List of journalists killed in the United States
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Numerous journalists have been murdered or killed in the United States while reporting, covering a military conflict, or because of their status as a journalist. At least 39 of these have been directly targeted as a result of their journalistic investigations. The most dangerous sector of the US media after 1980 has been the race and ethnic press. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, ten journalists serving the Vietnamese, Haitian and Chinese immigrant communities were killed in political assassinations between 1980 and 1993. Chauncey Bailey, who was the editor at a large circulation African American newspaper, was murdered in 2007 for his investigative reporting. Since the September 11 attacks, terrorism-related deaths involving journalists is another trend. In some cases, journalists have been attacked but survived, such as Victor Riesel.
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Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Date
November 7, 1837
Name
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Employer
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois
Notes
This abolitionist editor was killed by a pro-slavery mob.
James Hagan
James Hagan
Date
June 6, 1843
Name
James Hagan
Employer
Vicksburg Sentinel
Location
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Notes
Hagan was killed in a duel by Daniel Weisiger Adams-the son of a man he had criticized in his newspaper.
James A. Ryan
James A. Ryan
Date
February 29, 1844
Name
James A. Ryan
Employer
The Vicksburg Sentinel was a Democratic paper and Ryan was killed by his rival Whig counterpart in a duel on their second fight.
John Jenkins
John Jenkins
Date
September 15, 1848
Name
John Jenkins
Employer
Killed in a fight with an attorney after the two had a previous altercation.
Joseph Mansfield
Joseph Mansfield
Date
June 22, 1854
Name
Joseph Mansfield
Employer
San Joaquin Republican
Location
Stockton, California
Notes
Mansfield was killed in a fight with a rival editor, both of whom were Democrats.
James King of William
James King of William
Date
May 20, 1856
Name
James King of William
Employer
Daily Evening Bulletin
Location
San Francisco, California
Irving W. Carson
Irving W. Carson
Date
April 6, 1862
Name
Irving W. Carson
Employer
New-York Tribune
Location
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
Notes
First journalist to be killed during the U.S. Civil War. Killed by a cannonball fire while covering the Battle of Shiloh and General Ulysses S. Grant.
Lynde Walter Buckingham
Lynde Walter Buckingham
Date
June 23, 1863
Name
Lynde Walter Buckingham
Employer
New York Herald
Location
Aldie, Virginia
Notes
Killed as a result of an ambush during the U.S. Civil War. He was buried at the Mount Zion Old School Baptist Church-VDHR 53-339 in Aldie.
James R. O'Neill
James R. O'Neill
Date
October 6, 1863
Name
James R. O'Neill
Employer
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas
Notes
O'Neill was an artist-correspondent murdered by Quantrill's guerrillas at the Baxter Springs Massacre.
Samuel Wheelock Fiske (aka Dunn Browne)
Samuel Wheelock Fiske (aka Dunn Browne)
Date
May 6, 1864
Name
Samuel Wheelock Fiske (aka Dunn Browne)
Employer
Springfield Republican
Location
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Notes
Capt. Fiske wrote under the name Dunn Browne and served in the army and was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Ridgeway Glover
Ridgeway Glover
Date
September 14, 1866
Name
Ridgeway Glover
Employer
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Location
Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming
Notes
While covering the American Indian Wars, Glover was killed and mutilated during the construction of Fort Kearny in 1866.
Frederick Wadsworth Loring
Frederick Wadsworth Loring
Date
November 5, 1871
Name
Frederick Wadsworth Loring
Employer
Appleton's Journal
Location
Wickenburg, Arizona
Notes
Was killed while on assignment out west in what is known as the Wickenburg Massacre, an attack on a stagecoach by Native Americans.
Mark Kellogg
Mark Kellogg
Date
June 25, 1876
Name
Mark Kellogg
Employer
Associated Press
Location
Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Notes
The first Associated Press journalist to die while reporting.
J. Clarke Swayze
J. Clarke Swayze
Date
March 27, 1877
Name
J. Clarke Swayze
Employer
Topeka Daily Blade
Location
Topeka, Kansas
Notes
Swayze was killed after publishing a critical article about his murderer.
Charles de Young
Charles de Young
Date
April 23, 1880
Name
Charles de Young
Employer
The Daily Dramatic Chronicle
Location
San Francisco, California
Notes
With his brother M. H. de Young, he founded the newspaper that would become the San Francisco Chronicle. The mayor's son killed him in revenge for a feud de Young had with his father.
