Journalism is dangerous work. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 47 were killed in 2005 while rooting out stories that politicians, generals, and business tycoons had sought to bury. Hundreds more face threats, intimidation, and harassment. Reporters continue to risk their lives to let us know what is going on in the world's war zones and the global narcotics trade. The deadliest countries for journalists in the last decade were Iraq, Colombia, Philippines and Russia. In the Information Age, the Internet provides us with new ways to disseminate the news even as it poses new threats to press freedoms. IPS shows how efforts to ensure a free press are essential to promoting democracy and development.