On August 19 this year, a video that purported to show the beheading of freelance journalist James Foley horrified the world. Images of Foley dressed in orange kneeling next to a black-clad person claiming to be a member of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, flooded television news and social media and the footage was confirmed as authentic the next day. Two weeks later, American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff was at the center of a similar video.
The year 2014 has been a deadly one for journalists, especially those operating in Syria, a country embroiled in a devastating civil war since …read more
Source: Newsweek
