Spanish journalists killed in ‘action’: ‘victims’ of different coverages

Abstract

This study analyzes the coverage offered by La Vanguardia, ABC and El País, to the death of nine Spanish journalists in different belic conflicts. Through a comparative analysis, we describe the strategies and protocols followed by these newspapers in order to find out which factors have influenced the degree of attention dedicated, as well as in the making and narration of these events. The press should use the same parameters to describe events of similar characteristics. The treatment dedicated to these deaths becomes a useful example to illustrate the consistency or complicity of the press when approaches a topic which with it has greater involvement.