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The Legacy of Daniel Pearl

beagle — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:51:09 -0800

In January, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl disappeared in Karachi, Pakistan while seeking to meet with shadowy figures he believed to be connected with Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber." Before long, it became clear he had been kidnapped, and then that his captors had murdered him. His family responded by setting up a foundation with the mission "to promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music, and innovative communications." Among the events and programs sponsored by the foundation: Daniel Pearl World Music Days (coming up, October 1-31) The Daniel Pearl Dialogue for Muslim-Jewish Understanding, featuring Pearl's father Judea Pearl and Akbar Ahmed. Pearl World Youth News, which aims to develop journalistic skills among secondary school students around the world. The Daniel Pearl Fellowships, which brings mid-career reporters and editors to work in U.S. newsrooms.

a conversation with marianne pearl

specialk420 — Sun, 02 May 2004 20:39:28 -0800

A conversation with Marianne Pearl
is one of the more moving interviews I have ever heard and was certainly a highlight of the weekend. She is a beautifully calm person with seemingly the right approach to an awfully violent world.

Su — Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:26:58 -0800

Fairly well-reasoned WSJ Op-Ed piece concerning the Boston Phoenix decision to link the unedited Daniel Pearl video. Apparently the Phoenix's editor claims he would have wanted it shown.

crabwalk — Thu, 30 May 2002 20:45:05 -0800

Welcome to the world, Adam Pearl.

talos — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 03:06:09 -0800

Who really killed Daniel Pearl? According to Tariq Ali, Pakistan's Secret Service was involved. Which might explain Musharraf's reluctance to extradite the suspect to Washington...

RobertLoch — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:03:47 -0800

The lasting legacy of Daniel Pearl. By William L. Winter, Ph.D. President & Executive Director American Press Institute.

jjg — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 22:12:45 -0800

Daniel Pearl's widow speaks out. "Revenge would be easy, but it is far more valuable in my opinion to address this problem of terrorism with enough honesty to question our own responsibility as nations and as individuals for the rise of terrorism." (via the indispensable rc3.org)

MidasMulligan — Sun, 03 Feb 2002 12:30:32 -0800

Damn. DRUDGE REPORTS: WSJ BODY FOUND DEAD IN PAKISTAN

Real9 — Sat, 02 Feb 2002 14:01:50 -0800

What is Daniel Pearl trying to tell us? (hint) The non-POW's at Guantanamo Bay have found their own special way of showing contempt for their captors.

prozaction — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 11:44:34 -0800

WSJ Reporter Daniel Pearl allegedly killed I certainly hope the reports aren't true. By placing the international media under seige, the stakes of the "war" against terrorism will rise drastically.

nance — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:41:50 -0800

Ideas have consequences. On the subject of the Daniel Pearl kidnapping, an interesting letter to Media News today (scroll down to the "Journalists as Political Operatives" item), reads in part, "I would not want to trivialize it for all the world, but I am constrained to point out that it was only recently that Mr. Pearl's newspaper, the Wall Street Journal, felt compelled to praise the book "Bias" which perports to lay bare the 'liberal bias' of mainstream journalism. In fact, the WSJ editorial board has for years persisted, along with other conservative commentators, to label journalists as political tools in service of a larger political agenda. The kidnappers of Mr. Pearl insist that he is a political tool, a spy, for some foreign government (one day the U.S., the next day Israel.) Where could they have possibly gotten the idea that journalists are not the dedicated professionals they claim to be but are instead something else in disguise?" Thoughts?

tsarfan — Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:38:27 -0800

Wall Street Journal bureau chief is kidnapped. Hostage-takers demand better treatment of prisions at Guantanamo Bay. But my questions are, (1) Since when do journalists make good hostages and (2) Isn't there any way more creative than the ole hostage-holding-today's-paper as a way to prove that he is alive?