Roddy Scott

Roddy Scott
Born23 February 1971[1]
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England[1]
Died26 September 2002(2002-09-26) (aged 31)
Galashki, Ingushetia, Russia
OccupationPhotojournalism
RelativesHis great-great-great-uncle was C. P. Scott, editor and proprietor of The Manchester Guardian, while his grandfather Claude Scott wrote a farming column for The Daily Telegraph for 25 years.[1]

Roddy Scott (23 February 1971 – 26 September 2002) was an English freelance photojournalist who documented neglected conflicts in such places as Sierra Leone, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and Ethiopia.[2] He derived the bulk of his income from updating The World's Most Dangerous Places and traveled widely in his freelance journalism career, usually without sponsors or payment.

He died in Russia while working for Britain's Frontline Television News.

  1. ^ a b c Pelin Turgut (4 October 2002). "Single-minded television journalist killed on a story". The Independent. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
  2. ^ ILYA GARGER (7 October 2002). "Milestones". Time Inc. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2009.