Maria Jimena Duzan, Colombia

Duzan was threatened with death dozens of times, and El Espectador was targeted as well. The paper was bombed and many of its employees were killed or forced into exile. Duzan's sister, also a journalist, was gunned down while working on a story about drug trafficking and paramilitary squads.

In 1994, Duzan released her autobiography, "Death Beat: A Colombian Journalist's Life Inside the Cocaine Wars." She served on the IWMF board of directors from 1993 to 1998 and continues to write, appear on radio programs, and teach journalism in Bogota. However, Duzan reports that oppression of the Colombian media continues.