Jun 07 CNN CEO Chris Licht ousted after tumultuous tenure By David Bauder, Associated Press Some at the network saw Licht's mandate for change as a repudiation of their past work, and a live town hall interview with former President Donald Trump last month drew widespread criticism. Continue reading
May 03 Dissident journalist sentenced to 8 years in prison in Belarus By Associated Press Activist Raman Pratasevich's dramatic arrest in May 2021 elicited outrage in the West, with some leaders saying the plane's diversion was tantamount to state-sponsored hijacking. Continue reading
May 03 Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account ‘to another company’ By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press NPR stopped tweeting from its main account after Twitter abruptly labeled NPR's main account as "state-affiliated media" last month, a term that's also been used to identify outlets controlled or heavily influenced by authoritarian governments. Continue reading
May 03 Targeting of journalists and truth is threatening freedom, UN chief warns By Edith Lederer, Associated Press The United Nations chief warned on the eve of World Press Freedom Day that the media is under attack in every corner of the world and urged all nations to stop the targeting of truth and those who report it. Continue reading
Feb 28 Bringing historical Black newspapers into the digital age, students discover their past By Kenichi Serino The stories told by Black newspapers about their own communities are less well known. The Black Press Archives seeks to change that. Continue reading
Feb 23 Florida gunman kills 3 in Orlando, including reporter covering shooting By David Fischer, Freida Frisaro, Associated Press Florida police say a gunman accused of killing a woman in the Orlando area returned to the neighborhood hours later and shot four more people, killing a journalist covering the original shooting and a 9-year-old child. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 7:10 Indian government’s crackdown on press freedom after BBC documentary critical of PM Modi By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Indian tax officials have conducted searches at the BBC offices in that country for the past two days. It comes weeks after India censored a BBC documentary that criticizes Prime Minister Modi. The actions against the British broadcaster put the… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 5:14 What’s behind a sharp increase in journalist killings around the world By Lisa Desjardins, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 2022 was one of the deadliest years on record for journalists around the globe, with a nearly 50 percent increase in killings from the previous years. Lisa Desjardins speaks to Jodie Ginsberg, president… Continue watching
Dec 30 Barbara Walters, trailblazing television journalist, dies at 93 By Frazier Moore, Associated Press Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who led the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a network career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died. She was 93. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 7:44 Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s ‘My People’ looks back on her trailblazing career in journalism By Judy Woodruff Charlayne Hunter-Gault's trailblazing career in journalism has spanned more than 50 years. But before that, she made news herself when she became one of the first Black students to desegregate the University of Georgia in 1961. Hunter-Gault joined Judy Woodruff… Continue watching