Numerous journalists have been murdered or killed in the United States while reporting, covering a military conflict, or because of their status as a journalist. At least 39 of these have been directly targeted as a result of their journalistic investigations.
The most dangerous sector of the US media after 1980 has been the race and ethnic press. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, ten journalists serving the Vietnamese, Haitian and Chinese immigrant communities were killed in political assassinations between 1980 and 1993. Chauncey Bailey, who was the editor at a large circulation African American newspaper, was murdered in 2007 for his investigative reporting.
Since the September 11 attacks, terrorism-related deaths involving journalists is another trend.
In some cases, journalists have been attacked but survived, such as Victor Riesel.
In addition, journalists may be killed as a result of electronic newsgathering, with 16 journalists dying from news helicopter crashes since 2000. The below list does not include those individuals.
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