Journalists who faced persecution, arrest or murder for their reporting. Those highlighted on four different covers were: *Jamal Khashoggi, Washington Post columnist murdered for his criticism of the Saudi crown prince; *Maria Ressa, editor of the Philippine news website Rappler, who was indicted for her critical coverage of Rodrigo Duterte's controversially violent policies; *Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Reuters journalists captured in Myanmar while investigating the Inn Din massacre; *the staff of The Capital, a Maryland newspaper whose office was targeted by a gunman who killed five of its employees in a mass shooting.