James Foley

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Foley
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Oct 18, 1973(1973-10-18)
Age	51
Date Of Death	Aug 19, 2014 (40 age)
Birthplace	Evanston
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Libra

James Foley Biography

James Foley is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on October 18, 1973 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered by the Islamic paramilitary group ISIS in August 2014. He was previously a writer for the Middle Eastern newspapers Stars and Stripes and GlobalPost.

He and Time magazine’s Steven Sotloff were both killed by ISIS.

Foley was born in Evanston, Illinois, the oldest of five children born to Diane and John Foley of Rochester, New Hampshire. He grew up in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he attended Kingswood Regional High School. He was raised as a Catholic. In 1996, he graduated from Marquette University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Spanish, followed by a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2002, and a Master of Arts from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 2008.

Before he became a journalist, Foley was an instructor for Teach For America. In 2008, he became an embedded journalist with USAID-funded development projects in Iraq, and in 2011 he wrote for the military newspaper Stars and Stripes in Afghanistan, and GlobalPost in Libya. There, he was captured by Gaddafi loyalist forces and held for 44 days. The next year, James Foley was captured in Syria while he was working for Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost.

He was the first of five children born to Diane and John Foley.

James Foley Net Worth

James Foley is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Foley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from Marquette before graduating from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

His alma mater, Marquette University, established The James Foley Scholarship in the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication in his honor.

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. He was beheaded in August 2014 purportedly as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).

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Who is James Foley Dating?

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Foley continued working as a freelancer for GlobalPost and other media outlets like Agence France-Presse during the Syrian Civil War. He was kidnapped by an organized gang after departing from an internet café along with his translator and British journalist John Cantlie, in northwestern Syria on their way to the Turkish border on November 22, 2012. Their taxi driver and Foley’s translator were not taken. They were reportedly working on a film depicting Cantlie’s abduction and dramatic rescue by four members of the Free Syrian Army in July 2012.

Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Foley celebrates birthday on October 18 of every year.

On August 22, 2014, Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sculpture depicting the face of Foley, made of four tons of sand on the beach of Puri city in the eastern province of Odisha. The sculpture, with a message reading “Don’t kill innocents!”, drew a sizeable crowd on the beach.

Where is James Foley from?

18, 1973James Wright Foley was born in Evanston, Illinois. He was the first-born son of Diane and John Foley, of Rochester, New Hampshire.

What is the Foley foundation?

The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation invites you to share in Jim’s legacy and our mission: To advocate for the freedom of all Americans held hostage abroad and promote the safety of journalists worldwide.

Where was Foley killed?

Ar Raqqah, Syria

How was Foley killed?

While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in northwestern Syria. He was beheaded in August 2014 purportedly as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq , thus becoming the first American citizen killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).