On Wednesday night, I was honoured to attend the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Gala: A Night to Celebrate Courage in Journalism. There was a lot to celebrate but there were also many sobering moments, including acknowledging the more than 142 journalists killed globally in 2023-24. The highest numbers from the list, by far, were journalists from Gaza. The list comes from the Committee to Protect Journalists who say “the Israel-Gaza war has killed more journalists in a year than in any other conflict they have documented.”

In a recent story from our network, Colleen Murrell, Professor of Journalism at Dublin City University, explains how “the past year of conflict in Gaza has been covered in the media with extraordinary bravery, mostly by local journalists.” But despite the impressive efforts to cover the Middle East conflict, killings of journalists continue.

On a recent Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast episode, two journalism professors at Toronto Metropolitan University describe the chilling effects of trying to report on the Israel-Gaza war.

CJFE press freedom award recipient, Indian investigative journalist, Rana Ayyub said one of the reasons she flew in to accept her award was to shed light on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and with it, dangers for fellow journalists. She said: “I will take this moment to talk about my disappointment with the international media… [and] the dehumanization of Palestinians… We are living a holocaust in our living memory and the journalists bearing witness to that holocaust are being killed with impunity.”

Ayyub faces a declining democracy in India.

There are many ways to get involved, the CJFE being one way. The Committee to Protect Journalists is another.

In other news, the Don’t Call Me Resilient team has been selected as a finalist for the Anthem Community Voice Award. We were chosen from over 2,300 global submissions. We are so proud to be recognized for our efforts to shine a light on how systemic racism permeates our society. Over the years, we’ve covered some of the most urgent and pressing issues of the day. The Awards are open to community vote, until Thursday, October 31st, at 11:59 pm PT. So please take a moment out of your day to register your vote for us!

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All the best.

Vinita Srivastava

Senior Editor, Culture + Society | Host + Exec. Producer, Don't Call Me Resilient
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