[www-features] Feature proposal: 2004 Deadliest year in a decade for journalists

[Quinten Steenhuis]

Hey, I updated the text and put it on the Global www-features workpad.

Quinten

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, bht wrote:

> hi quinten, all.
>
> a couple of things.  i think this is good in theory, but it seems most of
> the info comes from cpj.org.  i would like to see some links to indy
> article sint he text and perhaps some cpj.org links in the text.
>
> the quote from "phillipines" imc, deserves a link and clarification.  for
> one, there isnt a 'phillipines' imc, there is manila imc and quezon city
> imc, both in the phillipines.
>
> i hope the changes can be made, becuase it really is an important story to
> get out there.  i also know that reuters somewhere states that the
> journalist death toll in iraq is the fault of the united states, and that
> would be good to add!
> bht
> portland
>
> ahhh! Quinten Steenhuis
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>> Pittsburgh recently ran this feature. Here is the text that I propose:
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>> http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=280&category_id=4
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>> Death Toll for Journalists is Highest in Decade: We Shall Overcome, Say
>> Filipino Journalists
>> 12/14/2004
>> The ongoing violence in Iraq and a rash of killings in the Philippines
>> have made 2004 the deadliest year for journalists in a decade. According
>> to research compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, 54
>> journalists have been killed in the line of duty so far this year, mainly
>> in Iraq and the Phillipines.
>>
>> 13 Filipino journalists were killed this year. Together with the National
>> Union of Journalists of the Phillipines, the Phillipines Independent Media
>> Center issued the following statement on December 8th:
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>> "As Filipino journalists unite today in outrage, we also stand defiant
>> against those who wish to silence Philippine media...Filipino journalists
>> shall give no quarter to those to want to see a cowed and quiescent press.
>> A united media sends notice to the enemies of Press Freedom: We shall
>> overcome."
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