Harry Burton (journalist)

Harry Burton
Photo taken at Mount Martha, Victoria
Born	(1968-01-23)23 January 1968 Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Died	19 November 2001(2001-11-19) (aged 33) Afghanistan
Occupation	Journalist

Harry Burton (23 January 1968 – 19 November 2001) was an Australian journalist and cameraman who was kidnapped by the Taliban on the highway to Kabul, Afghanistan and then murdered. Three other journalists suffered the same fate.

Burton, 33 years old when he was killed, was a latecomer to journalism and quit his job three years earlier in Melbourne to get involved in the profession. A scholarship fund was set up in his name by the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club to support training for reporters from remote parts of Indonesia, particularly camera operators.