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Anthony Shadid

Former New York Times executive editor remembers colleague Anthony Shadid

As the violence in Syria has continued and even escalated, it’s been difficult for western journalists to get reports out of the country. New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid snuck in for a reporting trip recently that would wind up being his last. Shadid died in Syria this week of an apparent asthma attack.

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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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