TheWashington Postreported that Dom Phillips, 57, was killed in a remote area of western Brazil. He had been there to research a book.
Phillips traveled throughout the country to report on the damage caused by deforestation. The Post said Phillips led the Guardian’s investigation of large-scale cattle ranches established on cleared forest land.
The Post said Phillips and an expert on the country’s Indigenous people were traveling by boat in an area known in recent years for growing violence by illegal fishermen, loggers, and drug dealers.
The bodies of the two men have been recovered. Both had been shot. Three suspects are in custody.
Shop Talk is a weekly panel discussion about journalism issues. This week’s program featured Will Buss, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University and advises the student editors at the Western Courier, the students at student radio station The Dog, and the WIU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists; Rajvee Subramanian, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University; and TSPR News Director Rich Egger.
