James Foley never turned down an opportunity to talk to Medill students.
Whether it was his visit to Northwestern’s campus just weeks after his release from Libya or a Skype session from Syria, Foley’s...
More than two months after the Islamic State group executed Northwestern alumnus James Foley, the NU and Chicago communities are continuing to honor and remember his legacy.
NU will hold a memorial...
In the summer of 2002, in the face of the impending U.S. invasion of Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell offered a pithy warning to President George Bush to step back and consider the consequences that...
When I was a freshman reporter for The Daily Northwestern, a Medill alum by the name of James Foley was detained in Libya while covering the uprising. I was assigned to write about it for The Daily, given...
James Foley was drawn to the front line.
Even after being captured in Libya in 2011, where he was held for more than 40 days, Foley returned to war zones. He believed so strongly in the work he was...