A. B. Thornton
A. B. Thornton
Date
November 17, 1881
Name
A. B. Thornton
Employer
Boonville News
Location
Boonville, Missouri
Notes
The town marshal killed Thornton because of criticism from the newspaper and won acquittal based on the perception that the criticism was too intense.
Charles L. Kusz
Charles L. Kusz
Date
March 27, 1884
Name
Charles L. Kusz
Employer
The Gringo and Greaser
Location
Manzano, New Mexico
Notes
Shot through his window by unknown gunman on horses. His newspaper was reform oriented and created enemies as it sought changes.
Roderick D. Gambrell
Roderick D. Gambrell
Date
May 5, 1887
Name
Roderick D. Gambrell
Employer
The Shield and Sword
Location
Jackson, Mississippi
Notes
Shot by Colonel Jones S. Hamilton for publishing allegations of corrupt business practices Hamilton was engaged in with the state of Mississippi. Hamilton was shot by Gambrell, but survived and was later acquitted of his murder by a jury.
John H. Martin
John H. Martin
Date
May 1, 1888
Name
John H. Martin
Employer
New Mississippian
Location
Jackson, Mississippi
Notes
Shot in a street encounter with ex-Confederate General Wirt Adams, who was also shot and killed by Martin. Martin published numerous attacks on Adams's character in part due to his association with Colonel Hamilton, killer of the aforementioned Roderick D. Gambrell. Wirt Adams was the brother of Daniel Weisiger Adams who 45 years before had killed a Vicksberg newspaper editor in a duel
Ignacio Martínez
Ignacio Martínez
Date
February 1, 1891
Name
Ignacio Martínez
Employer
El Mundo
Location
Laredo, Texas
Notes
Owned a newspaper that wrote critical articles on the regime of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz. His murderers fled to Mexico and were never arrested.
Albert C. Osborne
Albert C. Osborne
Date
February 23, 1891
Name
Albert C. Osborne
Employer
Sunday World
Location
Columbus, Ohio
Notes
Killed in a shootout with William J. Elliott, a rival editor of the Sunday Capital, and Elliott's brother, Patrick. A bystander was also killed and a number of others wounded. Elliott was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment at Ohio Penitentiary.
William Cowper Brann
William Cowper Brann
Date
April 1, 1898
Name
William Cowper Brann
Employer
Iconoclast
Location
Waco, Texas
Notes
Wrote critical articles about Baptists. Shot in the back during a duel.
Narciso Gener Gonzales
Narciso Gener Gonzales
Date
January 15, 1903
Name
Narciso Gener Gonzales
Employer
The State
Location
Columbia, South Carolina
Notes
He was killed by James H. Tillman, the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, who was acquitted of murder by a jury.
Edward W. Carmack
Edward W. Carmack
Date
November 9, 1908
Name
Edward W. Carmack
Employer
Nashville American
Location
Nashville, Tennessee
Notes
Former congressman and senator. He was killed by a former army officer who disapproved of his name appearing in an article and threatened the editor.
Huang Yuanyong
Huang Yuanyong
Date
December 25, 1915
Name
Huang Yuanyong
Employer
Shao Nian Zhong Guo Weekly
Location
San Francisco, California
Notes
The Chinese national was murdered while visiting the United States. The case remained unsolved but Kuomintang (KMT) supporters were suspected of carrying out the assassination at the Shanghai Low restaurant.
Don Mellett
Don Mellett
Date
July 16, 1926
Name
Don Mellett
Employer
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio
Notes
Shot to death in his garage as a result of a conspiracy with a crime boss and the police chief of Canton.
Jake Lingle
Jake Lingle
Date
June 9, 1930
Name
Jake Lingle
Employer
Chicago Tribune
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Notes
Killed in gangland-style by associates of Al Capone. In addition to his job as a reporter, Lingle was on the payroll of Capone's criminal organization.
Jerry Buckley
Jerry Buckley
Date
July 23, 1930
Name
Jerry Buckley
Employer
WMBC-AM
Location
Detroit, Michigan
Notes
Gunned down on election night.
Howard A. Guilford
Howard A. Guilford
Date
September 6, 1934
Name
Howard A. Guilford
Employer
The Saturday Press
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Notes
Editor of a newspaper that exposed rampant corruption and organized crime in Minnesota involving Jewish mobsters such as Kid Cann and prominent local and state politicians, including Governor Floyd B. Olson. He and partner Jay Near won the US Supreme Court decision in Near v. Minnesota.
