James Foley (1973-2014) was an American Journalist and Freelance War Correspondent.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, the
oldest of five Children born to Diane and John Foley of Rochester, New
Hampshire. He grew up in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he attended Kingswood
Regional High School. He was raised as a Catholic. In 1996, he graduated from
Marquette University, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Spanish,
followed by a Master of Fine Arts in
creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2002, and a
Master of Arts from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in
2008.
Before being a Journalist he was
an Instructor for Teach For America in Arizona.
In 2008, he became an embedded Journalist
with USAID-funded development projects in Iraq, and in 2011 he wrote for the Military
newspaper Stars and Stripes in Afghanistan, and GlobalPost in Libya. There, he
was captured by Gaddafi Loyalist Forces and held for 44 days.
In November 2012 Foley was
captured in Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). while he was
working for Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost.
In August 2014 Foley was beheaded
by ISIS who uploaded his death on YouTube. The ISIS Militant in the video was known
as Jihadi John a Kuwait-born, British Terrorist (born Muhammad Jassim
Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafir) whowas part of a 4 Person Terrorist Cell called “The
Beatles” - because of their British
Accents. He was killed by a US Drone Strike in Syria in November 2015.
In 2014, Foley's Family started
the James W. Foley Legacy Fund to work in three areas: "building a
resource center for families of American hostages and fostering a global dialog
on governmental policies in hostage crises; supporting American journalists
reporting from conflict zones and promoting quality educational opportunities
for urban youth.
In 2016, the Documentary film
Jim: “The James Foley Story” was released.
On October 9, 2022 a Memorial to
James was unveiled by his Parents at his Hometown Church in Alton, NH.
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