50-year-old US journalist shot dead in Ukraine, say witnesses
2 years, 9 months ago

50-year-old US journalist shot dead in Ukraine, say witnesses

Firstpost  

Papers found on the American reporter’s body identified him as 50-year-old video documentary shooter Brent Renaud, of New York Irpin: A US journalist was shot dead and another wounded on Sunday in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv, medics and witnesses told AFP. “Our guy and the journalist are wounded, I provided them first aid, the other one received a wound in the neck, he died immediately.” Papers found on the American reporter’s body identified him as 50-year-old video documentary shooter Brent Renaud, of New York. A New York Times identity card was among the papers, leading to reports he worked for the paper, but the US daily said he was not working for it at the time of his death. “Brent was a talented photographer and filmmaker who had contributed to The New York Times over the years,” said a statement tweeted by deputy managing editor Cliff Levy.

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Journalist working for AFP news agency killed in Ukraine
1 year, 7 months ago

Journalist working for AFP news agency killed in Ukraine

Associated Press  

PARIS — French international news agency Agence France-Presse says its Ukraine video coordinator was killed Tuesday during a rocket attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. “His death is a terrible reminder of the risks and dangers faced by journalists every day covering the conflict in Ukraine,” said AFP chairman Fabrice Fries. AFP said it was “devastated” at Soldin’s …

Ukrainian journalist shot dead in suspected Russian sniper attack
1 year, 7 months ago

Ukrainian journalist shot dead in suspected Russian sniper attack

Al Jazeera  

Bogdan Bitik was killed as the Italian reporter he was working with, La Repubblica’s Corrado Zunino, was injured. Bogdan Bitik, who was interpreting for La Repubblica reporter Corrado Zunino, was shot “most likely by Russian snipers”, the Italian newspaper reported. Sergiy Tomilenko, head of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, said the attack was a “new war crime of …

French journalist killed in Ukraine’s Donbas region
2 years, 6 months ago

French journalist killed in Ukraine’s Donbas region

Live Mint  

A 32-year-old French journalist was killed in eastern Ukraine on Monday after being fatally hit by shell shrapnel. BFM TV said Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was killed as he was “covering a humanitarian operation in an armoured vehicle” near Sievierodonetsk, a key city in the Donbas region that is being hotly contested by Russian and Ukrainian forces. Macron expressed condolences to his …

French 32-year-old journalist is killed in Ukraine
2 years, 6 months ago

French 32-year-old journalist is killed in Ukraine

Associated Press  

PARIS — A 32-year-old French journalist was killed Monday in eastern Ukraine, fatally hit by shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation, according to the French news broadcaster he worked for. BFM TV said Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was killed as he was “covering a humanitarian operation in an armored vehicle” near Sievierodonetsk, a key city in the Donbas region that …

Fox News cameraman killed in Ukraine, second journo to lose life in war
2 years, 9 months ago

Fox News cameraman killed in Ukraine, second journo to lose life in war

Hindustan Times  

|A video journalist employed with American television channel Fox News was killed outside Kyiv, the second journalist to die during fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian forces that continued for the 20th straight day. Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed and his colleague Benjamin Hall was wounded when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an incoming …

Ukrainian journalist, Fox News cameraman both killed outside Kyiv
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainian journalist, Fox News cameraman both killed outside Kyiv

Al Jazeera  

The deaths of Oleksandra Kuvshynova and Pierre Zakrzewski bring the death toll among journalists in the war to five. Two journalists working for Fox News have been killed outside of Kyiv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine after the news network said their vehicle was “struck by incoming fire”. Fox News presenter Bill Hemmer announced Zakrzewski’s death on air on …

Russia-Ukraine war: Fox News video journalist killed in Kyiv after vehicle struck
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Fox News video journalist killed in Kyiv after vehicle struck

India TV News  

Highlights Video journalist for Fox News was killed in Ukraine after his vehicle came under fire Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, had covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria for Fox Zakrzewski, who was based in London, was the second journalist killed in Ukraine in two days A video journalist for Fox News was killed in Ukraine when the vehicle he was …

Veteran cameraman and Ukrainian journalist killed near Kyiv while reporting for Fox News
2 years, 9 months ago

Veteran cameraman and Ukrainian journalist killed near Kyiv while reporting for Fox News

CNN  

New York CNN Business — A Monday attack on a Fox News crew reporting near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv left two of the network’s journalists dead and its correspondent severely injured, the channel said on Tuesday. “The truth is the target,” Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday, commenting on the attack of journalists in the Fox News crew. She …

