78 journalists killed in 2004 [March 23, 2005] The Australian:

The Australian: 78 journalists killed in 2004 [March 23, 2005]:

"SEVENTY-EIGHT journalists were killed in 2004, including 23 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 practice journalism,' said the Vienna-based institute, which monitors 191 countries on issues concerning freedom of the press."