Fox News Says Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski Was Killed In Ukraine
deadline.comFox News said that its cameraman, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed in Ukraine on Monday when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by oncoming fire.Correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was with him, was injured and remains hospitalized.“Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for Fox News from Iraq to Afghanistan yo Syria during his long tenure with us,” Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott wrote in a memo to staffers on Tuesday.
She said that Zakrzewski had been working in Ukraine since February, and was based in London.The network announced on Monday that Hall had been injured, but said that it did not have additional details of his condition.Scott wrote that Zakrzewski played a key role last year in getting Afghan freelance associates and their families out of the country after the U.S.
withdrawal. He was given an “Unsung Hero” award at the annual employee Spotlight Awards.“Today is a heartbreaking day for Fox News Media and for all journalists risking their lives to deliver the news,” Scott wrote.This post will be updated.The memo from Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott is below:New and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2020-21Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedules
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