Journalism museum, the Newseum, and Google have joined forces to launch the Journalists Memorial channel, described as "A Tribute to Journalists Who Have Died Pursuing the Truth."
For those of us who write about feature creep on beer apps from our bathtubs, journalism holds only the dual dangers of trolls and sponge-based injuries. For those who are out in the field, especially in dicey places, it holds the dangers of imprisonment, beatings and death. With the flare up of wars and now mass protests, 2011 has already seen 16 fatalities.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, if the trend stays steady, this year will see the death of almost 50 journalists. The highest fatality rate they have tracked since they started in 1992 was 72 in 2009. Since that time, 861 journalists have been killed on duty and 145 are currently in prison.
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