Journalist deaths at record high
From correspondents in Vienna
23mar05

SEVENTY-eight journalists were killed in 2004, including 23 who died in Iraq, in one of the worst tolls since the International Press Institute began keeping records, the IPI said in a report today.

"The ongoing Iraqi insurgency killed 23 journalists, and it remains the deadliest place in the world to practise journalism," said the Vienna-based institute, which monitors 191 countries on issues concerning freedom of the press.
The 2004 toll in Iraq was four more than in 2003, the year of the US-led invasion, the report noted, adding that overall: "2004 has been one of the worst years since IPI first started keeping records."

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