Anthony Shadid (1968 - 2012)
Ed Ou for The New York Times
Anthony Shadid, 43, a gifted foreign correspondent for The New York Times who covered nearly two decades of Middle East turmoil, died on Feb. 16, 2012, apparently of an asthma attack, while on a reporting assignment in Syria.
Mr. Shadid had been reporting inside Syria, gathering information on the Free Syrian Army and other armed elements of the resistance to the government of President Bashar al-Assad, whose military forces have been engaged in a harsh repression of the political opposition in a year-long conflict.
Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid, carried his body across the border to Turkey. Mr. Hicks said that Mr. Shadid, who had asthma and carried medication with him, began to show symptoms as both of them were preparing to leave Syria, and the symptoms escalated into what became a fatal attack.
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Mr. Shadid was the Beirut bureau chief for The Times. Before joining the paper, Mr. Shadid served as the Baghdad bureau chief of The Washington Post. Over his career, he reported from most countries in the Middle East.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting twice: in 2004 for his coverage of the United States invasion of Iraq and the occupation that followed and in 2010 for his coverage of Iraq as the United States began its withdrawal. In 2007, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Lebanon. He received the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ award for deadline writing (2004), the Overseas Press Club’s Hal Boyle Award for best newspaper or wire service reporting from abroad (2004), and the George Polk Award for foreign reporting (2003). On Feb. 19, 2012, he was honored with a special George Polk Award “for extraordinary valor for his work in the Middle East.”
He was one of four Times journalists, including Mr. Hicks, who were captured by Libyan government forces in March 2011 while covering the fighting in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. They were released six days later.
Mr. Shadid wrote three books. “Legacy of the Prophet: Despots, Democrats and the New Politics of Islam” was published by Westview Press in December 2000. “Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People in the Shadow of America’s War” was published in September 2005 by Henry Holt. His third book, “House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family and a Lost Middle East,” is being published in February by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Chronology of Coverage
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Mar. 11, 2012
Patrick Cockburn reviews book House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East. MORE
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Mar. 4, 2012
New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks describes his experience sneaking over the Syrian border with Anthony Shadid, Times correspondent who died of an acute allergy attack during the assignment; notes that Shadid was both fearless and tireless in his pursuit of first-hand accounts from Syrian resistance fighters, going so far as to put himself in the line of fire to witness their efforts with his own eyes. MORE
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Feb. 27, 2012
Steve Coll reviews book House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid. MORE
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Feb. 20, 2012
Anthony Shadid, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times who died on February 16 while on assignment in Syria, is honored with a special George Polk Award; other Times reporters recognized include C J Chivers, who wins for military reporting, and Jeffrey Gettleman and photographer Tyler Hicks, who win for foreign reporting. MORE
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Feb. 19, 2012
Excerpt from forthcoming Anthony Shadid memoir House of Stone; Shadid, a reporter for The New York Times, died while covering the uprising in Syria. MORE
Remembering Anthony Shadid
Mr. Shadid’s colleagues, friends and readers remember the journalist and just what made him so special.
Selected Articles By Anthony Shadid
Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows
The Arab world’s most sweeping revolution is foundering as the interim Libyan government seems to be paralyzed by its lack of power to control competing militias.
February 9, 2012 worldNews
Post-Uprising, a New Battle
Events in Cairo and across the region in the past week seem as seminal as any since the burst of optimism when the revolts erupted 11 months ago.
November 27, 2011 worldNews Analysis
Cairo Undone
All these months later, the revolution’s ardor fading, Tahrir Square feels less a model, more an inspiration.
November 27, 2011 opinionNews Analysis
Bahrain Boils Under the Lid of Repression
Bahrain has become the cornerstone of a counterrevolution to stanch change in the Middle East, but many fear the violence will beget more violence.
September 16, 2011 worldNews
With Steel and Asphalt, Bridge Helps Seal Baghdad’s Division
The Greihat Bridge, linking two Shiite neighborhoods across the Tigris, has made travel safer for Shiites even as it symbolizes a greater split in the Iraqi capital.
February 19, 2010 worldNews
From Reeds to the River, a Village From Iraq’s Past
In a country invaded, wrecked and not yet rebuilt, Halaichiya has the distinction of never having seen an American, much less a soldier.
January 29, 2010 worldNewsARTICLES BY ANTHONY SHADID
Filming Conflict and Culture
Ben Solomon talks about life as a roving video journalist reporting in Africa and the Middle East.
July 23, 2014, Wednesday
National Book Critics Circle Names 2012 Award Finalists
Nominees include Katherine Boo, Robert Caro, Ben Fountain and Zadie Smith.
January 14, 2013, Monday
Diaz and Caro Among Finalists for National Book Award
The high-profile nominees indicate that the National Book Foundation took to heart the criticism that previous nominations went to obscure works.
October 10, 2012, Wednesday
Shadid’s Last Story
A reader responds to the front-page article “Bearing Witness in Syria: A War Reporter’s Last Days.”
March 6, 2012, Tuesday
Shadid’s Last Story
A reader responds to the front-page article “Bearing Witness in Syria: A War Reporter’s Last Days.”
March 6, 2012, Tuesday
Bearing Witness in Syria: A Correspondent’s Last Days
Tyler Hicks, a photographer for The New York Times, recounted his trip into Syria last month with Anthony Shadid, a Times correspondent who died during the assignment.
March 4, 2012, Sunday
Recounting a Journey Into Syria
Tyler Hicks was on assignment in Syria with the correspondent Anthony Shadid when Mr. Shadid died after interviewing Syrian resistance fighters. Mr. Hicks recounts the journey for Sunday's paper.
March 3, 2012, Saturday
Conflict Reporting in the Post-Embed Era
There has been a sense of time and chance suddenly catching up with not just a generation of journalists, but some of the most totemic figures within that generation.
February 27, 2012, Monday
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2011: Arab Spring
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TimesCast | December 29, 2011
An unlikely command center for Bahrain's antigovernment protest movement | The Beirut bureau chief, Anthony Shadid, on the year of the Arab Spring.
TimesCast | December 29, 2011
An unlikely command center for Bahrain's antigovernment protest movement | The Beirut bureau chief, Anthony Shadid, on the year of the Arab Spring.
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