Paul Douglas Was The First Black Journalist Killed In Iraq

Veteran cameraman Paul Douglas was the first black journalist to die in Iraq, BET.com notes (via MSNBC.com).

“CBS correspondent Byron Pitts paid tribute to Douglas, whom he described as a ‘great travel companion,’ who always had a smile on his face. ‘He knew the world very well. It’s a real loss for our profession,’ Pitts said.” Dan Rather says Douglas was a “tall, strapping Brit of African heritage, a great bear of a man with a smile as wide as the Thames.”