Walter Liggett
Walter Liggett
Date
December 9, 1935
Name
Walter Liggett
Employer
Midwest American
Location
He wrote about political corruption and organized crime, exposing links between Minneapolis Jewish mob leader Kid Cann and Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson. He is believed to have been killed on the orders of Cann, possibly with the knowledge or consent of Olson.
Carlo Tresca
Carlo Tresca
Date
January 11, 1943
Name
Carlo Tresca
Employer
Il Martello (The Hammer)
Location
New York City, New York
Notes
Radical socialist newspaper editor and labor activist; believed to have been killed by a Mafia hitman.
Arthur Kasherman
Arthur Kasherman
Date
January 22, 1945
Name
Arthur Kasherman
Employer
Public Press (alternative)
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Notes
His death at E. 15th St & Chicago Ave S near North Central University figured into Hubert Humphrey's mayoral victory.
W.H. "Bill" Mason
W.H. "Bill" Mason
Date
July 29, 1949
Name
W.H. "Bill" Mason
Employer
KBKI (AM)
Location
Alice, Texas
Notes
Known as a crusading radio journalist in a county ruled with an iron hand by local law enforcement, Mason was shot dead by Sheriff deputy Sam Smithwick, who Mason had publicly accused of running a strip club. The senate candidate who lost to Lyndon B. Johnson believed that Smithwick had information about how the election had been rigged but Smithwick was hanged before their meeting. Mason's tombstone reads: "He had the nerve to tell the truth for a lot of little people."
Paul Guihard
Paul Guihard
Date
September 30, 1962
Name
Paul Guihard
Employer
Agence France-Presse
Location
Oxford, Mississippi
Notes
Guihard was a British-French civilian who was killed during the civil rights era at the University of Mississippi. He was assigned to photograph the events surrounding James Meredith's attendance when he turned his focus on riots and in the confusion was shot. His murder remains an unsolved case.
Rubén Salazar
Rubén Salazar
Date
August 29, 1970
Name
Rubén Salazar
Employer
Los Angeles Times
Location
Los Angeles, California
Notes
Salazar was killed by deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department while covering the Chicano Moratorium protest in East Los Angeles. The park where the protest took place was later renamed Salazar Park in his honor.
Don Bolles
Don Bolles
Date
June 2, 1976
Name
Don Bolles
Employer
Arizona Republic
Location
Phoenix, Arizona
Notes
Murdered by a car bomb. Initially assumed to have been a mafia hit, three local men were later convicted of his death. The motive was determined to have been feared exposure of involvement in a land fraud scheme.
Maurice Williams
Maurice Williams
Date
March 9, 1977
Name
Maurice Williams
Employer
WHUR-FM
Location
Washington, D.C.
Notes
He was murdered during the 1977 Hanafi Siege.
John A. Kelly
John A. Kelly
Date
June 28, 1978
Name
John A. Kelly
Employer
WHDH-TV
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Notes
Killed during the Blackfriars Massacre.
Duong Trong Lam
Duong Trong Lam
Date
July 21, 1981
Name
Duong Trong Lam
Employer
Cai Dinh Lang (The Village Temple)
Location
San Francisco, California
Notes
Killed by gunfire from a member of one of two anti-communist groups that claimed responsibility for his assassination.
Nguyen Dam Phong
Nguyen Dam Phong
Date
August 24, 1982
Name
Nguyen Dam Phong
Employer
Tu Do (Freedom)
Location
Houston, Texas
Notes
Was assassinated at his home by an anti-communist group.
Alan Berg
Alan Berg
Date
June 19, 1984
Name
Alan Berg
Employer
KOA (AM)
Location
Denver, Colorado
Notes
A Jewish radio show host with liberal views who was murdered by a white nationalist group.
Henry Liu (a.k.a. Chiang Nan)
Henry Liu (a.k.a. Chiang Nan)
Date
October 15, 1984
Name
Henry Liu (a.k.a. Chiang Nan)
Employer
Freelancer and author
Location
Daly City, California
Notes
A critic of the Kuomintang who was assassinated on the orders of the Kuomintang.
