The Information Corp. constructing on sixth Avenue, house to Fox Information, the New York Submit and the Wall Road Journal, on March 20, 2019 in New York Metropolis, New York.
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Fox Information reporter Benjamin Corridor was injured whereas protecting the battle in Ukraine, the community introduced Monday.
Fox Information Media CEO Suzanne Scott stated in a press release that Corridor, a correspondent for the community who’s been protecting the Russian invasion and a father of three daughters, was wounded whereas reporting outdoors the capital Kyiv.
“Now we have a minimal stage of particulars proper now, however Ben is hospitalized and our groups on the bottom are working to collect further data because the scenario shortly unfolds,” Scott stated. She didn’t present extra details about the severity of Corridor’s accidents.
Shaun Tandon, president of the State Division Correspondents’ Affiliation, stated the group was “horrified” to study that Corridor had been injured within the discipline.
“We all know Ben for his heat, good humor and utmost professionalism,” Tandon stated. “We want Ben a fast restoration and name for utmost efforts to guard journalists who’re offering a useful service by way of their protection in Ukraine.”
State Division spokesperson Ned Value additionally reacted to the information about Corridor.
“I am heartbroken by studies that my colleague, a State Division correspondent, was injured in Ukraine in the present day,” Value stated in a tweet. “Our ideas are with him, his household, and all of his colleagues, and we want him a full restoration. We stand prepared to help in any manner we will.”
Throughout a press convention, White Home Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated, “our ideas, the president’s ideas, our administration’s ideas are with him, his household and all of you at Fox Information.”
The information got here someday after a U.S. journalist, documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud, was killed in combating in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv. One other journalist, Juan Arredondo, was additionally wounded within the incident.
