White House press secretary Jen Psaki praised Pierre Zakrzewski, a cameraman for Fox News who was killed Monday while reporting outside Kyiv, for his service and journalistic contributions.
“He is someone who has served in many war zones over the course of time,” she said at Tuesday’s briefing. “He was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for Fox News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure working.”
“Our thoughts, our prayers are with his family, with the entire community as well,” Psaki added.
Zakrzewski, 55, an Irish citizen based in London, had been working in Ukraine since February.
He was traveling in a car Monday with Oleksandra Kuvshynova, a Ukrainian colleague, and Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall in the town of Horenka when incoming fire struck their vehicle. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense confirmed Kuvshynova’s death Tuesday. Hall was hospitalized, according to Fox.
Fox News Media chief executive Suzanne Scott described Zakrzewski as brave, professional and hard-working.
“His passion and talent as a journalist were unmatched,” she wrote. “His talents were vast and there wasn’t a role that he didn’t jump in to help with in the field — from photographer to engineer to editor to producer — and he did it all under immense pressure with tremendous skill.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has entered a particularly violent and dangerous phase for journalists. Brent Renaud, an American documentary filmmaker, was fatally shot Sunday while reporting outside Kyiv.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/15/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news-live-updates/#link-VWRZ2WJU2FDZRFWOQ73YOHTRVA
“He is someone who has served in many war zones over the course of time,” she said at Tuesday’s briefing. “He was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for Fox News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure working.”
“Our thoughts, our prayers are with his family, with the entire community as well,” Psaki added.
Zakrzewski, 55, an Irish citizen based in London, had been working in Ukraine since February.
He was traveling in a car Monday with Oleksandra Kuvshynova, a Ukrainian colleague, and Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall in the town of Horenka when incoming fire struck their vehicle. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense confirmed Kuvshynova’s death Tuesday. Hall was hospitalized, according to Fox.
Fox News Media chief executive Suzanne Scott described Zakrzewski as brave, professional and hard-working.
“His passion and talent as a journalist were unmatched,” she wrote. “His talents were vast and there wasn’t a role that he didn’t jump in to help with in the field — from photographer to engineer to editor to producer — and he did it all under immense pressure with tremendous skill.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has entered a particularly violent and dangerous phase for journalists. Brent Renaud, an American documentary filmmaker, was fatally shot Sunday while reporting outside Kyiv.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/15/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news-live-updates/#link-VWRZ2WJU2FDZRFWOQ73YOHTRVA
