Brent Renaud (image via Twitter)
Brent Renaud, an award-winning American filmmaker and journalist, was killed in Ukraine on Sunday. Renaud, who often collaborated with his brother, Craig, was known for highlighting the human impact of war and conflict. https://t.co/WizAAyG1V9
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 13, 2022
From the New York Times:
Mr. Renaud, 50, had worked for a number of American news and media organizations in the past, including HBO, NBC and The New York Times.
The Ukrainian authorities said he was killed in Irpin, a suburb that has been the site of intense shelling by Russian forces in recent days, but the details of his death were not immediately clear. Ukrainian officials said another journalist was wounded as well.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said in a statement that Mr. Renaud “paid with his life for attempting to expose the insidiousness, cruelty and ruthlessness of the aggressor.”
Mr. Renaud had contributed to The Times in previous years, most recently in 2015, but he was not on assignment for the company in Ukraine.
In the clip below. U.S. journalist Juan Arredondo describes the moment he and Renaud came under attack. He says they were shot in a car after they passed a checkpoint while going to film civilians fleeing the fighting.
“He’s been shot and left behind”: U.S. journalist Juan Arredondo describes the moment he and Brent Renaud came under attack by Russian forces at a checkpoint in Irpin, Ukraine, on Sunday. Renaud was shot and killed. https://t.co/BmzIVT54TR pic.twitter.com/NvtYZ1lgM4
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 13, 2022
Just left roadside spot near Irpin where body of American journalist Brent Renaud lay under a blanket. Ukranian medics could do nothing to help him by that stage. Outraged Ukranian police officer: “Tell America, tell the world, what they did to a journalist.”
— Jane Ferguson (@JaneFerguson5) March 13, 2022
The head of Kyiv’s regional police force posted Renaud’s press ID on social media
Brent Renaud is a Peabody and DuPont Award winning filmmaker and has spent the past two decades producing films and television programs with his brother Craig.
The Renaud Brothers are best known for telling humanistic stories from the World’s hot spots and their projects have covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the earthquake in Haiti, political turmoil in Egypt and Libya, the fight for Mosul, extremism in Africa, cartel violence in Mexico, and the youth refugee crisis in Central America.
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