lanka: 19
  7. Brazil: 19
  1. Rwanda: 17
  2. Tajikistan: 17
  3. Sierra Leone: 16
  4. Bangladesh: 12
  5. Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: 10
  6. Nigeria: 10 








Since 1992 over 902 journalists have been killed.