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0000017a-15d9-d736-a57f-17ff8ca00001NHPR began broadcasting in 1981, and in the intervening years has documented the the stories of New Hampshire. From policy makers in Concord, to residents around the state affected by those policies; from notable Granite Staters, to our ordinary neighbors with a good story, NHPR has produced compelling radio for New Hampshire, by New Hampshire. These stories are the components of the NHPR archives, and on this blog we'll dust off some old stories that are newly relevant, and even find some that were never broadcast. We hope to demonstrate how we've changed as a state by charting our narrative on a longer scale.

In 2011, Slain N.H. Journalist Talked About His Capture In Libya

Nicole Tung, courtesy FreeJamesFoley.org.

 

Three years ago, NHPR's Jon Greenberg sat down with New Hampshire journalist James Foley.

Foley's family in Rochester and New Hampshire officials have confirmed he was killed by ISIS militants.

He was kidnapped two years ago, but this wasn't the first time he went missing.

The Libyan government held reporter Foley and two of his colleagues for six weeks.  The three were released in 2011.

Foley was a correspondent with Global Post, an online news service. 

When he was kidnapped the first time, he was covering the conflict in Libya soon after NATO airstrikes began. 

Foley was outside Brega, a hotly contested city on the Mediterranean Sea. 

Listen to the full interview with James Foley.

 

fta082114ap1.mp3
Recorded on 5/27/1011.

 

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