media - Journalism has become dangerous

"As journalists report more aggressively on crime and corruption—they face a new danger: violent retribution from individuals or groups implicated in their reports," writes Sophie Beach of the China Digital New about the news dangers threathening Chinese journalists as the market economy advances. They have become more important than "Censorship, detention, legal action, and arrest—the threats historically faced by journalists in China's tightly proscribed media environment." Beach published the report with the Committe to Protect Journalists.
"CPJ has investigated attacks against more than 20 journalists since 2002, and many more cases have been reported in the Chinese media. Zhongguo Qingnian Bao (China Youth Daily) listed 19 cases of journalists being beaten in 2003 alone. And the trade association representing journalists says it has been contacted hundreds of times by journalists attacked or threatened. In response to the upsurge, some insurance companies in China now list journalism as the third most dangerous career in the country, after police work and coal mining."