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On Thanksgiving Day 2012, American photojournalist James "Jim" Foley was kidnapped in Syria, two years before the infamous video of his public execution introduced much of the world to ISIS. Directed by close childhood friend Brian Oakes, tells the story of Jim's life through intimate interviews with his family, friends and fellow journalists. An in-depth look at the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by ISIS terrorists...

A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past twenty years, from Afghanistan to Iraq to the Congo. For the past decade, he has served as the East Africa bureau chief for the New York Times, fulfilling a teenage dream. At nineteen, Gettleman fell in love, twice. On a do-it-yourself community service trip in college, he went to East Africa--a terrifying, exciting, dreamlike part of the world in the throes...

A war correspondent stumbles on a little-known fact that an honored American war patriot had in fact worked for the Fascists. His wife urges the writer to expose the facts for history.

"One spent 23 days in captivity. Another jumped off planes to get the perfect aerial shot. The other reported from war-torn slums and villages. Catherine Leroy, Frankie Fitzgerald and Kate Webb were the first female frontline journalists in the history of US war reporting. Over the course of the Vietnam War they challenged the rules and expectations imposed on them, all in an effort to get the story right. Using the stories of Catherine, Frankie and...

Includes over 150 images recording the career of Ernie Pyle from childhood to Ie Shima. Out of the foxholes he shared with them, and from his own heart straight to the folks back home, comes Ernie Pyle's story of our soldiers' first big campaign abroad. He takes you to live with them on the great adventure of their lives, and tells you the thousands of little things you want to know about how they are living this

"Paris, 1938. Two women meet: Mielle, a shy pacifist and shunned Mennonite who struggles to fit in with the elite cohort of foreign correspondents stationed around the city; the other, Jane, a brash, legendary American journalist, who is soon to become a fascist propagandist. When World War II makes landfall in the City of Lights, Mielle falls under Jane’s spell, growing ever more intoxicated by her glamour, self-possession, and reckless confidence....

Contains Hemingway's work as a reporter, spanning the years 1920-1956. These articles show the raw material used to form many of his literary creations.