Paul Wood is a BBC foreign correspondent, most recently based in Beirut. He has covered the Syrian uprising, making a number of trips across the border from Lebanon and Turkey, often covert. He has reported first-hand on the growth of the insurgency, the siege in Homs, and the emergence of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Syria. Over the course of his career he has received numerous awards and was named Journalist of the Year by the UK Foreign Press Association. While at the Shorenstein Center, he explored the moral dilemmas facing journalists and policymakers in Syria, especially in relation to the Islamic State.
The Pen and the Sword: Reporting ISIS
July 5, 2016
A new paper by Paul Wood, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2015) and BBC world affairs correspondent, tells the harrowing story of a kidnapping by ISIS, and examines the ethical dilemmas that arise when reporting on terrorist organizations. Between November 2012 and the summer of 2014, some 24 Western journalists and aid workers were kidnapped and held
