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Anthony Shadid

Translator extraordinaire Ayub Nuri on the right, along with reporter Aaron Schachter and their driver Abdulrazzaq Zanjeel at a street cafe in Baghdad in 2003.

Fixers are a foreign reporter’s best friend — and often their lifeline

Conflict

Spoiler alert: A behind the scenes look at foreign correspondents that you may not want to know! A good interpreter, or “fixer,” can make the difference not only between a good story and a bad one, but between life and death.

Former New York Times executive editor remembers colleague Anthony Shadid

Syrian government reaches agreement to end months-long crackdown (with video)

Syrian government unleases navy vessels in Latakia

US calls for Syrian President Assad to step down

Syria videos: How do we know what’s true?

With journalists barred from Syria, many in the media are forced to rely on amateur videos. With so little information, it’s difficult to know what’s really going on.

‘House of Stone’: A Memoir by the Late Anthony Shadid

Less than two weeks ago, Anthony Shadid, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, died in Syria from an acute asthma attack. Shadid covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict, won the Pulitzer Prize twice, and authored three books. “House of Stone,” his final book, goes on sale today.   Thanassis Cambanis was one […]

Top of the Hour: Times Correspondent Dies in Syria, Headlines

Anthony Shadid, Mideast correspondent for our partner the New York Times, has died while on assignment inside Syria. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner died from an apparent asthma attack triggered by an allergic reaction. His reporting has been a fixture on The Takeaway like this last February from Cairo when he told us the mood […]

Remembering Anthony Shadid

This morning we are heartbroken to report that Anthony Shadid of our partner The New York Times is no longer one of the survivors. The veteran Middle East correspondent for The Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe and long time voice on this program has died. A fatal  asthma  attack while he was reporting in chaotic Syria, […]

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Anthony Shadid, New York Times Reporter, Dies in Syria

Conflict & Justice

New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, has died on assignment in Syria.