NEW YORK – Aug. 3, 2020 – Freelance photojournalist Austin Tice, who went missing in 2012 while reporting on the civil war in Syria, tops the August ranking of the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases. The “10 Most Urgent” list, issued today by a united group of pre-eminent editors and publishers, spotlights journalists whose press freedoms are being suppressed or whose cases are seeking justice.
The family of Austin Tice, an American freelance journalist who has been reporting from Syria for The Washington Post and other news organizations, said Thursday that it has not heard from him for more than a week and is concerned for his welfare.
It’s like a caricature of a jihadi group. It looks like someone went to the Internet, watched pictures of Afghan mujahedeen, then copied them.”—Joseph Holliday,
Mads Nissen, the winner of the 2015 World Press Photo of the Year, is an inspiring individual. His award-winning shot came from a larger series about homophobia in Russia. Here, we present to you a selection from the series as well as an in-depth interview conducted by managing editor Alexander Strecker during the World Press Photo Award Days in Amsterdam.
On August 13, 2012, only a few days after celebrating his 31st birthday, freelance journalist Austin Tice emailed his father back in Houston to let him know he had wrapped up his reporting from Syria. Tice’s parents have not heard from him since. Austi
To mark the sixth anniversary of Austin’s captivity next Tuesday, the National Press Club is hosting an event with Tice’s parents and representatives from McClatchy and The Washington Post, both of which published Austin’s work from Syria. “Austin Tice is a talented, courageous, and committed freelance journalist,” said Doug Jehl, the Post’s foreign editor. “His parents, Marc and Debra, have championed his cause with passion, courage and fortitude.” McClatchy is distributing #FreeAustinTice flags and banners, which will be displayed in their offices and newsrooms throughout the country. (At least five other journalists are missing in Syria and more than 120 journalists have been killed covering the conflict.,)
This is the fifth holiday season that Austin Tice hasn’t been at home with his family here in Houston. Here’s a look at the latest on the photojournalist who went missing in Syria more than four years ago.
This is the fifth holiday season that Austin Tice hasn’t been at home with his family here in Houston. Here’s a look at the latest on the photojournalist who went missing in Syria more than four years ago.
IN 2012 HOUSTON NATIVE AUSTIN TICE HEEDED A CALLING TO BECOME A JOURNALIST IN WAR-RAVAGED SYRIA. HIS PHOTOGRAPHS, STORIES, AND TWEETS SHED NEW LIGHT ON THE CONFLICT—UNTIL ONE DAY THEY STOPPED.
Two years ago, Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine who had been working as a freelance journalist and contributing articles to The Washington Post, McClatchy Newspapers and other news outlets was kidnapped while reporting from Syria
We urge you, whoever you are: Let Austin come home for Christmas. Let us hug him, laugh and cry with him, love him in person. Let us be a whole family again.
