Daphne Caruana Galizia is the posthumous recipient of a free speech award from an American university, almost six months after her brutal murder.

The award is given annually to honour a journalist who has shown courage in facing a free speech threat by Newhouse School's Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University in the US. 

Ms Caruana Galizia was chosen for the award from a group of international journalists who have faced significant threats to their work. Her husband and three sons will collect the award on her behalf on Tuesday.

She was among 18 journalists murdered worldwide in 2017, according to a database maintained by the Committee to Protect Journalists. So far this year, two journalists have been murdered.

"Daphne Caruana Galizia reported on corruption, money laundering, organized crime and offshore financial transactions by people connected to the government. Over her career, Caruana Galizia faced numerous death threats, harassment, physical attacks and legal action," 

Since her murder last October, the Maltese journalist has been posthumously honoured by several organisations around the world. 

Previous recipients of the Tully Award include Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, imprisoned in Iran for 544 days and former Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger, who published whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations about secret US surveillance programmes.

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