Time's 2018 Person of the Year has been awarded to Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and other 'guardians' involved in 'the war on truth'.
The 'guardians' are slain Saudi journalist Khashoggi; the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, where five people were shot and killed at the newspaper's offices in June; Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who has been arrested; and two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar for nearly a year, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
Time's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal made the announcement Tuesday on NBC's Today show. The magazine recognizes the person or group of people who most influenced the news and the world 'for better or for worse' during the past year.
It says the 2018 group 'are representatives of a broader fight by countless others around the world'.
Other examples listed in the announcement include Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam, Sudanese freelance journalist Amal Habani, Brazilian reporter Patricia Campos Mello, and Victor Mallet, the Asia news editor for the Financial Times.
The decision to honor journalists comes after a record number - 262 worldwide - were imprisoned in 2017, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Khashoggi was a contributor to the Washington Post residing in the United States before he was murdered
There has been speculation that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the hit on Khashoggi (pictured)
Khashoggi, a contributor to the Washington Post residing in the United States, was murdered after a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain paperwork ahead of his wedding to his Turkish fiancee.
The 59-year-old former Saudi insider was strangled before he was cut up into pieces by a team of 15 Saudis sent to Istanbul for the killing, according to Turkish officials.
There has been speculation that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the hit but Riyadh has absolved the de facto leader of any blame.
Khashoggi's remains have still not been found despite searches of the consulate, the Saudi consul-general's residence in Istanbul and two villas in northwestern Turkey.
The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, is recognized by Time, as staff continue with their coverage after five colleague were gunned down on June 28
The five victims (from left to right) were writer John McNamara, special publications editor Wendi Winters, assistant editor Robert Hiaasen, editorial page editor Gerald Fischman, and sales assistant Rebecca Smith
Philippine journalist Ressa has been threatened with prison and closure of the news site she co-founded but she's fighting back.
The site, Rappler, has taken a critical stand on President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drug crackdown and now finds itself the target of grinding, unrelenting attacks from the authorities.
Ressa turned herself in earlier this month to face one tax evasion charge, but could still face arrest on four other counts that she insists were crafted to bring the site to heel.
The tax evasion charge alone carries up to 10 years behind bars. It stems from allegations that Rappler and Ressa did not pay taxes on 2015 bond sales that netted $3 million.
Rappler has been among a clutch of Philippine news outlets that have questioned the methods of the president's signature crackdown, which police say has killed nearly 5,000 alleged dealers and addicts since 2016.
Rights campaigners say the true toll is triple that and could amount to crimes against humanity.
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has been threatened with prison and closure of the news site she co-founded but she's fighting back
Maria Ressa, CEO and executive editor of online news site Rappler, turned herself in earlier this month to face one tax evasion charge, which she contests
Yet, the site and its roughly 30 journalists, a majority of whom are women in their 20s, has kept publishing stories on the drug war.
Ressa insists the site is not anti-Duterte, saying it is just doing its job to hold the government to account.
In doing so it has invited a steady stream of online vitriol since Duterte came to power over two years ago.
The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, is also recognized by Time, as staff continue with their coverage after five colleague were gunned down on June 28.
Jarrod Ramos is charged with five counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of five newspaper employees after he shot through the glass newsroom entrance.
The victims were reporter John McNamara, special publications editor Wendi Winters, assistant editor Robert Hiaasen, editorial page editor Gerald Fischman, and sales assistant Rebecca Smith.
Time has also recognized the two Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, who were jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis. Their wives are pictured holding photos of their husbands
The two Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, (left) and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, (right) were jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis
Time has also recognized the two Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, who were jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar.
They were found guilty under a state secrets act in September after exposing the extrajudicial killing of 10 Rohingya men during a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar's western Rakhine state last year.
The pair - who have been held behind bars for nearly a year since their arrest last December - were sentenced to seven years in jail, a verdict that drew widespread condemnation, including from US Vice President Mike Pence.
Four journalists from across the world round out additional examples of courage in the name of reporting the truth.
Shahidul Alam, a photographer from Bangladesh, was taken into custody after criticizing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an interview about mass protests in Dhaka. Alam spent over 100 days behind bars for making 'false' and 'provocative' statements.
Amal Habani, a freelance journalist in Sudan, was captured by authorities while reporting on protests over economic conditions in the northeast African country. Habana was beaten with electric rods while detained for more than 34 days.
Shahidul Alam (pictured), a photographer from Bangladesh, was taken into custody after criticizing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an interview about mass protests in Dhaka. Alam poses besides his mobile exhibition of 'Portraits of Commitment' displayed on auto rickshaws in Colombo on August 19, 2007
Amal Habani, a freelance journalist in Sudan, was captured by authorities while reporting on protests over economic conditions in the northeast African country. Habana (pictured in her profile photo for the Frontline Defenders website) was beaten with electric rods while detained for more than 34 days
Reporter Patricia Campos Mello (pictured) in Brazill experienced threats following coverage that President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's supporters had financially supported a campaign to spread false news stories on WhatsApp
Reporter Patricia Campos Mello in Brazil experienced threats following coverage that President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's supporters had financially supported a campaign to spread false news stories on WhatsApp.
And in Hong Kong, Asia news editor for the Financial Times Victor Mallet had to leave the territory after acting against the wishes of the Chinese government by inviting Hong Kong pro-independence political activist Andy Chan to speak at a press club event.
Time lauded those expressly named as well as the additional examples provided, among the myriad of others risking their lives to speak truth to power across the globe, collectively as the 2018 Person of the Year.
'Such independence is no small thing. It marks the distinction between tyranny and democracy. And in a world where budding authoritarians have advanced by blurring the difference, there was a clarity in the spectacle of a tyrant’s fury visited upon a man armed only with a pen,' the article read.
'Because the strongmen of the world only look strong. All despots live in fear of their people. To see genuine strength, look to the spaces where individuals dare to describe what’s going on in front of them.'
The shortlist for Time Person of the Year included President Donald Trump, who made the cover in 2016, as well as the man who has rocked his presidency - special counsel Robert Mueller.
In Hong Kong, Asia news editor for the Financial Times Victor Mallet had to leave the territory after acting against the wishes of the Chinese government by inviting Hong Kong pro-independence political activist Andy Chan to speak at a press club event. Mallet is pictured at the Foreign Correspondents' Club event where Chan, founder of the Hong Kong National Party, spoke on August 14
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