Tap Van Pham (a.k.a. Hoai Diep Tu)
Tap Van Pham (a.k.a. Hoai Diep Tu)
Date
August 9, 1987
Name
Tap Van Pham (a.k.a. Hoai Diep Tu)
Employer
Mai
Location
Garden Grove, California
Notes
He was assassinated by arson while sleeping in his office by an anti-communist group that took responsibility.
Nhan Trong Do
Nhan Trong Do
Date
November 22, 1989
Name
Nhan Trong Do
Employer
Van Nghe Tien Phong
Location
Fairfax County, Virginia
Notes
A layout designer who worked with Triet Le, he was the first employer of the Vietnamese-language magazine to be assassinated.
Triet Le
Triet Le
Date
September 22, 1990
Name
Triet Le
Employer
Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia
Location
A columnist of controversial content for the same Vietnamese magazine that employed Nhan Trong Do. Assassinated.
Jean-Claude Olivier
Jean-Claude Olivier
Date
February 18, 1991
Name
Jean-Claude Olivier
Employer
WLQY
Location
Little Haiti, Miami, Florida
Notes
A colleague of Fritz d'Or, he was known for his controversial commentary and was assassinated on his way to his car.
Fritz d'Or
Fritz d'Or
Date
March 15, 1991
Name
Fritz d'Or
Employer
A colleague of Jean-Claude Olivier's at WLQY, he was assassinated as he left a club.
Manuel de Dios Unanue
Manuel de Dios Unanue
Date
March 11, 1992
Name
Manuel de Dios Unanue
Employer
El Diario La Prensa
Location
Queens, New York City, New York
Notes
Murdered by Colombian drug traffickers for writing about drug trade.
Dona St. Plite
Dona St. Plite
Date
October 24, 1993
Name
Dona St. Plite
Employer
WKAT
Location
Little Haiti, Miami, Florida
Notes
St. Plite was attending a benefit for former colleague Fritz d'Or when he was also assassinated for supporting Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Dennis Joos
Dennis Joos
Date
August 19, 1997
Name
Dennis Joos
Employer
Colebrook News and Sentinel
Location
Colebrook, New Hampshire
Notes
Joos, the editor of the News and Sentinel, was at work when 62-year-old Carl Drega entered the building and shot a local judge (whose office was located in the same building as the News and Sentinel). Joos attempted to disarm Drega but was fatally shot. Drega, who had earlier killed two state troopers in a parking lot, then fled to Bloomfield, Vermont, where he wounded four more troopers in a shootout before being killed by police.
James Edwin Richards
James Edwin Richards
Date
October 18, 2000
Name
James Edwin Richards
Employer
Citizen journalist, editor and publisher
Location
Venice, Los Angeles, California
Notes
Richards was murdered at his Oakwood neighborhood home in the neighborhood where he had established himself as a citizen crime reporter.
Bill Biggart
Bill Biggart
Date
September 11, 2001
Name
Bill Biggart
Employer
Freelance photographer
Location
Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York
Notes
Killed while photographing the rescue effort outside the World Trade Center before the tower collapsed.
News 12 Long Island
News 12 Long Island
Date
Glen Pettit
Name
News 12 Long Island
Employer
Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York
Location
Petit, who worked for the New York City Police Department video production unit and as a photojournalist for News 12 Networks, was last seen in the South Tower of the World Trade Center with his camera before its collapse.
Robert Stevens
Robert Stevens
Date
October 5, 2001
Name
Robert Stevens
Employer
Sun
Location
Boca Raton, Florida
Notes
Murdered as one of the media targets of the 2001 anthrax attacks less than a month after 9/11.
Chauncey Bailey
Chauncey Bailey
Date
August 2, 2007
Name
Chauncey Bailey
Employer
The Oakland Post
Location
Oakland, California
Notes
After investigating corruption and criminal activities connected to Your Black Muslim Bakery, Bailey was murdered on his way to work by an associate of the bakery.
Alison Parker
Alison Parker
Date
August 26, 2015
Name
Alison Parker
Employer
WDBJ 7
Location
Moneta, Virginia
Notes
Parker, a reporter, and Ward, a photojournalist, were shot on live television by one-time colleague Vester Flanagan while interviewing a subject about tourism.
Zachary “ZackTV” Stoner
Zachary “ZackTV” Stoner
Date
May 30, 2018
Name
Zachary “ZackTV” Stoner
Employer
Citizen journalist
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Notes
Stoner, a music journalist who ran a YouTube channel covering the Chicago hip hop scene and life in his community, was shot and killed while leaving a concert. Stoner's murder remains unsolved.
