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James Foley Remembered Through His Journalism, Not His Beheading Or His Orange Jumpsuit

This Is The Way We Should Remember James Foley..
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Journalist James Foley, of Rochester, N.H., responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston, Friday, May 27, 2011. Foley, who was working for the Boston-based GlobalPost while reporting on the conflict in Libya, was captured along with two others by Libyan government forces on April 5, 2011. Foley, American freelance journalist Clare Morgana Gillis, of New Haven, Conn., and Spanish photographer Manu Brabo were released by Libyan authorities last week. (AP Photo/Ste
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James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by ISIS militants, was an exceptionally brave reporter who went into a conflict zone that has less than a handful of Western journalists still operating.

Since the video of his beheading appeared online, two years after his capture in Syria, social media users have been urging others not to share the video, and to INSTEAD share examples of Foley's journalism for Global Post and AFP, using the hashtag #ISISMediaBlackout.

One of the most moving examples being shared is one of Foley's last dispatches from Aleppo, written for Global Post.

Here are two of the stories that saw Foley venture into the most hostile environments on Earth, in order to tell the human cost of conflict.

Here are a collection of videos of Foley, talking about conflict zones, the situation in the Middle East and his previous capture in Libya, that people are being urged to share, instead of the one that shows the last moments of his life.

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A ribbon is tied to a tree outside the home of American freelance journalist James Foley, on Tuesday Aug. 19, 2014, in Rochester, N.H. A video by Islamic State militants that purports to show the killing of Foley by the militant group was released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rev. Paul Gousse from Our Lady of the Holy Rosary leaves after meeting with the family of American freelance journalist James Foley in Rochester, N.H., Tuesday Aug. 19, 2014. The White House said Tuesday it has not confirmed the authenticity of a video that purports to show the killing of Foley who went missing in Syria nearly two years ago. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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FILE - In this May 27, 2011 file photo American Journalist James Foley, of Rochester, N.H., poses for a photo in Boston. The parents of Foley, kidnapped in Syria more than four months ago, said Thursday April 4, 2013 that his latest disappearance is more upsetting than an earlier one in Libya because they donât know who is holding him. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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FILE - In this Friday, May 27, 2011, file photo, journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston. A video by Islamic State militants that purports to show the killing of Foley by the militant group was released Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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John and Diane Foley talk about the release of their son, journalist James Foley, during a press conference Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at their home in Rochester, N.H. James Foley, a correspondent for the Boston-based news organization Global Post, was one of four western journalists freed Wednesday by Libyan authorities in Tripoli. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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John and Diane Foley, parents of journalist James Foley, are photographed at their home in Rochester, N.H., Wednesday, May 18, 2011 before holding a press conference about the release of their son. James Foley, a correspondent for the Boston-based news organization Global Post, was one of four western journalists freed Wednesday by Libyan authorities in Tripoli. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Free James Foley http://www.freejamesfoley.org/https://www.facebook.com/FindJamesFoley (credit:Nicole Tung, Manu Brabo and Jonathan Pedneault.)
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