Paul Moran (photojournalist)

Paul William Moran
Born
Paul William Moran

30 May 1963
Adelaide, Australia
Died22 March 2003(2003-03-22) (aged 39)
Gerdigo, Iraq
Cause of deathSuicide car bombing
Resting placeNorth Brighton Cemetery, Adelaide, Australia
35°00′08″S 138°31′10″E / 35.002353°S 138.519539°E / -35.002353; 138.519539
CitizenshipAustralian
Alma materSacred Heart College (Adelaide)
OccupationPhotojournalist
EmployerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
SpouseIvana Rapajic
ChildrenTara Moran
Parent(s)Gerry and Kath Moran
RelativesThree brothers

Paul William Moran (30 May 1963 – 22 March 2003) was an Australian freelance photojournalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and an experienced international journalist. Moran was killed by a suicide car bomb at a checkpoint just outside Khurmal, in northeast Iraq near the border with Iran during the Iraq War. He was the first international media casualty of the Iraq war. According to the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Moran was one of three Australian cases where journalist(s) have been killed with impunity.