Anthony Shadid

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Anthony Shadid (born September 26, 1968 in Oklahoma City , † February 16, 2012 in Syria ) was an American journalist .

Anthony Shadid (2007)

Life

Shadid was born in 1968 to a Lebanese family in Oklahoma City. He studied at the University of Wisconsin – Madison .

In 1995 Shadid began his career with the Associated Press news agency in Cairo ; after various stays with the media in the USA, it took him to Baghdad , where he was a correspondent for the Washington Post . Since 2009 he has worked for the New York Times in Baghdad and Beirut . In 2004 and 2010 he received the Pulitzer Prize for International Coverage .

Together with his colleague Lynsey Addario and his colleagues Stephen Farrell and Tayler Hicks , Shadid came under the control of the Libyan army on March 16, 2011 , which the journalists regarded as enemies. The journalists were beaten and threatened with death. The New York Times opened negotiations that led to his release on March 21, 2011.

Shadid died of an asthma attack while working in Syria. He was married and had two children from two marriages.

Fonts

  • Legacy of the Prophet: Despots, Democrats and the New Politics of Islam ; 2000
  • Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War ; 2005

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New York Times reporter dies in Syria ; Al Jazeera announcement of February 17, 2012 (English), last accessed on February 8, 2013.
  2. ^ Stacy Forster Alum Shadid wins second Pulitzer Prize ; Article on the University of Wisconsin website on April 12, 2010, last accessed February 8, 2013.
  3. ^ The 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winners ; Article on pulitzer.org, last accessed on February 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ Lynsey Addario: Every moment is eternity. As a photojournalist in the crisis areas of the world. Econ Verlag Berlin, 2016, ISBN 978-3-430-20212-1 , p. 291.
  5. ↑ Lynsey Addario: Every moment is eternity. As a photojournalist in the crisis areas of the world. Econ Verlag Berlin, 2016, ISBN 978-3-430-20212-1 , p. 314.
  6. ^ AC: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here. A literary bridge to Baghdad , economist.com , December 28, 2012, comment of December 30, 2012
  7. ^ Shadid First Winner of Michael Kelly Award ( Memento from January 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); Announcement on The Michael Kelly Award website on April 29, 2004; last accessed on February 8, 2013 (English; pdf, 75 kB)
  8. ^ Anthony Shadid 2006 recipient of the Ridenhour Book Prize. The Ridenhour Prizes , archived from the original on November 19, 2008 ; accessed on February 8, 2013 .
  9. ^ Honorary Doctorates Anthony Shadid ( Memento June 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); Message from the American University of Beirut; last accessed on February 8, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Shadid, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 26th September 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Oklahoma City
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 2012
Place of death Syria