by jpitney | May 14, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists
The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation issued the following statement to mark the 20th anniversary of the deaths of Michael Kelly, David Bloom and Elizabeth Neuffer, and other journalists who died while reporting on the Iraq War. “This April and May, we remember...
by jpitney | May 6, 2023 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
Luke Mullins of The Washingtonian interviewed Barbara Cochran, president of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: Our chairman, [former Republican Congressman from California] David Dreier, had retired from Congress in 2012. He was, among other things, serving...
by jpitney | Mar 14, 2023 | Higher Education, Journalism, Journalists
The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation is accepting applications for its 2023 Summer Internship Program. Up to three (3) undergraduate or graduate students will be selected for the program, which will provide a unique opportunity to be part of a small team that...
by jpitney | Feb 24, 2023 | Florida, Journalism, Journalists
The shooting death of Orlando TV reporter Dylan Lyons is part of a pattern. At NYT, Michael Levenson and Christine Chung report: The news of his death on the job punctuated a “new and alarming” increase in threats, harassment, and violence against local reporters in...
by jpitney | Feb 23, 2023 | Crime, Journalism, Journalists
David Harris, Amanda Rabines and Jeff Weiner at the Orlando Sentinel: An Orlando TV journalist and a child were shot and killed on Wednesday evening near a crime scene where a woman was found shot to death earlier in the day, in a brutal spate of violence in Pine...