In the wake of a video showing the murder of photojournalist James Foley, the world has been reminded that members of the media now occupy a new place in conflict zones — as valuable hostages for groups desperate for money and attention.
News of the Foley video spread quickly on Tuesday — and the group behind it, ISIS, had banked on it doing so. The video contained a message for U.S. President Barack Obama, who condemned the outrage on Wednesday.
The video also serves as a grim reminder that journalists are often captured with hardly any public acknowledgment. The other American journalist in the Foley video, freelance journalist Steven Sotloff, had been kidnapped in August. That had not been widely known due to a media blackout, according to a friend of Sotloff’s family. Read more…
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For Conflict Journalists, Kidnappings Loom as a Part of the Job
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