(04-28-2021, 04:14 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: I think you can understand why I consider the murder of a journalist in the line of duty as an abominable crime. Journalists often get their noses into places that some thuggish governments and some more independent thugs don't want them prying.
David Beriáin Amatriáin (1977 – 27 April 2021) was a Spanish journalist, producer, and documentaries anchor,[1] who specialized in armed conflicts, violence, and inmersion journalism.
Graduated in Information Sciences from the University of Navarra, during his professional career he interviewed members of the Taliban, FARC guerrillas, members of drug cartels, and hitmen. He became known for presenting and directing the cycle 'Clandestino', which aired on Discovery Max.
Beriain worked for La Voz de Galicia, (International section), from March 2001 to July 2007.[2] He was a special envoy for this newspaper in the second war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan. where he covered the Spanish contingent in the city of Herat and the town of Qala e Naw. As a war correspondent he covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Congo, and Libya. He was one of the few reporters in the world who managed to enter the FARC camps. He also directed the reports Afghanistan, Spanish in the mousetrap; in Congo, violated land; The guardians of Chávez and Baby Sicarios. As a reporter he worked in other media such as the Argentine newspaper El Liberal and the free DNA. On television, he was part of the team of reporters for the REC program broadcast by Cuatro. On Antena 3 he carried out a report on the Fukushima nuclear accident.[3]
In 2012 he founded the audiovisual production company "93 Metros" which specializes in large audiovisual formats, data journalism, and design of advertising content and other innovative technologies.[2]
Awards[edit]Killing[edit]
- José Manuel Porquet Digital Journalism Award for "Diez días con las FARC"
- Nominated in Normandy's Bayeux
- RealScreen Awards, topicality documentaries award for 'El negocio del secuestro en Venezuela' in 2019
- RealScreen Awards for 'La Colombia de las FARC' in 2016
- Goya Awards nomination for "Percebeiros"
Beriaín was found dead on 27 April 2021 after having been reported missing the previous day and while he was filming a documentary about poaching in Burkina Faso, along with his cameraman Roberto Fraile and an Irish journalist who was also filming the documentary.[3]
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Comment: Wildlife poachers are unscrupulous killers, and going from from killing protected wildlife to killing people who expose their crimes isn't much of an ethical stretch.
Also murdered with him:
Rory Young (21 May 1967 – 27 April 2021[1]) was an Irish conservationist. He was the president and co-founder of the anti-poaching organisation Chengeta Wildlife that is active all over Africa.
He was killed along with at least two others, including Spanish journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile, in Burkina Faso while working on a documentary about wildlife poaching.[2][3][4][5]
To HELL with poaching!
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.