Postscript: Anthony Shadid, 1968-2012

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5. Anthony Shadid: tributes pour in for New York Times journalist

Journalists and senior politicians have been reacting to the death of 'one of the world's bravest and best journalists

Ben Dowell
guardian.co.uk, Friday 17



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Susan E Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, wrote on Twitter that she was "heartbroken" by the loss of Shadid, who had been reporting inside Syria for a week. She called him "one of the world's bravest and best journalists".

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper also took to Twitter to mourn the "terrible loss" and pay tribute to the "brave and smart reporter".

Martin Baron, the editor of Shadid's old paper the Boston Globe told the New York Times that the he "had such a profound and sophisticated understanding of the region". Baron added: "More than anything, his effort to connect foreign coverage with real people on the ground, and to understand their lives, is what made his work so special."

"He changed the way we saw Iraq, Egypt, Syria over the last, crucial decade," said Phil Bennett, a former managing editor of The Washington Post who worked closely with Shadid, told the paper. "There is no one to replace him."

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