He got killed at work, just like the victims of 9/11.
The difference is that this "victim" made the choice to be in a warzone.
For some reason, "jounalists" have gotten this idea that they're supposed to be above all the "political" disputes that cause wars. During WWII, the Allied journalists actuvely supported the alies (for the most part). Sometimes it seems like the American journalists today are rooting for the enemy.
Mark