David Gilkey, an award-winning staff photographer and video editor for NPR, was <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2016%2F06%2F05%2Fmedia%2Fnpr-photographer-david-gilkey-interpreter-killed-afghanistan%2Findex.html">killed in Afghanistan on June 5, 2016</a>, when the convoy he was traveling with came under fire.
David Gilkey, an award-winning staff photographer and video editor for NPR, was killed in Afghanistan on June 5, 2016, when the convoy he was traveling with came under fire.
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Also killed in the attack was Gilkey's colleague and translator, Zabihullah Tamanna.
Also killed in the attack was Gilkey's colleague and translator, Zabihullah Tamanna.
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Gilkey was a 15-year veteran of covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Gilkey was a 15-year veteran of covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiZutq7Cvoe4" target="_blank" target="_blank">Speaking about his work</a> following a deployment in Haiti, Gilkey said "it's not just reporting. It's not just taking pictures. It's do those visuals, do the stories, do they change somebody's mind enough to take action?"
Speaking about his work following a deployment in Haiti, Gilkey said "it's not just reporting. It's not just taking pictures. It's do those visuals, do the stories, do they change somebody's mind enough to take action?"
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"David was profoundly committed to coverage of both Afghanistan and Iraq," NPR head of news Michael Oreskes said. "He wanted to know what was happening to the people there. I think that's why he kept going back -- because he wanted to understand what was happening to the soldiers and civilians."
"David was profoundly committed to coverage of both Afghanistan and Iraq," NPR head of news Michael Oreskes said. "He wanted to know what was happening to the people there. I think that's why he kept going back -- because he wanted to understand what was happening to the soldiers and civilians."
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Having previously reported on the conflicts in Somalia, Rwanda, Darfur and Kosovo, Gilkey was one of the first photographers to embed with U.S. troops at the beginning of the invasion of Iraq.
Having previously reported on the conflicts in Somalia, Rwanda, Darfur and Kosovo, Gilkey was one of the first photographers to embed with U.S. troops at the beginning of the invasion of Iraq.
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Gilkey worked in Iraq <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freep.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F2016%2F06%2F05%2Faward-winning-photographer-david-p-gilkey-killed-afghanistan%2F85458884%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">for the Detroit Free Press</a> before joining NPR. "He was committed to telling human stories -- even when it meant putting his own life in harm's way," the paper's executive editor, Robert Huschka, said.
Gilkey worked in Iraq for the Detroit Free Press before joining NPR. "He was committed to telling human stories -- even when it meant putting his own life in harm's way," the paper's executive editor, Robert Huschka, said.
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In this photo series, Gilkey was accompanying a unit from the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry during an operation in Sadr City, Iraq.
In this photo series, Gilkey was accompanying a unit from the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry during an operation in Sadr City, Iraq.
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