In Memoriam

Slain Young Journalists Saw RFE/RL As A Way To Make Afghanistan A Better Place

A video journalist who was upset over colleagues being killed, a producer with an eye for social stories, and a trainee who believed in the power of the media. RFE/RL was hit hard on a deadly day for journalists in Afghanistan.

Ruslan Gelischanow - A Radio Svoboda Pioneer

Karin Saarsen-Karlstedt, A Founder Of RFE/RL's Estonian Desk

Rakhat Mamyrbek, Radio Azattyq Almaty Bureau Editor

Keith Bush, Distinguished RFE/RL Research Director

RFE/RL fondly remembers Radio Liberty Research Director Keith Bush, 87, who passed away in September, 2017. This is a reprint of an obituary published by the Daily Telegraph on October 25, 2017.

Radio Svoboda Journalist Viktor Rezunkov

Ambassador David Newton -- The First Director Of Radio Free Iraq

David Newton - A Model Student Of Iraqi Affairs

Former RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine shared his memories of Ambassador David Newton, the first director of RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq, at a July 15, 2017 memorial service in Arlington, Virginia.

Helena Zabranska mourned by RFE/RL colleagues

Breffni O'Rourke, Globe-Trotting Journalist Known For Elegant Writing, Dry Wit, Dies At 72

Laurence Francis Breffni O’Rourke, a former senior editor and correspondent for RFE/RL who was known for his dry wit, gentle demeanor, and elegant writing, has died. He was 72.

They're Finished, My Prague Days

They’re finished, my Prague days. I've done what I came to do for the Americans.