Christy Wilcox is an independent television journalist based between the U.S. and Southern Turkey. Follow her on Twitter @christywilcoxTV. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/christy-wilcox/rss en Civil Society Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Christy Wilcox https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/05/05/my-friend-austin-tice https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/05/05/my-friend-austin-tice There is no way to sum up my friend Austin. When I try, I think of passion, tenacity, humor and, oddly enough, Taylor Swift. Austin is a hard-driving conflict correspondent, a former Marine, a student at Georgetown law school. But Taylor’s country pop is his favorite.