Jamal Khashoggi, Capital Gazette staffers and other journalists named Time magazine's Person of the Year

Slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the journalists at the Capital Gazette newspaper were among the "Guardians...

Slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the journalists at the Capital Gazette newspaper were among the "Guardians" of the truth named Person of the Year by Time magazine on Tuesday.

The magazine revealed four separate magazine covers that also included two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar and the editor of a Philippine news website that covered its president's violent policies.

Time called the winners "The Guardians and the War on Truth."

“They are representative of a broader fight by countless others around the world — as of Dec. 10, at least 52 journalists have been murdered in 2018 — who risk all to tell the story of our time,” Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal wrote.

TIME’s 2018 Person of the Year is… “The Guardians and the War on Truth.” pic.twitter.com/fyMlpUQ5Ph

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 11, 2018

Five journalists were killed in the attack on the Capital Gazette newsroom in Maryland earlier this year. The Gazette is owned by Tribune Publishing, the same organization that owns the Daily News.

Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist, was tortured and murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October.

Maria Ressa, CEO of a news outlet in the Philippines, and Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were also honored by Time.

President Trump was the magazine's second choice for Person of the Year, and special counsel Robert Mueller was the third choice.

Other nominees included separated families, Russian President Vladimir Putin, “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, Christine Blasey Ford, March for Our Lives activists, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Meghan Markle.