Serena Shim

Serena Shim (, Serena Ali Suhaim; While covering the Siege of Kobanê as a war correspondent, she died in a car crash in Suruç, Turkey.

Early life Shim was born on October 10, 1985, in Michigan and was raised in Dearborn and Livonia. Shim's parents were Lebanese immigrants. She graduated from Clarenceville High School in Livonia. She attended the American University of Technology (AUT) in Lebanon. Shim reported she had been threatened by Turkish authorities, At the time of Shim's death, her son was four years old and her daughter was two years old. In 2016, Irish said she did not collide with a truck head-on.

One day after Shim's death, Press TV reported that "the identity and whereabouts of the truck driver remain unknown." On October 24, Hürriyet Daily News obtained an official report which said the truck driver, identified as Şükrü Salan, was not responsible for the crash.

Anadolu Agency reported that after an autopsy at Şanlıurfa Forensic Medicine Institution, Shim's body was sent to Beirut on October 22, 2014. Hundreds of people attended her funeral Press TV provided no evidence to support their suspicions.

The Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees named an award after Shim. According to a website set up by the group, "the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism honors non-mainstream journalists who continue to tell challenging truths in difficult times." Kim Iversen, Rania Khalek, Vanessa Beeley, MintPress News, Jackson Hinkle, and Venezuelanalysis.