David Gilkey
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| Born | January 5, 1966 Portland, Oregon |
| Died | June 5, 2016 (aged 50) Marjah district, Helmand Province, Afghanistan |
| Cause of death | Burns |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | Oregon State University (Journalism)) |
| Alma mater | Woodrow Wilson High School (Portland, Oregon) |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Years active | 1996-2016 |
| Employer | National Public Radio (2007-2016) & Detroit Free Press (1996 - 2007) |
| Known for | covering national and international news |
| Home town | Portland, Oregon |
| Awards | Free Press award in 2007 for his video series covering Marines deployed to Iraq, the George Polk Award in 2010 for the U.S. military's treatment of the wounded in 2010, Still Photographer of the Year in 2011 |
David P. Gilkey (January 5, 1966 – June 5, 2016) was an U.S. photojournalist for National Public Radio in the United States, for whom he covered disasters, epidemics and war.
It was originally reported that Gilkey and his native Afghani handler Zabihullah Tamanna were both killed during the War in Afghanistan (2015–present) by a rocket grenade while covering a skirmish between the Taliban and Afghan forces in the vicinity of Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. One year after their deaths, NPR clarified that a firefight with troops loyal to a Taliban leader named Mullah Ismail — not to be confused with another Mullah Ismail of the Taliban — had occurred while the reporters were on convoy and Tamanna was killed by gunfire and Gilkey by burns with smoke inhalation.
David Gilkey was born in Portland, Oregon, and he is the son of Alyda Gilkey and Richard (Dick) Gilkey. As a child, Gilkey wanted to be a truck driver but he took up photography because his father had a dark room and taught David how to use a camera at an early age. He graduated from the class of 1985 from Woodrow Wilson High School in his hometown. Gilkey pursued his interest in photography in the mid-1980s when he went to study photojournalism at Oregon State and was a photojournalist for The Daily Barometer, the OSU student newspaper, but he did not complete his studies. Gilkey, who resided in Portland, Oregon, was 50 years old when he was killed in a combat zone.
After an internship with Boulder Daily Camera, David Gilkey was hired by the Detroit Free Press in 1996 and worked there for the Knight Ridder media company for 11 years. In 2007, he joined National Public Radio as a staff photographer and video editor. For NPR, Gilkey continuously covered wars and conflicts in countries, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, and Gaza. Over the span of almost 20 years, Gilkey photographed events such as the ending of the apartheid regime in South Africa, the earthquake in Haiti, and the Ebola incident in Liberia.
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