Time on
Tuesday presented its "Person of the Year" honour to a group of
journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and a pair of Reuters
reporters imprisoned by Myanmar's government.
The
publication also honoured the founder of a Philippines news website critical of
that country's authoritarian government and a Maryland newspaper that was the
target of a mass shooting, marking the first occasion in the magazine's 95-year
history that Time has bestowed the distinction on its own profession.
A cover story
in the issue highlighted the role of journalists including Reuters' Wa Lone and
Kyaw Soe Oo, who Myanmar imprisoned for violating a state secrets act and Jamal
Khashoggi, a Saudi writer and critic of the nation's de facto ruler Crown
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was slain two months ago inside a Saudi Arabian
consulate in Turkey.
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