Washington Post announcement at Super Bowl in memory of murdered journalists

The newspaper The Washington Post presented its first Super Bowl commercial on Sunday, highlighting the often dangerous work that journalists do.

The announcement, commented by Tom Hanks, presents journalists killed or missing.

Among them, he mentioned Jamal Khashoggi, a chronicler of Washington Post who wrote critically about the Saudi Crown Prince. Khashoggi was killed in October in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. They were also mentioned Austin Tice, an independent journalist disappeared in Syria for six years and Marie Colvin, a correspondent of Sunday Times who was murdered in Syria.

In a memo to employees of Publish Last week, editor-in-chief Fred Ryan said the newspaper considered that "It's the right time and the right place to present this important message to a wide audience of American and international viewers"

The announcement ended with the slogan of Publish: "Democracy dies in the dark."