Days before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, press freedom and journalists’ safety advocates said assessing risks in an increasingly dangerous environment for journalists is crucial to their safety.
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The goal of the review is to continue the evaluation of services provided by the U.S. government and U.S. nongovernmental groups to assist in the return of all U.S. nationals taken abroad, support their families and seek justice for crimes against Americans.
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Moral courage is not something easily taught in the newsroom nor critiqued by an editor. Medill alumnus James Foley proved the extent of his moral courage when he was abducted and killed by ISIS while reporting during the Syrian civil war, becoming the first American to be killed by the Islamic State.
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The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation is expanding its James W. Foley Guide on Journalists’ Safety by adding a fourth seminar on the risks of reporting on conflicts, terrorism and violent unrest and by partnering with Facebook to further help college journalism educators teach students about how journalists can keep themselves safe online.
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The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation announced Tuesday its 2017 honorees, three extraordinary journalists: Delphine Halgand, the US Director of Reporters without Borders; Emma Beals, co-founder of the Frontline Freelance Register; and CNN Senior International Correspondent Arwa Damon.
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Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation — with partners Reporters Without Borders and A Culture of Safety Alliance — have published an online curriculum guide for college journalism educators to teach students about the growing risk of reporting on conflicts, terrorism and violent unrest around the world.
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McNaughton/Gunn has published in limited quantities Ghazals for Foley (ISBN: 978-0- 9845398- 7-1/ $12.95), an anthology of ghazals written to, for, or about American Combat Journalist, James Foley. It was created by HINCHAS Press through a Kickstarter campaign. The books can be purchased online through Square Up.
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