Ukrainian MP demands Biden respond to Russia killing US journalist
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainian MP demands Biden respond to Russia killing US journalist

Daily Mail  

Brent Renaud was filming a documentary about refugees when he was shot and killed by Russian forces at a checkpoint outside of Ukraine's capital of Kyiv on Sunday A member of Ukraine's parliament condemned Russia's killing of a US journalist on Sunday and called on President Joe Biden to respond, as tributes poured in from the international community. Ukrainian lawmaker …

Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine

Associated Press  

Brent Renaud, an acclaimed filmmaker who traveled to some of the darkest and most dangerous corners of the world for documentaries that transported audiences to little-known places of suffering, died Sunday after Russian forces opened fire on his vehicle in Ukraine. Renaud and Putzel won a 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University journalism award for “Arming the Mexican Cartels,” a documentary …

Fox News correspondent is injured while reporting in Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Fox News correspondent is injured while reporting in Ukraine

LA Times  

Benjamin Hall, a Fox News correspondent, has been injured while reporting in Ukraine. Benjamin Hall, a Fox News correspondent reporting in Ukraine, has been hospitalized for unspecified injuries he suffered Monday while reporting outside of Kyiv. Hall, who covers the State Department for Fox News, has been filing stories frequently from Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. A memo from …

U.S. journalist shot dead in Ukraine: medic, witnesses
2 years, 9 months ago

U.S. journalist shot dead in Ukraine: medic, witnesses

The Hindu  

A U.S. journalist was shot dead and another wounded on Sunday in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv, medics and witnesses told AFP. A New York Times identity card was among the papers, leading to reports he worked for the paper, but the U.S. daily said he was not working for it at the time of his death. A …

American journalist Brent Renaud shot dead in Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

American journalist Brent Renaud shot dead in Ukraine

Op India  

Brent Renaud, an American video journalist covering the Ukraine war, has been confirmed dead by the head of Kyiv police department. As per the police, Russian troops opened fire on a car with foreign journalists inside, and shot dead 51 yrs old Renaud in Irpin, around 40 KMs North-West of capital Kyiv. The confusion occurred because he was carrying his …

Russia-Ukraine war: US journalist shot dead in Irpin
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: US journalist shot dead in Irpin

Hindustan Times  

A US journalist has been shot dead in Irpin, news agency AFP reported quoting medics and witnesses. Danylo Shapovalov, a surgeon volunteering for the Ukrainian territorial defence, said American journalist Brent Renaud was killed died instantly. According to the Kyiv-based news website, the deceased journalist was a New York Times contributor but was not on assignment in Ukraine. Early reports …

Brent Renaud: US journalist killed in Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Brent Renaud: US journalist killed in Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv regional police say Russian troops opened fire on the car of Brent Renaud and another journalist near the capital. Russian troops opened fire on the car of Brent Renaud and another journalist in Irpin, about 10km northwest of the capital, the Kyiv police force said in a statement on Sunday. “We are deeply saddened to hear of Brent Renaud’s …

Russia-Ukraine war: US journalist shot dead near Kyiv
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: US journalist shot dead near Kyiv

India TV News  

A U.S. journalist was shot dead the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv said that he and a U.S. colleague were shot after they were stopped at a checkpoint just after a bridge in Irpin, a town near Kyiv, reported news agency AFP. Juan Arredondo told Italian journalist Annalisa Camilli in an interview from the hospital before being taken for surgery that …

Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine

LA Times  

Brent Renaud, an acclaimed filmmaker who traveled to some of the darkest and most dangerous corners of the world for documentaries that transported audiences to little-known places of suffering, died Sunday after Russian forces opened fire on his vehicle in Ukraine. Renaud and Putzel won a 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University journalism award for “Arming the Mexican Cartels,“ a documentary …

Journalist Brent Renaud is killed while reporting on the war in Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Journalist Brent Renaud is killed while reporting on the war in Ukraine

NPR  

Journalist Brent Renaud is killed while reporting on the war in Ukraine Enlarge this image toggle caption Todd Wiillamson/Invision/AP Todd Wiillamson/Invision/AP An adviser to Ukraine's interior ministry, Anton Gerashchenko, says U.S. video journalist Brent Renaud has been killed in fighting in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv. Sponsor Message According to their website, the Renaud brothers have spent years "telling humanistic …

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