Names of 22 journa­lists added to a Washin­gton memori­alWASHINGTON: Twenty-two journalists killed in 2018 had their names added to a Washington memorial on Monday as media rights defenders warned of growing threats to freedom of the press around the world. Among the names added to the Journalist Memorial at the Newseum were Jamal Khashoggi the exiled Saudi journalist killed in Turkey and AFP photographer Shah Marai, among 25 people killed in a Kabul bomb attack in April 2018. Today, we rededicated our Journalists Memorial in recognition of the dangers in the profession of journalism and those who have died in pursuit of news and information. Others whose names were added included Mike McCormick and Philip Aaron Smeltzer, members of a television crew killed reporting on a tropical storm in South Carolina. “It means that Mike and Phil aren’t forgotten,” said Mandy Nottingham, a former colleague of the pair at WYFF television.

Source: The Express Tribune June 03, 2019 22:18 UTC