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More than two dozen news organizations and press freedom groups gathered to create new global safety and protection standards for freelance journalists.
While the safety of international freelancers is no new concern, this endorsement of standards is in light of what the Dart Center calls "historic highs" of executions, kidnappings and imprisonment of journalists during the past two years.
As of Friday morning, 26 agencies were on the list of signatory organizations, and it had already grown to 30 by the evening.
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