United States - Reporters Without Borders launches #FreeAustinTice campaign, a first in US media history

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching today a pro bono campaign of unprecedented magnitude with the support of leading American media groups to raise awareness about the American journalist Austin Tice missing in Syria since 2012. The American journalist Austin Tice disappeared in Syria in August 2012. His work was published by the McClatchy Newspapers, the Washington Post, Associated Press, AFP, as well as CBS, NPR, and BBC. His reporting earned the 2012 George Polk Award for War (...)

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