The gunmen in Dammartin-en-Goële fled into the factory — two men whose attack had targeted journalism itself, about to meet their end in a printing plant.
"Targeting journalism has become a trend, and now the people who are harassing and killing journalists include governments as well as the people you would expect," said Mr. Rusbridger, who, along with others, was honored at the gathering in New York.
"Any system with the capacity to go after confidential sources has a chilling effect on journalism because it targets whistleblowers who seek to expose wrongdoing, illegality, dishonesty, fraud, waste and corruption".
Civil, of course, isn't the only blockchain startup targeting journalism.
After researching my new book that tells the story of Adolf Hitler's rise to power through the eyes of American correspondents in Germany, I have been confirmed in the belief that this cliché about journalism is right on target.
The Daily Oklahoman and its billionaire owner, Edward L. Gaylord, had long been monuments to conservative certainties and frequent targets of journalism critics.
Mr. Brauchli, who received a prolonged ovation in the newsroom after the announcement, credited his staff with taking on "the hardest targets in journalism" and for becoming "pioneers in blogs and social media".
Leaving aside his unfair jibe about the clickbait nature of my headline (and valid claims by others about it being a mixed metaphor), David Higgerson deals head on with the problem of attracting audiences in the digital age and argues that targets "make journalism better for the local community".
This incident shows that although women have more prominent roles in sports journalism, they are often targeted in ways their male counterparts are not.
But proponents of this movement say their key target is games journalism.
