Today I'm grieving over the murder of Kim Wall, investigative reporter from Sweden honored internationally for her work.
Here's her website--partially locked: https://kim-wall.com/about/
She has reported from Haiti, Cuba, Sri Lanka, and China.
Kim graduated with honors from Columbia University, where she studied masters degrees in Journalism & International Affairs. She holds a B.Sc in International Relations from London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE).
The BBC gives this praise:
"She reported them deeply - she never made a spectacle of the characters. Her reporting was rock-solid." Kim Wall -- March 23, 1987 - August 10-2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41022925
See also this report in The Independent including her mother's comments:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kim-wall-mother-swedish-journalist-killed-died-homemade-submarine-tribute-copenhagen-denmark-peter-a7907951.html
The International Women's Media Foundation has lost yet another of the reporters it has supported and honored. https://twitter.com/iwmf
I've attended many of the IWMF fundraising dinners in Los Angeles. More than once a reporter receiving awards on the stage one year is killed the next year.
Mexico and Russia are the worst offending nations for media deaths.
dt chooses to overlook the number of "media" people who give their lives for the truth. #notfakemedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearence_of_Kim_Wall
An earlier photo (from Facebook) of Kim.
May she rest in peace, and may the fight for truth and justice continue.
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