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JOURNALISTS HELD HOSTAGE: SHOULD GOVERNMENTS PAY RANSOM TO TERRORISTS?

  • Newseum 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC United States (map)

Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, talks about his new book, “We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom.”

Simon will be joined by Diane Foley, Mother of James W. Foley, David Rohde (JWFLF Board Member) who was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2008 as a New York Times reporter before escaping seven months later. “PBS News Hour” anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff will moderate the conversation.

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Earlier Event: January 11
JWFLF Board Meeting
Later Event: March 10
Weber State University Visit