Anthony Shadid

Translator extraordinaire Ayub Nuri on the right, along with reporter Aaron Schachter and their driver Abdulrazzaq Zanjeel at a street cafe in Baghdad in 2003.

Fixers are a foreign reporter's best friend — and often their lifeline

Spoiler alert: A behind the scenes look at foreign correspondents that you may not want to know! A good interpreter, or "fixer," can make the difference not only between a good story and a bad one, but between life and death.

Fixers are a foreign reporter's best friend — and often their lifeline

'House of Stone': A Memoir by the Late Anthony Shadid

'House of Stone': A Memoir by the Late Anthony Shadid
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Show Producer's Blog: Anthony Shadid

Show Producer's Blog: Anthony Shadid
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Anthony Shadid, New York Times Reporter, Dies in Syria

Anthony Shadid, New York Times Reporter, Dies in Syria

Bill Keller on the Death of Anthony Shadid

Bill Keller on the Death of Anthony Shadid

Remembering Anthony Shadid

Remembering Anthony Shadid

Top of the Hour: Times Correspondent Dies in Syria, Headlines

Top of the Hour: Times Correspondent Dies in Syria, Headlines

Former New York Times executive editor remembers colleague Anthony Shadid

As the violence in Syria has continued and even escalated, it's been difficult for western journalists to get reports out of the country. New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid snuck in for a reporting trip recently that would wind up being his last. Shadid died in Syria this week of an apparent asthma attack.

Former New York Times executive editor remembers colleague Anthony Shadid

Syria: 25 Dead After Bomb Blast in Damascus

Syria: 25 Dead After Bomb Blast in Damascus

Assad Denies Responsibility in Syrian Crackdown

Assad Denies Responsibility in Syrian Crackdown

More Violence After Syria Agrees to Arab League Plan

More Violence After Syria Agrees to Arab League Plan

Syrian government reaches agreement to end months-long crackdown (with video)

The Arab League and the government of Syria reached an agreement Thursday to end the bloody crackdown in that country — part of the Arab Spring protests.

Syrian government reaches agreement to end months-long crackdown (with video)

The Death of Gadhafi and The Arab Spring

The Death of Gadhafi and The Arab Spring

What Gaddafi's End Means for the Arab Spring

Lisa Mullins talks with New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid about how events in Libya fit into the broader arc of the Arab Spring.

What Gaddafi's End Means for the Arab Spring
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Arab Spring Unsettling The Region

How the Arab uprisings are affecting the stability of the Middle East.

Arab Spring Unsettling The Region