REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS
O.K. Consider the source .... not denyin' .... just sayin' .... 
That number includes mainly local stringers for various news agencies, including local and international networks. And I believe they include interpreters, cameramen and others too. Not many 'western' journalists have been killed, though there have been a few notables.
The biggest difference nowadays is that instead of having their own large staffs that do all of the reporting, most news organizations, from the AP to Al Jazeera, rely on freelancers or others who are on temporary/loose contract to the organization or get paid for individual stories. This has led to a wide proliferation of this type of reporter, instead of the more 'traditional' type in previous wars who was a salaried employee. That, and reporters are now targeted nowadays where they were once seen as 'neutral' and 'safe' by both sides. As a result, news organizations have to rely on these freelancers, often natives since westerners are targeted especially by terrorists, with all of the good and bad that comes with using these people. And there are a lot of them out there, trying to get paid.
One of the best examples of a one of these new type of reporters is Jill Carroll, who was working as a contract reporter for the
Christian Science Monitor when she was kidnapped. Only when she was released was she hired on as a full time salaried reporter for the paper. A sympathy hire if you may.....
