UW-Madison Alumni Shadid and Addario Safe After Six Days of Captivity in Libya
International Studies Major alumna and New York Times photojournalist, Lynsey Addario (’95), spoke to the NY Times and NPR about her six days of Libyan captivity with fellow UW-Madison alum Anthony Shadid (’90), Tyler Hicks, and Stephen Farrell. Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning writer, earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science at UW-Madison.
Ras Lanuf, March 11: Lynsey Addario and Tyler Hicks of The New York Times (center left and right) stand on the side of a road in Libya with Yuri Kosyrev of Time Magazine and freelancer Nicki Sobecki. Four days later, Addario and Hicks were taken captive along with Times journalists Anthony Shadid and Stephen Farrell.
Learn about Lynsey Addario, who was recently named one of Wisconsin Alumni Association’s 2011 Forward under 40 honorees.