Pressure marks jobs in media

String of premature deaths in two months renews talk about high stress in workplace

The recent death of a newspaper's editor-in-chief, following the deaths of at least seven other newspaper staff members in the past two months, has renewed concerns about the overall health of the group.

Du Shaoling, 42, editor-in-chief of Chuncheng Evening News in Kunming, Yunnan province, died on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack arising from cardiovascular disease, the newspaper said via social media on Tuesday.