Report: Fewer Journalists Killed in 2016, But Intimidation Rides High

In January, freelance journalist Almigdad Mojalli was on assignment for the Voice of America, reporting on the civil war in his native Yemen, a conflict largely ignored by the rest of the world. Mojalli had traveled to an area outside the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, to talk with survivors of airstrikes that killed 15 civilians the week before. Such scenes had become commonplace as a Saudi Arabia-led coalition ramped up its offensive against Houthi rebels. The 34-year-old journalist,...

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