But the assassination of Ms. Caruana Galizia in a developed European country illustrates how high the stakes are for journalists pushing back against power, particularly for independent reporters without institutional backing. Ms. Caruana Galizia did not work in a traditional newsroom. Ms. Caruana Galizia was not part of the reporting team, and didn’t have access to the papers themselves. Still, she didn’t back down; she kept criticizing Mr. Muscat, and his political rivals, too. “The aim of people who carried out” the murder “was not ‘merely’ to eliminate her physically but to intimidate, shock and awe.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe impact of the bomb that killed Ms. Caruana Galizia isn’t just being felt in her country.

Source: International New York Times October 18, 2017 15:11 UTC