Today is the first anniversary of Steven's murder.
National Review Online has three articles on Vincent. The first is an interview with Lisa, the second is an update on Nour on his translator, who was severely wounded in the attack on Steven, and the third is a memorial by NRO editor Kathryn Jean Lopez.
There is also three-part online tribute by his fellow bloggers (part 1, part 2, part 3).
The International Federation of Journalists has published a report, "Targeting and Tragedy", on journalists killed in 2005. Steven Vincent's case is discussed on p.34, in Part Two of the report. A word of caution: the passage includes a photo of Steven's body.
According to Aidan White, general secretary of the IFJ, “In more than 90 per cent of all cases there are few serious investigations by the authorities and only a handful of the killers are ever brought to trial. A combination of police corruption, judicial incompetence and political indifference has created a culture of neglect and indifference which makes every day hunting season for attacks on media staff.”
Tomorrow, December 31, would have been Steven's 50th birthday.
At Lisa's request, I have reopened the blog to comments.
On behalf of Spence Publishing (and I think I speak for Lisa as well), let me thank everyone who has expressed their condolences in comments on this blog.
Unfortunately, a considerable number of the comments ranged from tactless to vile. Because these negative comments (and comments that responded to them) were so numerous, I have made the decision to delete all comments from the site and to close the site to further comments. I deeply regret this. We will maintain the blog for the foreseeable future, however.
Mitchell Muncy
As most of the world knows, Steven is dead in Iraq, murdered, it seems likely, by those he criticized in his New York Times piece last Sunday. It was a privilege to work with Steven, a brave journalist and a man of integrity, and I can do no better than Kathryn Jean Lopez on National Review Online in paying tribute to him.