Obit: Anthony Shadid, reporter on Middle East

Subject: Obit: Anthony Shadid, reporter on Middle East
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 17 Feb 12 - 01:57 PM

When a reporter dies, more may be written than for others because his or her friends are writers. However, what's being written about Anthony Shadid, "two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent who died on Thursday at 43", indicates the untimely death of an extraordinary person. Worth taking a look.

At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies: Rick Gladstone, NY Times, describes Shadid's death apparently from an asthma attack brought on by being around horses as he was secretly entering Syria. Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid, carried his body back across the border to Turkey.

NY Times obituary

From Readers and Colleagues, an Outpouring of Respect for Anthony Shadid, The Lede blog, NY Times (links to some other coverage there)

Remembering 'Intrepid Storyteller' Anthony Shadid, Quil Lawrence, NPR

Anthony Shadid: Brilliant Friend And Generous Spirit, JJ Sutherland, NPR

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: Obit: Anthony Shadid, reporter on Middle East
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Feb 12 - 12:32 PM

Terry Gross is typically not on the Friday program of Fresh Air, they have one of her staff host it and replay interviews. But yesterday Terry was there herself to discuss and then replay their last interview, from December.

SRS

Subject: RE: Obit: Anthony Shadid, reporter on Middle East
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Feb 12 - 02:27 PM

Fresh Air Remembers War Reporter Anthony Shadid

Subject: RE: Obit: Anthony Shadid, reporter on Middle East
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Feb 12 - 09:59 PM

Thank you, Becky, for starting this thread. I heard a lot throughout the day on NPR. So sad.