Risky Business

The Committee to Protect Journalists, which defends journalists worldwide, just released its 2008 prison census. This year 125 journalists are jailed, down two from last year, but for the first time online journalists represent the biggest category. Nearly half are bloggers, Web-based reporters or online editors. Journalists are imprisoned in 29 countries, the top five being China, Cuba, Burma, Eritrea and Uzbekistan. The prison census is more than numbers. It tells the stories of the people who have been arrested for being journalists.