Khashoggi, other journalists named Time 'Person of the Year'

Published December 11, 2018
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" alongside several other journalists. — AP/File photo
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" alongside several other journalists. — AP/File photo

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country's Istanbul consulate, was on Tuesday named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" alongside several other journalists.

The magazine also honored Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — currently imprisoned in Myanmar — and the staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, including five members killed in a June shooting.

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