The Capital Gazette, the Maryland media company that lost five staffers to a mass shooting in June, also was included in the honor. Time editor in chief Edward Felsenthal announced the 2018 Person of the Year on NBC’s “Today” show, noting this was the first time the weekly newsmagazine chose someone who is no longer alive. She’s helped drive the site’s highly critical coverage of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and his violent drug war. Reuters’ Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in Myanmar in December 2017. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were found guilty of illegally obtaining secret state documents, even though a Myanmar police captain testified the two journalists had been framed.

Source: Huffington Post December 11, 2018 12:51 UTC