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Police investigators work on the crime scene where Mexican journalist Maximino Rodriguez Palacios was killed by gunmen April 14 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

World News

A 73-Year-Old Is Latest Victim Of Deadly Attacks On Mexican Journalists

9:45am April 18, 2017

by James Fredrick

The murder of Maximino Rodriguez Palacios in Baja California last week is the latest in a string of killings that have made the country one of the most dangerous in the world to report the news.

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On Thursday, balloons and flowers were in front of the Roanoke, Va., studios of WDBJ-TV. A day before, WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and WDBJ photojournalist Adam Ward were killed during a live broadcast.

The Sounds Of A Murder: News Or Not?

10:37am August 29, 2015

by Mark Memmott

Here's how NPR thought through whether the gunshots that killed two TV journalists should be replayed on the radio and online.

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WDBJ-TV news morning anchor Kimberly McBroom gets a hug from visiting anchor Steve Grant as meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner reflects Thursday after their early morning newscast at the station.

National

Virginia Television Station Holds Moment Of Silence To Honor Slain Journalists

4:34pm August 27, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The station paused at 6:45 a.m. ET to remember reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, who were killed during a live broadcast.

A screen shot of a video posted to Twitter filmed from the shooter's point of view. The footage and the Twitter account have both been removed.

National

As Killings Unfold On Live TV, Media Consider The Graphic Footage

6:17pm August 26, 2015

by David Folkenflik

Today's shooting of two journalists during a broadcast has reopened a conversation about how (or even if) sensitive material like the TV station's video — and the gunman's video — should be shared.

Reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward were killed by a gunman Wednesday morning while broadcasting live in Moneta, Va. WDBJ7 paid tribute to the two journalists by sharing this image on Twitter.

National

2 Journalists Killed During Live Broadcast In Virginia; Suspect Has Died

4:24pm August 26, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Vester Lee Flanagan allegedly shot Alison Parker, 24, and photojournalist Adam Ward, 27, at a shopping plaza Wednesday morning. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say.