>> Oscar Lopez, The New York Times Published: 22 Dec 2020 02:21 PM BdST Updated: 22 Dec 2020 02:21 PM BdST Members of the media hold signs with pictures of slain journalist Miroslava Breach in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 23, 2019. Authorities recently arrested a second suspect in her killing. Reuters The number of journalists killed as a result of their work more than doubled in 2020, an international media watchdog group said Tuesday, with armed conflict and gang violence making Mexico and Afghanistan among the deadliest countries for reporters globally. "); } At least 30 journalists were killed worldwide this year, according to the watchdog group, the Committee to Protect Journalists, with 21 of those killings carried out as a direct response to the reporters’ work, compared to 10 in 2019.