Washington, Jun 5, 2016 (AFP) - American journalist David Gilkey and his Afghan translator were killed Sunday while traveling with an army unit, which was the target of an attack in the province of Hemland (southern Afghanistan), reported National Public Radio, where he worked Gilkey.
The translator was identified as Zabihullah Tamanna. Two other journalists traveling with Gilkey - Tom Bowman and Monika Evstatieva - were unharmed.
"David was covering wars and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan since the 11/09. He was dedicated to helping the public to see these wars and people who become their prisoners. He died fulfilling that commitment," said Michael Oreskes, vice senior-president of news and editorial director of NPR.
"As a man and photojournalist, David awakened humanity in all those around him. It allowed us to see the world and each other through their eyes," he added.
Gilkey received in 2007 an Emmy Award for a series of videos about the battalion of Marines from Michigan in Iraq.
"Things to do were amazing and the places to see, epics," said one occasion the reporter about his work. "But are the people, the people who make it worth the effort."
His photography helped NPR to win a Peabody Award for his coverage of the Ebola epidemic.
"Your coverage in Africa helped to give face to a disease (...) conducted a worldwide coverage very personal," said NPR.
"Harrowing incidents like this remind us of the important role of journalists in US civic life. They help us to understand beyond the headlines and see the humanity in others," he said, moved, Jarl Monh, CEO and president of NPR.
The respected journalist received many honors, as his statement the photographer of the year by the Photographers Association of the White House in 2011, between 36 distinctions and first nine awards since 2009, granted by the group for which he worked.
Last year, he was awarded the Edwrd R. Murrow award for international coverage of events, wars and natural disasters, becoming the first multimedia journalist to receive this award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
In 2004, he was chosen by the Association of Michigan Press Photographers as "Photographer of the Year" from the state.
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