Gerald Fischman
Gerald Fischman
Date
June 28, 2018
Name
Gerald Fischman
Employer
The Capital
Location
Annapolis, Maryland
Notes
Five employees (four journalists and a sales associate) of The Capital were murdered during the Capital Gazette shooting in the newspaper's office. The suspect in the shooting, Jarrod Ramos, had held a grudge against the newspaper since it published a story about his guilty plea in a criminal harassment case in 2011. Hiassen was an editor and columnist, Fischman was an editorial columnist, Winters was a features journalist. McNamara was a sports reporter for the Capital and the editor for the affiliated weekly Bowie Blade-News. Also killed in the shooting was Rebecca Smith, a sales associate for Capital Gazette Communications.
Aviva Okeson-Haberman
Aviva Okeson-Haberman
Date
April 25, 2021
Name
Aviva Okeson-Haberman
Employer
KCUR-FM
Location
Kansas City, Missouri
Notes
Okeson-Haberman was an investigative political reporter for National Public Radio. She was killed by a bullet that entered her apartment through a window.
Sierra Jenkins
Sierra Jenkins
Date
March 19, 2022
Name
Sierra Jenkins
Employer
The Virginian-Pilot
Location
Norfolk, Virginia
Notes
The 25-year-old reporter was one of two people killed when gunfire erupted outside a popular Norfolk, Va. nightspot.
Jeff German
Jeff German
Date
September 3, 2022
Name
Jeff German
Employer
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada
Notes
German, an investigative journalist, was stabbed multiple times outside his home. On September 7, Clark County public administrator Robert Telles was arrested as the suspect in German's murder. German had written an investigative series about alleged mismanagement in Telles' office, and Telles had lost a primary election for his position that June.
Dylan Lyons
Dylan Lyons
Date
February 22, 2023
Name
Dylan Lyons
Employer
Spectrum News 13
Location
Pine Hills, Florida
Notes
Lyons, a television news reporter for Spectrum News 13, was shot and killed while filming a story on a homicide that happened earlier that day. His colleague, photographer Jesse Walden, was injured but survived. The police arrested the suspect in the original homicide, who is expected to face murder charges for allegedly committing the first homicide, the shooting of the journalists, and a later shooting in which a woman was injured and her nine year old daughter was killed.
Josh Kruger
Josh Kruger
Date
October 2, 2023
Name
Josh Kruger
Employer
Freelance
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Notes
Kruger, a Philadelphia-area freelance journalist, was shot and killed in his Point Breeze home early in the morning of October 2. 20-year-old Robert Davis pled guilty to third-degree murder the following June.
| Date | Name | Employer | Location | Notes |
| November 7, 1837 | Elijah Parish Lovejoy | Alton Observer | Alton, Illinois | This abolitionist editor was killed by a pro-slavery mob. |
| June 6, 1843 | James Hagan | Vicksburg Sentinel | Vicksburg, Mississippi | Hagan was killed in a duel by Daniel Weisiger Adams-the son of a man he had criticized in his newspaper. |
| February 29, 1844 | James A. Ryan | The Vicksburg Sentinel was a Democratic paper and Ryan was killed by his rival Whig counterpart in a duel on their second fight. | ||
| September 15, 1848 | John Jenkins | Killed in a fight with an attorney after the two had a previous altercation. | ||
| June 22, 1854 | Joseph Mansfield | San Joaquin Republican | Stockton, California | Mansfield was killed in a fight with a rival editor, both of whom were Democrats. |
| May 20, 1856 | James King of William | Daily Evening Bulletin | San Francisco, California | |
| April 6, 1862 | Irving W. Carson | New-York Tribune | Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee | First journalist to be killed during the U.S. Civil War. Killed by a cannonball fire while covering the Battle of Shiloh and General Ulysses S. Grant. |
| June 23, 1863 | Lynde Walter Buckingham | New York Herald | Aldie, Virginia | Killed as a result of an ambush during the U.S. Civil War. He was buried at the Mount Zion Old School Baptist Church-VDHR 53-339 in Aldie. |
| October 6, 1863 | James R. O'Neill | Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper | Baxter Springs, Kansas | O'Neill was an artist-correspondent murdered by Quantrill's guerrillas at the Baxter Springs Massacre. |
| May 6, 1864 | Samuel Wheelock Fiske (aka Dunn Browne) | Springfield Republican | Fredericksburg, Virginia | Capt. Fiske wrote under the name Dunn Browne and served in the army and was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness. |
