Foundation News
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Foley Foundation Partners in webinar “Protest and Polarization: Covering the Republican and Democratic National Conventions” ahead of political conventions, July 10
Neda Sharghi, former chair of the Bring Our Families Home Campaign, has joined the board of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, the foundation announced…
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Dr. Colleen Lawton honored as Alumna of Year at Marquette 2024 Alumni National Awards
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Marquette University highlights collection of photos, personal writings of journalist James Foley
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Security Tips: Use Our Traveler Safety Guide
The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation developed the JWFLF Traveler Safety Guide to help prepare Americans when traveling internationally or domestically.
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Her Son Was Beheaded by ISIS. Here’s What She’s Learned About Mercy.
On Aug. 19, 2014, the world watched in horror as the American journalist James Foley read a script prepared for him by ISIS terrorists, who…
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Why Did Diane Foley Meet the ISIS Terrorist Who Beheaded Her Son?
In August 2014, a single image taken in the Syrian desert sent a shock wave across the world. It showed American journalist James Foley on…
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‘Inescapable Truths: James Foley’s Indelible Legacy’ Art Exhibit Launches at NU
Ten years after the murder of journalist James W. Foley in Syria by members of ISIS, community members, friends and students gathered on Wednesday at…
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‘Jim: The James Foley Story’: Honoring a Victim of ISIS
“This film does not show the execution of Jim.” That is the announcement printed at the beginning of Jim: The James Foley Story, and it’s…
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Mother Whose Son Was Brutally Murdered by ISIS Describes Speaking with His Killer
Diane Foley’s son James was brutally murdered by ISIS in Syria in 2014 while working as a journalist covering the country’s civil war. She tells…
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‘Meeting the Terrorist Who Killed My Son, James Foley’
James Foley’s death was unimaginable. He was a journalist held hostage by ISIS for two years in Syria and killed in 2014 as a threat…
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The Mother of Journalist James Foley, Murdered By the ISIS ‘Beatles’, Says Her Son Was Abandoned By the Obama Government. Now She Is Fighting for Other American Hostages Overseas
When the State Department, the F.B.I. and other officials told Diane Foley that her journalist son Jim was their highest priority she had no other…
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Charles M. Sennott ’84 to Receive World Press Freedom Award from James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
Charles M. Sennott ’84 will be honored with the World Press Freedom Award by the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation on May 1 in Washington,…