Tag: Anja Niedringhaus

  • Death sentence given in AP photographer’s killing

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    Link: A Kabul court announced Wednesday that the Afghan police officer charged with killing Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran AP correspondent Kathy Gannon has been convicted and sentenced to death.

  • Celebrating the Legacy of Anja Niedringhaus | Time.com

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    Celebrating the Legacy of Anja Niedringhaus Two winners of the Anja Niedringhaus Award reflect on her contribution to photojournalism via Time: http://time.com/4764211/anja-niedringhaus-legacy/ Photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus dedicated her life to telling humanity’s most troubling stories at the front lines of conflict. Her death in 2014 brought into sharp reality the futility of war and the importance…

  • Buffett Foundation Funds Anja Niedringhaus Courage In Photojournalism Award

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    Buffett Foundation Funds Anja Niedringhaus Courage In Photojournalism Award The International Women’s Media Foundation is honored to announce the inception of the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award honoring the courage and dedication of Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus who was killed in Afghanistan via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/buffett-foundation-funds-anja-niedringhaus-courage-photojournalism-award Upon learning that Niedringhaus had been shot by…

  • Investigation launches into AP photographer’s death

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    Link: Investigation launches into AP photographer’s death | Poynter. A funeral service for Niedringhaus is planned for Saturday at Corvey Abbey, a Benedictine monastery near where she was born in Hoxter, Germany.

  • Parting Glance: Anja Niedringhaus

    Parting Glance: Anja Niedringhaus

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    Parting Glance: Anja Niedringhaus Anja Niedringhaus, 48, an internationally known German photographer, was killed while on assignment in eastern Afghanistan on Friday. Some of her closest colleagues offered deeply personal accounts of her life and career. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/parting-glance-anja-niedringhaus/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0#/1/ “Her enthusiasm and good cheer were infectious, even in the darkest of circumstances. She consistently…

  • Photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus Killed in Afghanistan – In Focus – The Atlantic

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    Photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus Killed in Afghanistan via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/04/photojournalist-anja-niedringhaus-killed-in-afghanistan/100710/ Documenting a decades-long story like the Afghanistan War is a challenge for any photojournalist, from simple logistical issues, to serious safety concerns, to the difficulty of keeping the narrative fresh and compelling. Niedringhaus did a remarkable job, telling people’s stories with a strong, consistent voice,…

  • In Memoriam: Anja Niedringhaus (1965—2014)

    In Memoriam: Anja Niedringhaus (1965—2014)

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/04/04/in-memoriam-anja-niedringhaus-1965-2014/#1 “In Afghanistan of all places. It is just so tragic that this would have happened to her there,” says an old friend and fellow photojournalist Moises Saman. “She was just really committed to that country in particular. You could see it in the sensitivity of her work, her understanding of that…

  • The world through the lens of Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus

    The world through the lens of Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus

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    The world through the lens of Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus The AP photographer died after being shot by an Afghan police in Khost province. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/04/04/the-world-through-the-lens-of-associated-press-photographer-anja-niedringhaus/?wprss=rss_world&clsrd “My assignment, regardless of the era, is about people—civilians and soldiers,” she wrote. “The legacy of any photographer is her or his ability to capture the…

  • Associated Press photographer killed, reporter wounded in Afghanistan

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    Associated Press photographer killed, reporter wounded in Afghanistan An Afghan policeman killed a veteran Associated Press photographer and wounded an AP reporter on Friday. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/associated-press-photographer-killed-reporter-wounded-in-afghanistan/2014/04/04/91cd9e0c-bbdc-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html?wprss=rss_world Niedringhaus earned a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 as part of a team of AP photographers covering the Iraq War.