| September 14, 1866 | Ridgeway Glover | Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper | Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming | While covering the American Indian Wars, Glover was killed and mutilated during the construction of Fort Kearny in 1866. |
| November 5, 1871 | Frederick Wadsworth Loring | Appleton's Journal | Wickenburg, Arizona | Was killed while on assignment out west in what is known as the Wickenburg Massacre, an attack on a stagecoach by Native Americans. |
| June 25, 1876 | Mark Kellogg | Associated Press | Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana | The first Associated Press journalist to die while reporting. |
| March 27, 1877 | J. Clarke Swayze | Topeka Daily Blade | Topeka, Kansas | Swayze was killed after publishing a critical article about his murderer. |
| April 23, 1880 | Charles de Young | The Daily Dramatic Chronicle | San Francisco, California | With his brother M. H. de Young, he founded the newspaper that would become the San Francisco Chronicle. The mayor's son killed him in revenge for a feud de Young had with his father. |
| November 17, 1881 | A. B. Thornton | Boonville News | Boonville, Missouri | The town marshal killed Thornton because of criticism from the newspaper and won acquittal based on the perception that the criticism was too intense. |
| March 27, 1884 | Charles L. Kusz | The Gringo and Greaser | Manzano, New Mexico | Shot through his window by unknown gunman on horses. His newspaper was reform oriented and created enemies as it sought changes. |
| May 5, 1887 | Roderick D. Gambrell | The Shield and Sword | Jackson, Mississippi | Shot by Colonel Jones S. Hamilton for publishing allegations of corrupt business practices Hamilton was engaged in with the state of Mississippi. Hamilton was shot by Gambrell, but survived and was later acquitted of his murder by a jury. |
| May 1, 1888 | John H. Martin | New Mississippian | Jackson, Mississippi | Shot in a street encounter with ex-Confederate General Wirt Adams, who was also shot and killed by Martin. Martin published numerous attacks on Adams's character in part due to his association with Colonel Hamilton, killer of the aforementioned Roderick D. Gambrell. Wirt Adams was the brother of Daniel Weisiger Adams who 45 years before had killed a Vicksberg newspaper editor in a duel |
| February 1, 1891 | Ignacio Martínez | El Mundo | Laredo, Texas | Owned a newspaper that wrote critical articles on the regime of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz. His murderers fled to Mexico and were never arrested. |
| February 23, 1891 | Albert C. Osborne | Sunday World | Columbus, Ohio | Killed in a shootout with William J. Elliott, a rival editor of the Sunday Capital, and Elliott's brother, Patrick. A bystander was also killed and a number of others wounded. Elliott was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment at Ohio Penitentiary. |
| April 1, 1898 | William Cowper Brann | Iconoclast | Waco, Texas | Wrote critical articles about Baptists. Shot in the back during a duel. |
| January 15, 1903 | Narciso Gener Gonzales | The State | Columbia, South Carolina | He was killed by James H. Tillman, the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, who was acquitted of murder by a jury. |
| November 9, 1908 | Edward W. Carmack | Nashville American | Nashville, Tennessee | Former congressman and senator. He was killed by a former army officer who disapproved of his name appearing in an article and threatened the editor. |
| December 25, 1915 | Huang Yuanyong | Shao Nian Zhong Guo Weekly | San Francisco, California | The Chinese national was murdered while visiting the United States. The case remained unsolved but Kuomintang (KMT) supporters were suspected of carrying out the assassination at the Shanghai Low restaurant. |
| July 16, 1926 | Don Mellett | Canton Daily News | Canton, Ohio | Shot to death in his garage as a result of a conspiracy with a crime boss and the police chief of Canton. |
| June 9, 1930 | Jake Lingle | Chicago Tribune | Chicago, Illinois | Killed in gangland-style by associates of Al Capone. In addition to his job as a reporter, Lingle was on the payroll of Capone's criminal organization. |
| July 23, 1930 | Jerry Buckley | WMBC-AM | Detroit, Michigan | Gunned down on election night. |
| September 6, 1934 | Howard A. Guilford | The Saturday Press | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Editor of a newspaper that exposed rampant corruption and organized crime in Minnesota involving Jewish mobsters such as Kid Cann and prominent local and state politicians, including Governor Floyd B. Olson. He and partner Jay Near won the US Supreme Court decision in Near v. Minnesota. |
