working for a UK based cameraman Fox News He died while traveling in Ukraine in a vehicle involved in the same attack, in which a British journalist was seriously injured.
London-based Pierre Zakarzewski dies in Horenka attack Kyiv When the vehicle in which he was traveling yesterday came under fire.
He was accompanied by Fox reporter Benjamin Hall, 39, a married father-of-three from London who was hit in both legs by shrapnel and remains in hospital tonight.
Fox News Media chief executive Suzanne Scott told employees in a memo today that Mr Zakrezewski covered “nearly every international story” for the US network. Iraq To Afghanistan for Syria, and praised his ‘bravery, professionalism and work ethic’.
He stated that his ‘passion and talent were unmatched’ as a journalist, and he worked as a photographer, engineer, editor and producer while out in the field.
Ms Scott also said Mr Zakarzewski – whom Fox said was based in London, although his nationality was not given – had forced Fox’s Afghan freelance colleagues and their families out of the country after his return to the US. played an important role in the evacuation.
He said Mr Zakrzewski was awarded the ‘Unsung Hero’ award at Fox’s annual Employee Spotlight Awards last December, ‘for his priceless work’.
Fox cameraman Pierre Zakarzewski (left) has died and reporter Benjamin Hall is seriously injured
Pierre Zakarzewski (left) and Benjamin Hall (right) worked together in Kabul for Fox last year
London-based Fox cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski killed in Horenkas attack
Pierre Zakarzewski (left) with colleagues Steve Harrigan, Yonat Frilling and Ibrahim Hajboun
Fox foreign correspondent Trey Youngst (left) posted a tribute photo to Pierre Zakarzewski (right)
Meanwhile, Mr Hall, who has worked for the New York-based network since 2015 and has a wife and three daughters in London, was being treated in intensive care today.
Ms Scott said in an earlier memo that the owners had a ‘minimal level of detail’ and that teams on the ground were working to find out what happened to Mr Hall.
White House Press Secretary jane saki Told another Fox reporter in Washington DC Tomorrow that ‘our views, the president’s views, our administration’s views are with him (Mr. Hall), his family and all of you on Fox News.
Mr Hall is a Washington-based correspondent and a veteran foreign journalist who has previously worked in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Gaza.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said in a Facebook post that a British journalist had shrapnel in both legs and is in intensive care.
She did not identify the journalist, but posted a photo of a US Congressional press pass belonging to a Fox News reporter. Ms Venediktova said the reporter was in intensive care and was not near a military facility at the time of the explosion.
Benjamin Hall, 39, reporting for Fox News from Ukraine on the Russian invasion
Mr Hall has three daughters with wife Alicia Mailer, an Australian fashion businesswoman
Benjamin Hall is a married father from London who has worked for Fox since 2015
Mr Hall covers the US State Department for Fox News and attended Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire at £38,000-a-year before studying at Duke University in North Carolina, Richmond University in London and the University of the Arts in London.
He is a dual citizen of Britain and the US, and in 2015 wrote a book about the history of Islamic State called ‘Inside ISIS: The Brutal Rise of a Terrorist Army’.
The journalist has also worked for the BBC, ITN and Channel 4 and has written for The Times, The Sunday Times, The New York Times and Agence France Press.
Mr Hall has three young daughters with wife Alicia Mailer, an Australian fashion businesswoman whom he married in 2015. Other Fox News employees remain in Ukraine to report on the war that began on February 24.
Ms Scott told Fox News staff yesterday in an email: ‘Our correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured while collecting news outside Kyiv in Ukraine.
‘We have a minimal level of details right now, but Ben is hospitalized and our teams on the ground are working to gather additional information as the situation unfolds quickly.
‘The safety of our entire team of journalists in Ukraine and surrounding regions is our top priority and of utmost importance.
‘This is a stern warning to all those journalists who are putting their lives on the line every day to deliver news from the war zone. We’ll update everyone as we know more. Please keep Ben and his family in your prayers.’
The State Department Correspondents’ Association said in a statement that ‘it is appalling to learn that our fellow correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured while covering the Ukraine war.’
“We know Ben for his warmth, good humor and extreme professionalism,” it said. ‘We wish Ben a speedy recovery and call on us to do everything possible to protect the journalists who provide an invaluable service through their coverage in Ukraine.’
Defense Department Press Secretary John Kirby also confirmed at a briefing yesterday that Mr Hall was injured in Ukraine and was being treated at a hospital.
Mr Hall covers the US State Department for Fox News and is usually based in Washington DC
Benjamin Hall is in intensive care and was not near a military facility at the time of the explosion.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova did not identify the journalist, but posted a photo of a US Congressional press pass belonging to a Fox News reporter.
This comes after former New York Times journalist Brent Renaud was shot dead by Russian soldiers on Sunday. Mr Renaud became the first foreign journalist to be killed in battle after suffering a neck injury at Irpin near Kyiv.
Former New York Times journalist Brent Renaud was shot dead by Russian soldiers on Sunday
The award-winning filmmaker was covering the plight of refugees fleeing the suburb, which has come under heavy shelling in recent days.
American photographer Juan Arredondo was also shot in the lower back during an attack on the car carrying him and Mr. Renaud. A Ukrainian who was in the same car in which the American was also injured, according to a doctor at the scene.
Mr. Renaud was a veteran filmmaker, usually working with his brother Craig in conflict zones around the world, including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and cartel violence in Mexico.
According to their website, they were based in New York and Little Rock, Arkansas. It is not known whether Craig had also traveled to Ukraine.
Mr. Renaud won a Peabody Award in 2015 for a Vice News documentary about a Chicago school and had worked for several other US media organizations, including HBO and NBC.
Other Fox News employees are in Ukraine to report on the war that began on February 24
Rescuers work next to a residential building damaged by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine this morning
According to former colleagues, he was working in Ukraine on ‘a global film project about refugees’.
The New York Times said it was ‘extremely saddened’ to learn that a ‘talented filmmaker’ had been murdered – although he said he was not on assignment for the paper.
Initial reports suggested that he was working for the publication because he was wearing a press badge with its name on it. A spokesman said the document was released “several years ago”.
Mr Renaud’s death came a week after Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay was shot and wounded on his way back to Kyiv.
A few days earlier, Ukrainian journalist Yevniy Skoum, a camera operator, was killed when a TV transmission tower in Kiev was hit by shelling.