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2012 video interview with music critic Steve Morse, who author Rock History course for Berklee College of Music, conducted by Mr. Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=44212012 video interview with music critic Steve Morse, who author Rock History course for... more
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New York Times reporter dies in Syria
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 11:55 PM EST, Thu February 16, 2012
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Anthony Shadid poses at the Turkish Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, on March 21, 2011, after being held by pro-government militias.
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Anthony Shadid had reported from the Middle East for nearly two decades
He appears to have died of an asthma attack, the newspaper says
He was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes
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(CNN) -- Anthony Shadid, who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting from Iraq, died Thursday while reporting in eastern Syria, apparently of an asthma attack, The New York Times said.
He was 43.
The newspaper said it was not immediately known how or where he died. Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Shadid, carried his body over the border to Turkey.
Hicks said Shadid, who was carrying medication for his asthma, displayed symptoms Thursday morning, when they joined guides on horseback for the trip out of the country. The animals may have triggered the asthma, Hicks said.
He had suffered an asthma attack the week before, when they entered the country and met with guides on horseback, Hicks told The Times.
The Syrian government, which limits international journalists' access to the country, had not been told by The Times that Shadid was there, the newspaper said. He had been inside Syria for a week collecting information for a story on the Syrian resistance, it added.
Shadid, who was fluent in Arabic, had covered the Middle East for nearly 20 years as a reporter for The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Associated Press.
Shadid had been working on a book about his family's ancestral home in Lebanon. He traveled there after years of covering conflict to rebuild his grandmother's home, according to his website. "He found a story of hope, healing, but perhaps most powerfully, loss, in a Middle East whose future rests in understanding its past," it said. The book, "House of Stone," is to be published next month by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
He wrote two other books, "Legacy of the Prophet: Despots, Democrats and the New Politics of Islam" and "Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War."
In an interview last December on NPR's "Fresh Air," Shadid recalled entering without a visa the Syria ruled by President Bashar al-Assad.
"I've done things that maybe I wouldn't have done in hindsight, and this maybe would have been one of them," he said. "It was scarier than I thought it would be. I had had a bad experience in Libya earlier in the year, [but] I did feel that Syria was so important, and that story wouldn't be told otherwise, that it was worth taking risks for. But the repercussions of getting caught were pretty dire."
After several days in Hama, he crossed safely back across the border.
"I don't think I'd ever seen something like what I saw in Syria," he said. "You're dealing with a government that's shown very little restraint in killing its own people to put down an uprising. ... And I got to spend a lot of time with [the activists] because I spent a lot of time in safe houses. And it reminded me of an old story in Islamic history, when the Muslim armies are crossing to Gibraltar. And the general who was leading them burned the ships after they crossed into Spain. And the idea was there was no turning back. And that story, I felt, resonated [with] almost every conversation I had."
He did not always emerge unhurt from his reporting. In 2002, while working for The Boston Globe, he was shot in the shoulder in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Last year, Shadid and Hicks and two other Times journalists, Stephen Farrell and Lynsey Addario, were arrested by pro-government militias in Libya and held for more than a week, during which all were physically abused. Their driver, Mohammad Shaglouf, died.
In its 2004 citation, the Pulitzer Board praised "his extraordinary ability to capture, at personal peril, the voices and emotions of Iraqis as their country was invaded, their leader toppled and their way of life upended." In 2010, the board praised "his rich, beautifully written series on Iraq as the United States departs and its people and leaders struggle to deal with the legacy of war and to shape the nation's future."
His last story for The Times, on Libya, ran on February 9. At 1,600 words, it was long, which was typical for him, the newspaper said. "It was splashed on the front page of the newspaper and the home page of the Web site, nytimes.com, which was also typical," it said.
"Anthony died as he lived — determined to bear witness to the transformation sweeping the Middle East and to testify to the suffering of people caught between government oppression and opposition forces," wrote Jill Abramson, executive editor of the Times, in an e-mail to the newspaper's staff.
Shadid leaves his wife and two children.
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Breaking News Updates I almost dumped Mr. Ken Olsen into an icy pond. Mr. Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), died Sunday. Here's his Boston Globe obituary.Breaking News Updates I almost dumped Mr. Ken Olsen into an icy pond. Mr. Ken Olsen,... more
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Recently Complete News Updates Snowfall Totals continues to pile up, with several double digit snowfall totals so far across coastal South Jersey. Meteorologist Mr Lee Robertson at the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly says the blizzard will deliver it's snow payload as advertised.Recently Complete News Updates Snowfall Totals continues to pile up, with several... more
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Everyone's read stories about outrageous cell phone bills, and you might even know someone who's racked one up themselves. But the Boston Globe has an interesting look at where one such instance stands four years down the line: totally unresolved.
The setup here is a familiar one. In 2006, 21-year-old college student Bryan St. Germain was on his family's Verizon plan and thought that their unlimited data plan, which they had previously as an introductory offer, still applied. Over the course of two months, he downloaded about 800 megabytes of data with his computer tethered to his phone. In the months following his activity, the family was slapped with two bills totaling $18,000.
Bob St. Germain, Bryan's father and the account holder, was incensed and refused to pay. He consulted with state utility officials, who agreed with him and even tried to talk Verizon into dropping the charges. They wouldn't, but offered to cut the bill in half to $9,000. St. Germain, as well as his supporters, still thought this was unsatisfactory, especially considering Verizon's failure to make the terms introductory offer clear.
For his part, St. Germain has filed a complaint with the attorney general's office and reached out to two state senators for help resolving the matter. Verizon has handed the reduced $9,000 bill over to a collection agency. Still, neither are showing any sign of backing down.
And it's tough to say who should back down here. Clearly this poor guy shouldn't have to pay $9,000 for a mistake that Verizon left especially easy to make, though I don't necessarily think they can just forget about the whole thing and scrap the charges altogether. The best compromise: Verizon puts Bob St. Germain in their next TV spot about unlimited data plans, recoups the years-old charges from his pay, and everyone calls it a day. He's not an unphotogenic fellow!Everyone's read stories about outrageous cell phone bills, and you might even... more
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The Big Picture section of Boston Globe is one of my favorite sites. They pull the most beautiful journalistic photography, and blow it up on your screen. They just released their favorite photos from 2009. There were lots of great pics, but I think my favorite was this one:
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse in southern Siberia's Tuva region August 3, 2009. Putin, a judo black belt who has flown in a fighter aircraft and shot a Siberian tiger in the wild, plunged into the depths of Lake Baikal aboard a mini-submersible on Saturday in a mission that added a new dimension to his macho image. (REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool/Alexei Druzhinin)
I think this picture should become an image macro, and enter the meme-o-sphere.
But in the meantime, it has reminded me that ballerest gangster in world politics is Putin. To further his ballerdom, it was reported that he impregnated his 26-year old girlfriend, former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva.
Not bad Vladimir, not bad.The Big Picture section of Boston Globe is one of my favorite sites. They pull the... more
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The Boston Globe and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement that will save the newspaper $10 million through salary and benefit cuts.The Boston Globe and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement that will... more
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A spokesman for the Boston Globe says the newspaper has completed negotiations with its largest union.A spokesman for the Boston Globe says the newspaper has completed negotiations with... more
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The Boston Globe's largest workers union and the newspaper finished all-night contract-concession talks without a deal Monday, but plan to be back at the bargaining table within days.The Boston Globe's largest workers union and the newspaper finished all-night... more
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