| December 9, 1935 | Walter Liggett | Midwest American | He wrote about political corruption and organized crime, exposing links between Minneapolis Jewish mob leader Kid Cann and Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson. He is believed to have been killed on the orders of Cann, possibly with the knowledge or consent of Olson. | |
| January 11, 1943 | Carlo Tresca | Il Martello (The Hammer) | New York City, New York | Radical socialist newspaper editor and labor activist; believed to have been killed by a Mafia hitman. |
| January 22, 1945 | Arthur Kasherman | Public Press (alternative) | Minneapolis, Minnesota | His death at E. 15th St & Chicago Ave S near North Central University figured into Hubert Humphrey's mayoral victory. |
| July 29, 1949 | Bill" Mason | KBKI (AM) | Alice, Texas | Known as a crusading radio journalist in a county ruled with an iron hand by local law enforcement, Mason was shot dead by Sheriff deputy Sam Smithwick, who Mason had publicly accused of running a strip club. The senate candidate who lost to Lyndon B. Johnson believed that Smithwick had information about how the election had been rigged but Smithwick was hanged before their meeting. Mason's tombstone reads: "He had the nerve to tell the truth for a lot of little people." |
| September 30, 1962 | Paul Guihard | Agence France-Presse | Oxford, Mississippi | Guihard was a British-French civilian who was killed during the civil rights era at the University of Mississippi. He was assigned to photograph the events surrounding James Meredith's attendance when he turned his focus on riots and in the confusion was shot. His murder remains an unsolved case. |
| August 29, 1970 | Rubén Salazar | Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles, California | Salazar was killed by deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department while covering the Chicano Moratorium protest in East Los Angeles. The park where the protest took place was later renamed Salazar Park in his honor. |
| June 2, 1976 | Don Bolles | Arizona Republic | Phoenix, Arizona | Murdered by a car bomb. Initially assumed to have been a mafia hit, three local men were later convicted of his death. The motive was determined to have been feared exposure of involvement in a land fraud scheme. |
| March 9, 1977 | Maurice Williams | WHUR-FM | Washington, D.C. | He was murdered during the 1977 Hanafi Siege. |
| June 28, 1978 | John A. Kelly | WHDH-TV | Boston, Massachusetts | Killed during the Blackfriars Massacre. |
| July 21, 1981 | Duong Trong Lam | Cai Dinh Lang (The Village Temple) | San Francisco, California | Killed by gunfire from a member of one of two anti-communist groups that claimed responsibility for his assassination. |
| August 24, 1982 | Nguyen Dam Phong | Tu Do (Freedom) | Houston, Texas | Was assassinated at his home by an anti-communist group. |
| June 19, 1984 | Alan Berg | KOA (AM) | Denver, Colorado | A Jewish radio show host with liberal views who was murdered by a white nationalist group. |
| October 15, 1984 | Henry Liu (a.k.a. Chiang Nan) | Freelancer and author | Daly City, California | A critic of the Kuomintang who was assassinated on the orders of the Kuomintang. |
| August 9, 1987 | Tap Van Pham (a.k.a. Hoai Diep Tu) | Mai | Garden Grove, California | He was assassinated by arson while sleeping in his office by an anti-communist group that took responsibility. |
| November 22, 1989 | Nhan Trong Do | Van Nghe Tien Phong | Fairfax County, Virginia | A layout designer who worked with Triet Le, he was the first employer of the Vietnamese-language magazine to be assassinated. |
| September 22, 1990 | Triet Le | Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia | A columnist of controversial content for the same Vietnamese magazine that employed Nhan Trong Do. Assassinated. | |
| February 18, 1991 | Jean-Claude Olivier | WLQY | Little Haiti, Miami, Florida | A colleague of Fritz d'Or, he was known for his controversial commentary and was assassinated on his way to his car. |
| March 15, 1991 | Fritz d'Or | A colleague of Jean-Claude Olivier's at WLQY, he was assassinated as he left a club. | ||
| March 11, 1992 | Manuel de Dios Unanue | El Diario La Prensa | Queens, New York City, New York | Murdered by Colombian drug traffickers for writing about drug trade. |
| October 24, 1993 | Dona St. Plite | WKAT | Little Haiti, Miami, Florida | St. Plite was attending a benefit for former colleague Fritz d'Or when he was also assassinated for supporting Jean-Bertrand Aristide. |
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