The camera - more dangerous than a gun

Targeted killing was the cause of death for 70% of all the journalists who were killed last year - people murdered for doing their jobs. Some by corrupt governments, some by soldiers who were merely interested in protecting themselves and some who were poorly trained by their employers.

- The Iraq war has seen 94 journalists klled
- The most deadly countries are the Phillipines, Columbia, Haiti, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, Brazil and Mexico.
- 90% of journalist killers get away with it!

The safety of journalists is always being questioned and, due to 2004's shocking results of 117 journalist being killed worldwide, the issues have been pushed forward to the forefront of many people in the industry's minds.

Rodney Pinder said, "Three journalists a month are dying, and where do you hear about it? One way we can change this is by improving the journalism we do. Greater understanding = better journalism.

"We need to deal with less celebs and more issues," he added.

He was very adament that, when we get out into the media we need to lead the way in the battle for changing the public's perceptions of journalists, trusted only above politicians.

As journalism is getting more dangerous, safety should be part of everyday equipment for new journalists and not a competitive nature that could possible have devasting consequences - if we want to have a long life that is.