Mediagazer: A look at self-trained local freelancer and photojournalist Abdel-Kader Fassouk, after his death in Libya last week (Alan Huffman/Columbia Journalism Review)

2:30 PM ET, July 27, 2016

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Alan Huffman / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at self-trained local freelancer and photojournalist Abdel-Kader Fassouk, after his death in Libya last week — Abdel-Kader Fassouk (center) with anti-ISIS fighters in Sirte, Libya, moments before he was killed. (Photo by Andre Liohn) — The killing of a young Libyan photojournalist …

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