Janine di Giovanni on the brutal realities of Frontline Reporting via Newsweek

August 21, 2014 | News about
• Janine di Giovanni

Janine di Giovanni is a frontline reporter. It's a job that many may not understand but, now is the time to understand it. With the recent beheading of James Foley we can no longer turn a blind eye to those who risk their lives to give us the news.

“Like many families of those who simply disappear and go missing, James Foley’s were no different. They believed that one day their son, who had gone missing before Thanksgiving 2012 in Syria, would walk through the door.

Jim was smart. Jim was brave. Jim was a good guy. Because of these traits, his family and his closest friends held out hope and refused to believe he was really gone.

Nicole Tung, who had been with Foley just before he was kidnapped and returned several times alone to northern Syria to search for her friend, was not giving up hope. Sometimes, while working in Aleppo, she would disappear to meet with someone to try to find out if her friend was being held in certain prisons, if he was safe, if he was still alive.”

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