Tyler Hicks
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Tyler Hicks is an American journalist who works as a staff photographer for The New York Times
. Based in Turkey, he typically covers foreign affairs, with an emphasis in recent years on conflict and war, but also works at times on assignments across the United States.
He has won several awards. He was named the newspaper photographer of the year by the Missouri School of Journalism
's Pictures of the Year International contest in 2007. He shared the 2009 Pultizer Prize for International Reporting with a team from The New York Times recognized for coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he works frequently in the field, focusing on the ground-level experience. In 2010, his photographs from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with the war correspondence of his colleagues Dexter Filkins
and C.J. Chivers, with whom he often works, were selected by New York University as one of the Top Ten Works of Journalism of the Decade.
Before working at the Times Hicks was a freelance photographer based in Africa and the Balkans, and worked for newspapers in North Carolina and Ohio.
Hicks has worked in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iraq, Russia, Bosnia, Lebanon, Israel, and many countries in Africa including during the 2011 South Sudan referendum. He graduated from Boston University's School of Communication in 1992 with a degree in Journalism.
Hicks was reported missing on March 16, 2011, while covering the revolution in Libya
for The New York Times
. The New York Times reported on 18 March 2011 that Libya had agreed to free him and three colleagues: Anthony Shadid
, Lynsey Addario
and Stephen Farrell.
Hicks and his three colleagues were released on March 21, 2011, six days after being captured in Ajdabiya by forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi.
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. Based in Turkey, he typically covers foreign affairs, with an emphasis in recent years on conflict and war, but also works at times on assignments across the United States.
He has won several awards. He was named the newspaper photographer of the year by the Missouri School of Journalism
Missouri School of Journalism
The Missouri School of Journalism at University of Missouri in Columbia, claims to be the oldest formal journalism school in the world. Founded in 1908, only the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris established in 1899 may be older...
's Pictures of the Year International contest in 2007. He shared the 2009 Pultizer Prize for International Reporting with a team from The New York Times recognized for coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he works frequently in the field, focusing on the ground-level experience. In 2010, his photographs from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with the war correspondence of his colleagues Dexter Filkins
Dexter Filkins
Dexter Price Filkins is an American journalist known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for The New York Times. He was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his dispatches from Afghanistan, and he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 as part of a team of New York Times...
and C.J. Chivers, with whom he often works, were selected by New York University as one of the Top Ten Works of Journalism of the Decade.
Before working at the Times Hicks was a freelance photographer based in Africa and the Balkans, and worked for newspapers in North Carolina and Ohio.
Hicks has worked in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iraq, Russia, Bosnia, Lebanon, Israel, and many countries in Africa including during the 2011 South Sudan referendum. He graduated from Boston University's School of Communication in 1992 with a degree in Journalism.
Hicks was reported missing on March 16, 2011, while covering the revolution in Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. The New York Times reported on 18 March 2011 that Libya had agreed to free him and three colleagues: Anthony Shadid
Anthony Shadid
Anthony Shadid is a foreign correspondent for The New York Times based in Baghdad and Beirut. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting twice, in 2004 and 2010.-Career:...
, Lynsey Addario
Lynsey Addario
Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist currently based in New Delhi. Her work often focuses on conflicts and human rights issues, especially the role of women in traditional societies.-Life and work:...
and Stephen Farrell.
Hicks and his three colleagues were released on March 21, 2011, six days after being captured in Ajdabiya by forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi.
External links
- Lens posts published by Tyler Hicks, (The New York Times) Tyler Hicks' essays on the Times' Lens blog.