Lindsey Snell Explained

Lindsey Snell
Birth Place:Daytona Beach, Florida
Nationality:American
Occupation:journalist, filmmaker

Lindsey Snell is an American journalist covering conflicts and crises in the Middle East and North Africa.[1] [2]

Background

Snell's reporting about Syria and Iraq has been featured on MSNBC.

In 2011, Snell produced the feature-length documentary, , which premiered at the 2011 SXSW festival.[3] [4]

Snell was an associate producer on the feature-length documentaries Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded, Limelight which premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.[5]

She served as a researcher on short films documentaries 30 for 30 aired by ESPN such as The U (2009), Broke (2012) and Collision Course: The Murder of Don Aronow (2013).[6]

Kidnapping in Syria and imprisoned in Turkey

In July 2016, while working, Snell was kidnapped by Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda's former affiliate in Aleppo, Syria. She escaped from the group after more than 2 weeks in captivity.[7] After crossing the border from Syria to Turkey, she was arrested by Turkish authorities on August 6, and imprisoned for 67 days at İskenderun and Hatay high security prisons, during which time Turkish media accused her of being a CIA agent and charged her with violating a military zone.[8] [9] Snell was released in October 2016.[10] [11] In 2018, while traveling to Baghdad, Iraq, Turkey attempted unsuccessfully to have Snell arrested via an Interpol diffusion notice.[12]

Awards

A piece Snell produced for Vocativ about a girls' school in besieged Aleppo, Syria won an Edward R. Murrow Award in the Hard News category in 2016. [13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2016-09-01. Who is US journalist Lindsey Snell detained in Turkey?. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-05-01.
  2. Web site: American journalist detained in Turkey for 'violating a military zone'. 2021-05-01. NBC News. September 2016 . en.
  3. Web site: Mármol. Sebastian del. 2011-01-17. Rakontur's Square Grouper to Premier at SXSW Film Festival. 2021-05-01. Miami New Times.
  4. Web site: Square Grouper. 2021-05-03. Magnolia Pictures International Independent Films Documentaries Drama Action. en-US.
  5. Web site: 'Limelight' Documentary Premieres at Tribeca Film Festival. 2021-05-01. DNAinfo New York.
  6. Web site: Iannelli. Jerry. 2016-09-01. Former Miami Filmmaker Trapped Inside Turkish Prison After Escaping Syria. 2021-05-01. Miami New Times.
  7. Web site: Snell. Lindsey. Imprisoned by al Qaeda, Saved by a Kitten. 2021-05-01. Foreign Policy. 15 December 2016 . en-US.
  8. Web site: U.S. journalist arrested, held in Turkish prison. 2021-05-01. www.cbsnews.com. September 2016 . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2016-09-01. US journalist arrested in Turkey after fleeing Syria. 2021-05-01. Al Arabiya English. en.
  10. Web site: 2016-10-28. A journalist went to document the war in Syria, was captured twice – and lived. 2021-05-01. the Guardian. en.
  11. Web site: 2016-10-12. US journalist Lindsey Snell released from Turkish prison. 2021-05-01. Committee to Protect Journalists. en-US.
  12. News: Snell. Lindsey. 2018-11-15. Interpol Helps Dictators Hunt Down Dissidents—and Me. en. The Daily Beast. 2021-05-01.
  13. Web site: 2016 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180801062035/https://www.rtdna.org/content/2016_national_edward_r_murrow_award_winners . 2018-08-01 . 2021-05-01 . www.rtdna.org . en.

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