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The year 2025 for journalism closes with a dramatic toll: 67 journalists killed<\/a> whilst<\/strong>doing their work. A number that alone would be enough to describe the fragility of press freedom around the world<\/g>, but it becomes even more alarming when one considers where these reporters fell. Nearly half died in the Gaza Strip<\/a><\/strong>, turned into the global epicentre of danger for those who inform. This is recounted in the latest report by Reporters Without Borders<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

Gaza, where telling becomes impossible<\/h3>\n\n

What makes Gaza the deadliest place for the press is the combination of siege, constant shelling, absence of safe routes<\/strong>, inability to distinguish civilian from military zones, and total lack of real protections<\/strong> for those who document. Adding to this already dramatic picture is the broader figure coming from international organisations: since October 7, 2023, more than 220 journalists have been killed in the Strip<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

It is a figure that photographs an unprecedented context: no contemporary conflict has produced a similar number of casualties amongst information workers. Here the vest marked “PRESS” is not a protection: it is a target. <\/p>\n\n

The other wars that engulf reporters<\/h3>\n\n

But it is not just in Gaza that people die. The other 2025 cases are spread across forgotten conflicts<\/strong>, political crises, and regimes<\/strong> that consider the independent press a nuisance to be eliminated. In many areas of chronic instability, reporters’ work is made impossible by local militias, out-of-control security apparatuses or criminal groups that fear the light of information. <\/p>\n\n

In some incidents, the victims were involved in attacks or fighting; in others, the dynamics suggest targeted executions: getting the teller out of the way seems to be considered a way of passing a piloted version of reality.<\/p>\n\n

An increasingly exposed profession<\/h3>\n\n

The picture that emerges is one of an increasingly vulnerable category. Helmets, vests, international accreditation: useful but insufficient tools in wars where the rules are skipped and the distinction between civilian and combatant is ignored. <\/p>\n\n

Even more exposed are local journalists and freelancers<\/strong>, often with few resources, no legal support and no protections. It is the segment that pays the highest price. <\/p>\n\n

Behind every name is a broken story, but also a story that will never be told again. When a journalist dies, we don’t just lose a voice: we lose a levee to arbitrariness, a fragment of truth, a piece of reality that is in danger of fading into obscurity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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