Report: At least 69 journalists were killed around the world in 2015

In a grim report, the Committee to Protect Journalists says that in 2015, 69 journalists were killed around the world while on the job.

The organization says that 28 were killed by Islamic militant groups, including the Islamic State. Syria was the deadliest place for journalists, with 13 reported deaths, although that is a lower number than in previous years, The Associated Press reports. The committee said that at least 28 of the journalists killed received death threats, and that it's getting harder to research the deaths of journalists in war-torn areas like Libya, Iraq, and Yemen.

The report includes summaries of several high-profile cases, including the attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris in January, which left eight journalists dead, and the shootings of journalists reporting live on the air in the United States and Brazil in August. Alison Parker and Adam Ward of WDBJ in Virginia were killed by a disgruntled former co-worker during a broadcast and Brazilian radio host Gleydson Carvalho was killed while presenting his afternoon show. "Journalists are a target and this just confirms it," says the group's executive director, Joel Simon. "This is a global threat."

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