Journalist Safety

Status Updates

When reports surface that a journalist died today, claims can spread quickly without clarity or confirmation. This status and context guide explains how to verify such reports,...

Status Updates

As of the most recent verified updates, an Iowa-based reporter is confirmed missing after circumstances reported by colleagues and family. The reporter, who has worked across lo...

Guides And Explainers

In what became a widely reported incident, a police officer shot an Australian reporter during a confrontation in the United States. The reporter, working for an Australian news...

Celebrity Profiles

In early March 2011, CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan was assaulted during coverage of the Egyptian revolution in Tahrir Square. According to reports from...

media-safety

Vester Lee Flanagan II, who also used the name Bryce Williams, was a broadcast journalist who shot and killed two co-workers on live television in Virginia on August 26, 2015. W...

journalism-clarity

This article provides a verified overview of incidents in which a CNN reporter died, focusing on factual background, confirmed details, and context to clarify reporting and redu...

journalism

When a news journalist dies, the immediate question for many people is what happened and why it matters. This evergreen explainer outlines how causes of death are confirmed, sta...