Paul Douglas (cameraman)
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Paul Douglas was a British
CBS News
cameraman, who, along with soundman James Brolan
, was killed in an explosion in Iraq
on 29 May 2006. CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier
was critically injured in the attack. The three were reporting with the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division.
Douglas was based in London
and had worked with CBS since the early 1990s. Prior to that, he worked for ITV
.
United Kingdom
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CBS News
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
cameraman, who, along with soundman James Brolan
James Brolan
James Brolan was a British freelance television sound technician, who was killed with cameraman Paul Douglas in an explosion in Iraq on 29 May 2006 while working for CBS...
, was killed in an explosion in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
on 29 May 2006. CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier
Kimberly Dozier
Kimberly Dozier is a correspondent for the Associated Press, covering intelligence and counterterrorism. She was stationed in Baghdad as the chief reporter in Iraq for CBS News for nearly three years prior to being critically wounded on May 29, 2006.-Biography:Dozier was born in Honolulu, Hawaii,...
was critically injured in the attack. The three were reporting with the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division.
Douglas was based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and had worked with CBS since the early 1990s. Prior to that, he worked for ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
.
External links
- Grieving dad condemns war (BBC News)
- Two CBS crew members killed, a third seriously injured IFEXInternational Freedom of Expression ExchangeThe International Freedom of Expression eXchange , founded in 1992, is a global network of around 90 non-governmental organisations that promotes and defends the right to freedom of expression....
- Fallen CBS Journalists Remembered (CBS News)