The past years have been among the deadliest for members of the media. In 2014, 61 journalists lost their lives while reporting from armed conflicts around the world.<\/p>\n
Journalists covering\u00a0conflicts — both international correspondents and local reporters — face grave threats and often risk their own lives to get information out. Their presence is all the more important at a time when information battles and propaganda accompany bombings, explosions and killing.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Index on Censorship magazine looked at the new information war between Russia and Ukraine<\/a>. While propaganda in times of war is nothing new, the amount of content produced and the speed with which it\u00a0can be disseminated makes it hard to track all lies and expose all fake stories. As a result, disinformation can\u00a0affect people both on and beyond the battlefield.<\/p>\n