'Time' Magazine's 2018 Person of the Year: Slain and Imprisoned Journalists Time refers to the group of journalists targeted for their work as, "The Guardians." The magazine released a series of four black and white covers, focusing on "the War on Truth." Included in the group is slain Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. Kashoggi is the first person who is deceased to be named a Person of the Year by Time. The CIA has concluded that Khashoggi's murder was ordered by the Saudi Crown Prince. Also included in "The Guardians" are Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The two remain imprisoned in Myanmar. The slain journalists from The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, MD, were also named among "The Guardians." Maria Ressa is the subject of the fourth Time cover. CEO of the Philippine news website Rappler, Ressa was indicted last month on tax evasion charges. Civil liberties groups have referred to her indictment as a Philippine crackdown on dissent. Ed Felsenthal, 'Time' editor, via CNN
