James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – c. August 19, 2014) was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in northwestern Syria.

Within three weeks of Jim’s death, the Foley family established the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, known widely as the “Foley Foundation.” The foundation advocates for American hostages and wrongful detainees held abroad, and promotes journalist safety.

Directed by Foley's childhood friend Brian Oakes, the film chronicles the life of American photojournalist James "Jim" Foley. On Thanksgiving Day 2012, Foley was kidnapped in Syria while reporting on the Syrian Civil War and went missing for two years.

2018年12月21日 · “Jim” was her son, the freelance photojournalist James W. Foley. He was kidnapped in 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war, held hostage for 21 months and brutally murdered in 2014...

2025年2月27日 · The Foley Foundation was established in 2014 to honor the legacy of James Foley, a freelance journalist who was captured, tortured, and ultimately killed by ISIS in Syria in 2014. The mission of the foundation is to advocate for American hostages and wrongful detainees held abroad and promote journalist safety.

2014年8月20日 · A video showing the beheading, by a black-garbed executioner, of the American journalist James Foley is the latest in a series of sickening acts that the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham, or...

2024年3月7日 · Diane Foley, the mother of slain journalist James Foley who was beheaded by ISIS in Syria in 2014, talks about her new book "American Mother."

2024年3月8日 · Nearly a decade after journalist James Foley was murdered by Islamic State group militants, his mother, Diane Foley, tells their story in a new book. James, who grew up in Wolfeboro, was...

2024年8月19日 · Today is the tenth anniversary of the murder of the journalist, educator, and humanitarian James W. Foley.

Jim: The James Foley Story: Directed by Brian Oakes. With James Foley, Unai Aranzadi, Zac Baillie, Manu Brabo. An in-depth look at the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014.