Associated Press
As the tragic story of a young Virginia reporter and cameraman who were fatally shot during a live broadcast continues to unfold, the public is learning first hand the dangers of working on the job as a journalist.
Donna Toliver leaves flowers at a memorial for the two journalist that were killed during a live broadcast on August 26, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia. They are among a list of roughly 15 journalists killed on the job. (Photo by Jay Paul/Getty Images)
To highlight this, the Associated Press published a list of other journalists who have been killed while on the job in the past 4 decades in the U.S. and Canada. Of that list published by the AP, at least 5 journalists were of Vietnamese descent.
Triet Le, 61, was columnist for Van Nghe Tien Phong, a Vietnamese-language magazine in Arlington, Virginia. He was shot with his wife, Tuet Thi Dangtran, on Sept. 22, 1990, in front of their home in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia.
Nhan Trong Do, 56, was a layout editor for Van Nghe Tien Phong and was found shot in his car outside his Seven Corners, Virginia, home on Nov. 22, 1989.
Tap Van Pham, 48, the publisher of Mai, a Vietnamese-language entertainment magazine in Garden Grove, California, had received threats from anti-Communist groups. He died Aug. 9, 1987, when an arsonist set fire to the building housing his home and office.
Nguyen Dam Phong, 48, the founder of Tu Do, a Vietnamese-language newspaper in Houston published articles accusing Vietnamese anti-Communist groups of being fronts for organized crime. He was shot to death Aug. 24, 1982, outside his home.
Lam Trong Duong, 25, was the editor of Cai Dinh Lang, a Vietnamese- language community newsletter in San Francisco. He maintained an editorial viewpoint sympathetic to Hanoi and for that, was shot to death on July 21, 1981, on a street in the Tenderloin district.
These make up only a third of the casualties of reporters being killed on the job.
To read the full list, click here:
http://wtop.com/arts/2015/08/list-of-journalists-killed-on-duty-in-us-canada-since-1976/
