The same day that the kidnappers freed American freelancer Jill Carroll, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) named her the recipient of its prestigious Courage in Journalism Award.
Shortly after the news broke of Carroll’s release, the IWMF announced that she would receive the Courage in Journalism Award. The award honors women who show an exceptional commitment to journalistic integrity despite imminent danger. The foundation gives the award to three journalists each year, and Carroll is the first recipient of 2006. It includes a cash prize of US$5,000. The foundation will honor the recipients at two awards dinners: one in New York on October 24 and the second in Los Angeles on November 2. The honorees typically spend the time between the dinners traveling across the country, participating in receptions and panel discussions
Source: [Ijnet]
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Such a nice gesture and so well deserved. In other development, the Monitor has put up a video of Jill addressing the staff at CSM headquarters in Boston. The video is very touching. I was thrilled to see that Jill is still her old self — a very animated and speedy talker. We love you Jill and can’t wait to see you. |
I heard this online, from a fellow blogger:
“Like that rich little high school kid from Florida who went to Baghdad to report on the scene, like those two evangelists from Texas who were captured and held in Kabul a few years ago, in my opinion, Jill Carroll made her own mess… She was not a journalist on assignment. She was a “freelancer,” which means she had no reason to be there. She was hoping to peddle her scribblings when she got back, or so she claims. If she was not employed as a reporter, then she was there merely as a thrill-seeker, or as some suggest, perhaps she fancied herself a spy. In any case, she …presented an impediment to the military effort (another ridiculous caprice which I adamantly oppose). Nonetheless, we are there, and every idiot who goes meddling in this puts our boys at further unnecessary risk.”
Let’s not forget about the 6 month/year paid vacation that the major leaguers get as well…
Don’t know about doctors and nurses, but try this. Average salary for a major league ballplayer: $3 million per year. Average salary for a teacher in my county: $35,000 per year. Yep, we sure got OUR priorities straight!
O.K., I’ll be quiet now.
WM and Hareega, thank you so much for saying that. It’s greatly appreciated!
Yep nurses and schools teachers have the most 2 respcted jobs in the US. Doctors…. naaaaaaah
DM, I was going to shut up now, but I just wanted to congratulate you on becoming an RN next month. I “get it.” I was studying to be a lawyer at one time and now find myself laboring at a junior college in the economically-challenged borderlands of the Southwest. And loving every minute of it!
I have a relative who is a nurse, and she finds it very rewarding. I literally thank God there are people like you who want to do this. It is a noble calling.
WM, I agree. Everyone has different dreams and aspirations in life. Jill’s was to be a foreign correspondent, so she went to Iraq to follow and achieve that dream. Thank God for her and people like her, because otherwise we’d have no clue about what’s going on over there. Speaking for myself, she’s opened my eyes to the truth. Would I ever go over there? Absolutely not, but I’m not going to judge her motivations or question her (or any other reporter for that matter) about why she chose to go to Iraq. I’m going to be an RN next month, and many people think I’m crazy for wanting to do that. Perhaps Jill would be one of them, I don’t know. But that is my dream and I’m following it, so I’m not going to pounce on Jill for following hers. Actually, I admire her for it and commend her on her bravery.
Foreign correspondents often go in harms way to tell stories that need to be told. That’s what they do. Someone needs to tell the story of Iraq. If not Jill, then someone else. I’m not ready to question her motivations, judgement, or common sense from the safety of my computer in my warm, comfortable home.
This is the last thing I will say about all this.
I do not have doubt that she is a decent woman. However I wonder about her judgment to be in Iraq at a time like this. I am so glad that she is back and safe but she needs to be careful and use common sense. Peace
Indeed Aida, you truly do. Speaking as someone who did know Jill, I can tell you that the information you’ve put into these forums is the worst kind of unsupported BS I’ve yet read. You don’t have a clue about what you are saying. Check yourself and, better, keep it to yourself.