In Memoriam: James Crawley

James Crawley, a longtime military reporter who embedded during the invasion of Iraq and served as president of Military Reporters and Editors, died Tuesday night, according to Sig Christenson, a MRE board member.

Crawley, 51, had been battling brain cancer since late 2007, and had been unemployed for several months after being laid off from Media General’s Washington bureau as part of a reorganization.