As news of Anthony Shadid’s death circulated Thursday night, friends, readers and admiring fellow journalists took to Twitter to grieve Mr. Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who covered the Middle East for nearly two decades at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Associated Press.
Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, remembered Mr. Shadid as a peerless scribe:
Can’t remember how many times we sat around saying, “That would be a great story for Anthony Shadid to write, or someone like him.”
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) February 17, 2012
But there was never anyone like him.
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) February 17, 2012
Tamer El-Ghobashy, a Wall Street Journal reporter, recalled Mr. Shadid’s humility.
Shadid possessed every quality u would expect of a journalistic legend except the ego. His ability to remember names and faces was humbling
— Tamer El-Ghobashy (@TamerELG) February 17, 2012
Martin Baron, the editor of The Boston Globe, said Mr. Shadid was a “model” reporter. As a correspondent for the newspaper in 2002, Mr. Shadid was shot in the shoulder while reporting in Ramallah, in the West Bank.
Anthony Shadid was a model for every journalist and a tremendous human being. What a profound loss.
— Marty Baron (@GlobeMartyBaron) February 17, 2012
Amy Sullivan, a former TIME writer and editor, said Mr. Shadid’s journalistic repertoire had no weakness.
There are great reporters and there are great writers. And then there are the rare few who inspire awe by being both. pulitzer.org/archives/6809
— Amy Sullivan (@sullivanamy) February 17, 2012
Media personalities like Arianna Huffington and Anderson Cooper offered their condolences.
Awful news. Condolences to Anthony Shadid’s family, friends and co-workers. nytimes.com/2012/02/17/wor…
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) February 17, 2012
Nytimes reporter anthony shadid has died. Such a brave and smart reporter. A terrible loss. My thoughts are with his family and friends
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) February 17, 2012
Susan E. Rice, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, mourned the loss, as well.
Heartbroken by the loss of the NYT’s Anthony Shadid in Syria. One of the world’s bravest and best journalists.
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) February 17, 2012
Ethan Klapper, an online editor for The National Journal, remembered his time as an intern at the Washington Post when Mr. Shadid’s second Pulitzer Prize was announced.
Remember interning at WaPo when Shadid won Pulitzer in 2010. He was home in Boston with a newborn and editors piped him in on speakerphone.
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) February 17, 2012
Peter S. Goodman, executive business editor at The Huffington Post and a former correspondent for The New York Times and The Washington Post, said readers across the world would feel the effects of Mr. Shadid’s absence.
Rarely does a journalist die and the world is different, but without shadid we will know less, and settle for less nuanced, less human truth
— Peter S. Goodman (@petersgoodman) February 17, 2012
Newspaper ppl often discover that when we’re away, they can put out paper just fine. But not this time, not without shadid. Great void
— Peter S. Goodman (@petersgoodman) February 17, 2012
Don Van Natta Jr., a former New York Times investigative reporter, now with ESPN, said Mr. Shadid’s byline alone was synonymous with the very best of journalism.
“By Anthony Shadid” was a beacon of humanity and truth.
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) February 17, 2012
