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Time Magazine Picks Journalists for Cover

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Channel: i24NEWS English · 2018 · News & Politics

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NEWS DESK | Journalists around the world have struggled in their pursuit of the truth and gatekeeping it. Time magazine awarded several of them with a series of covers dedicated to emphasizing the importance of the press. Our Arielle Hixson has the story.

Story:

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country's Istanbul consulate, was named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' Tuesday, an honor he shared with other targeted journalists recognized as 'guardians' of the truth.

Among those named with Khashoggi were Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — currently imprisoned in Myanmar — and the workforce of the Capital Gazette in the US city of Annapolis, including five staff members killed in a June shooting.

'As we looked at the choices it became clear that the manipulation and abuse of truth is really the common thread in so many of this year's major stories, from Russia to Riyadh to Silicon Valley,' Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said.

'So we chose to highlight four individuals and one group who have taken great risks in pursuit of greater truth, starting with Jamal Khashoggi.' 

'Time, which has awarded the Person of the Year' title annually since 1927, published four different magazine covers for this week's edition, each one spotlighting different honorees.

It is the first time someone has been chosen posthumously for the prestigious cover.

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