Back جيمس فولي Arabic جيمس فولى ARZ جەیمس فۆلی CKB James Foley (Journalist) German James Foley DIQ Τζέιμς Φόλεϊ Greek James Foley (fotoperiodista) Spanish جیمز فولی (روزنامهنگار) Persian James Foley (toimittaja) Finnish James Foley (journaliste) French
James Foley | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:James_Foley_2012.png) Foley at San Diego State University in 2012 | |
| Born | October 18, 1973 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | c. August 19, 2014 (aged 40) |
| Cause of death | Beheading |
| Alma mater | Marquette University (BA) University of Massachusetts Amherst (MFA) Northwestern University (MS) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | jamesfoleyfoundation |
James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – c. August 19, 2014) was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in northwestern Syria. He was murdered by decapitation in August 2014 purportedly as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).[1]
Before becoming a journalist, Foley was an instructor for Teach For America.[2][3]
By spring 2008, in Iraq, he became an embedded journalist with an Indiana National Guard unit,[4] writing a story for In These Times, about condolence payments paid to Iraqis.[5]
In 2008, he became an embedded journalist with USAID-funded development projects in Iraq, and in 2011 he wrote for the military newspaper Stars and Stripes in Afghanistan, and GlobalPost in Libya. There, he was captured by Gaddafi loyalist forces and held for 44 days. The next year, Foley was captured in Syria while he was working for Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost.
- ^ Alyssa Newcomb (August 20, 2014). "Another American hostage threatened with death". CBS News. World News. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ "ISIS murdered her son. But she wasn't going to let that be his only legacy". Washington Post. 2018-05-08. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ "Mother of James Foley, American journalist killed by ISIS, speaks out". FOX 5 DC. 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ Gantz, Jeremy (11 September 2014). "The James Foley I Knew". In These Times. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Foley, James (25 June 2008). "The Price of One Iraqi Life". In These Times. Retrieved 15 September 2023.