Medill National Security Journalism Initiative’s Ellen Shearer in Washington Post: “In Syria, freelancers like James Foley cover a dangerous war zone with no front lines.”

James Wright FoleyEllen Shearer, a professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, is a co-director of Medill’s National Security Journalism Initiative.

“Conflict zones can be covered safely,” James Foley told students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 2011. “This can be done. But you have to be very careful.”

He had just spent 44 days in captivity in Libya, held by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. Until his capture, Foley had been reporting on the conflict for GlobalPost. […]

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