[R-G] CPJ: "Online Journalists Now Most Jailed"

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

<http://www.cpj.org/imprisoned/cpjs-2008-census-online-journalists-now-jailed-mor.php>
CPJ's 2008 prison census: Online and in jail
Also: See capsule reports on journalists in jail as of December 1, 2008

New York, December 4, 2008--Reflecting the rising influence of online
reporting and commentary, more Internet journalists are jailed
worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium. In its
annual census of imprisoned journalists, released today, the Committee
to Protect Journalists found that 45 percent of all media workers
jailed worldwide are bloggers, Web-based reporters, or online editors.
Online journalists represent the largest professional category for the
first time in CPJ's prison census.

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At least 56 online journalists are jailed worldwide, according to
CPJ's census, a tally that surpasses the number of print journalists
for the first time. The number of imprisoned online journalists has
steadily increased since CPJ recorded the first jailed Internet writer
in its 1997 census. Print reporters, editors, and photographers make
up the next largest professional category, with 53 cases in 2008.
Television and radio journalists and documentary filmmakers constitute
the rest.