Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora

Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora (June 21, 1967 – May 24, 2000) was a Spanish cameraman and war correspondent, working for Associated Press.

After a successful career as a corporate lawyer in Barcelona, Spain, Moreno became a freelance war correspondent first in Sarajevo and later, an award winning cameraman for AP Television.

Leaving behind his career as a corporate lawyer in Spain, Moreno became a freelance war correspondent in Sarajevo and later in Kosovo, where he was one of the few Western cameraman to stay in Pristina during the NATO air campaign.

Next, Moreno went to Grozny (Chechnya). His pictures from Chechnya were a rare means for the world to see Grozny's fate. He also covered Congo, Liberia, Rwanda, Sudan and Sierra Leone. However, as he wrote himself, he experienced the most dangerous moments of his life in Chechnya.

Miguel was awarded as cameraman of the year by the Royal Television Society in 2000, recognizing its outstanding job in conflict areas.

Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora and Reuters Correspondent Kurt Schork were shot to death in during the ambush of a Sierra Leone Army (SLA) convoy by the Revolutionary United Front on May 24, 2000. During the attack, four SLA soldiers were killed, as were two other journalists, South African cameraman Mark Chisholm and Greek photographer Yannis Behrakis, were injured.^[1]

Moreno was "a big man — big of heart," in the words of AP photographer Santiago Lyon.

• Miguel Gil Moreno Foundation
• Miguel Gil Moreno Memorial