Iraq Dangers Increasing For Photographers

Photo District News features a disturbing report from the Committee to Protect Journalists this week.

A new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists lists Iraq as one of the deadliest place for journalists to work since the advocacy group began tracking such data in 1981.

According to the report, at least 35 journalists have died as a result of hostile action since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, 22 coming in 2004. Sixteen still photographers and camera operators have died in Iraq along with 15 reporters and editors, two producers and two technicians. Two journalists are still missing.

Iraqi journalists have experienced the highest number of fatalities, 17, versus only one from the United States.