May 18th, 2007 · Two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News were killed this week by unknown assailants in Baghdad. The men were identified as cameraman Alaa Uldeen Aziz, 33, and soundman Saif Laith Yousuf, 26. Their deaths reemphasize the dangers of reporting in Iraq -- particularly for Iraqi journalists who have been hired by Western news agencies, including NPR.
Keywords: Iraq · deaths · dangerous · Baghdad · ABC · cameraman · ABC News · agencies · soundman · Alaa Uldeen Aziz · Saif Laith Yousuf · reemphasize
Feb 28th, 2007 · Shortly after Bob Woodruff was tapped as lead anchor on ABC's World News Tonight, he and his cameraman were gravely injured by a bomb while reporting in Iraq. Now, he and his wife have written a book about his recovery.
Keywords: Iraq · Recovery · injured · memoir · Woodruff · ABC · Bob Woodruff · cameraman · wife · World News Tonight
Aug 30th, 2006 · Fox News reporter Steve Centanni, who along with freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig was kidnapped by masked gunmen in the Gaza Strip and held for two weeks, was released Sunday after long negotiations and a "conversion" to Islam at gunpoint.
Keywords: Gaza · cameraman · gunmen · Gaza Strip · Islam · captivity · gunpoint · negotiators · Conversion · Steve Centanni · Olaf Wiig
Aug 27th, 2006 · Two journalists captured by militants in the Gaza Strip were freed by their captors Sunday. Correspondent Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig were dropped off at Gaza City's Beach Hotel by Palestinian security officials.
Keywords: security · militants · Palestinians · cameraman · Hostages · freed · captors · Gaza Strip · Gaza City · Steve Centanni · Olaf Wiig · Beach Hotel
Aug 23rd, 2006 · Video was released Wednesday of two Fox News journalists kidnapped Aug. 14 by an obscure Palestinian group. Both men -- correspondent Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig -- appear to be in good health. The group is demanding the release of Muslim prisoners being held in U.S. jails within three days.
Keywords: Muslim · Palestinians · Prisons · Health · video · cameraman · Fox News · Steve Centanni · Olaf Wiig
May 29th, 2006 · In yet another devastating day of violence in Iraq, a CBS soundman and cameraman were killed and their correspondent critically injured in an apparent car bomb attack in Baghdad, in a day that saw at least eight separate bombs kill at least 33 others in the worst wave of violence to hit Iraq in recent days.
Keywords: Violence · Iraq · devastation · Baghdad · injured · cameraman · CBS · soundman
Jan 30th, 2006 · ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff's is recovering after he and a cameraman were injured Sunday in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad. Woodruff sought to define his role as an anchor who is also a reporter -- the kind who sometimes puts himself in harm's way.
Keywords: bombing · Baghdad · injured · Injury · Woodruff · ABC · Bob Woodruff · recovering · cameraman · roadside
Jan 30th, 2006 · Saddam Hussein and his lawyers are protesting the new chief judge assigned to his trial. Alex Chadwick talks with New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins about the status of war crimes trial against Hussein and his associates. They also discuss the wounds sustained by ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt after their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
Keywords: protests · Iraq · crime · Trial · Lawyers · wounding · Alex Chadwick · vehicle · New York Times · Saddam · Hussein · Saddam Hussein