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Charlie Kirk
Charles James Kirk was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co‑founded the conservative student organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and served as its executive director until his assassination in 2025. A key ally of Donald Trump, he became one of the most prominent voices of the MAGA movement within the Republican Party, publishing several books and hosting The Charlie Kirk Show.
Shireen Abu Akleh
Palestinian-American journalist (1971–2022)

Daniel Pearl
American journalist (1963–2002)
James Foley
American journalist
Brent Renaud
American documentary filmmaker and journalist (1971–2022)
Paul Klebnikov
American journalist (1963-2004)
Steven Joel Sotloff
American journalist
Brad Will
American activist (1970–2006)

Carlo Tresca
American newspaper editor (1879–1943)
George Polk
American journalist

Alan Berg
American talk radio show host (1934–1984)
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
American minister, journalist, and abolitionist (1802–1837)
Charles Edmund Horman Lazar
victim of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1942–1973)
Samir Khan
American journalist (1985–2011)
William Cowper Brann
American journalist (1855–1898)

Henry Liu
Taiwanese American writer (1932-1984)

Bill Stewart
American journalist (1941–1979)

Charles de Young
American journalist (1846–1880)