Remembering Journalist James Foley

Photojournalist James Foley was kidnapped in Syria in November 2012. Two years later he was killed, beheaded on video by members of the Islamic State.

Photojournalist James Foley was kidnapped in Syria in November 2012. Two years later he was killed, beheaded on video by members of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh. Learn more about Foley, watch his parents' press conference and a 2011 talk by Foley himself, and read how family, friends, and others reacted to the news of his tragic death.

James Foley Remembered as ‘A Man of Incredible Bravery’ It was the news that friends, family, and colleagues of abducted American journalist James Foley hoped would never come. When militants claimed Tuesday they had killed the freelance war correspondent in a brutal beheading as revenge against U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, remembrances of a man who was warm, funny, and dedicated to his profession poured in. Read more

Remembering Slain Journalist James Foley James Foley was passionate about reporting from conflict zones and finding stories that may have otherwise gone untold. "We're not close enough to it and if reporters, if we don't try to get really close to what these guys ... we don't understand the world, essentially." Foley began his career as a teacher, working to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth. Read more