Four NYT reporters missing in Libya

One of the four is Stephen Farrell, who was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2009 ...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-New-York-Times-journalists-apf-3245316908.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=

 

I sure hope this has a happy ending.

Anthony Shadid is an absolute, absolute stud. One of the best, if not the absolute best, newspaper journalists working. His storytelling from Iraq was spell binding.

 

He's chapter 9 in my book, "Morning Miracle." Sally Jenkins called him "the soul of the Post." Steve Fainaru called him "the bravest man I ever met." I quote a Shadid soliloquy in which he weighs the value of the reporting against the risk, and decides it's worth it. Years before that conversation, he'd already been shot once, at point-blank range, and left to die. He's no hyper-macho daredevil; he's soft-spoken, kind, shyly charming. He simply believes in the power of the sustained, accumulating work. That's why he left the Post, which was cutting back on daily foreign coverage, for the Times.

 

Years ago, I worked with one of the photogs -- Tyler Hicks -- and even back then, as a young, youg shooter, he was excellent. A very committed photo-journalist. Hoping this turns out OK ...

 

Alive. Captured by "pro-Gaddafi forces." Expected to be released today.

MSNBC siting the NY Times.

Very good news.

 

Released. Thank God.

 

their account:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/world/africa/23times.html?_r=1