Kurt Schork (1947 – May 24, 2000) was an American reporter and war correspondent. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A reporter is a type of Journalist who Researches and presents information in certain types of Mass media. A war correspondent is a Journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone.
He was killed in an ambush while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone together with cameraman Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora of Spain, who worked for Associated Press Television. An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors (the ambushing force use Concealment to attack a passing enemy This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora (1968– May 24, 2000) was a Spanish cameraman working for Associated Press. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Two other Reuters journalists, South African cameraman Mark Chisholm and Greek photographer Yannis Behrakis, were injured in the attack. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera.
Kurt Schork was born in Washington, D.C., in 1947, studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar at the same time as Bill Clinton. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States He worked as a property developer, a political adviser and as chief of staff for the New York Mass Transit Authority, before becoming a journalist. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends
Kurt Schork covered numerous conflicts and wars, including in the Balkans, Iraq, Chechnya, Iraqi Kurdistan , Sri Lanka, and East Timor. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika Iraqi Kurdistan Region ( Kurdish: هه رێمى كوردستان Herêmi Kurdistan, Arabic:إقليم كردستان العراق, Iqlĩm Kurdistãn Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia.
He filed the story Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo, about a couple killed during the Siege of Sarajevo. Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo was an international documentary about the deaths of Admira Ismić (born 1968 and Boško Brkić (born 1968 ( Serbian The Siege of Sarajevo was conducted by the Serb forces of self-proclaimed Republika Srpska and Yugoslav People's Army (later transformed to the
External links
- Kurt Schork Memorial
- Kurt Schork’s signature dispatch from siege of Sarajevo
- The Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism
- Road to "Sniper Alley" in Sarajevo named for Reuters reporter
- Sierra Leone dangerous for journalists
- Original report on Schork's death - IFEX
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