Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter and Vietnam author, dies
The reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the war died Thursday.
Russian space official, ex-journalist, charged with treason
An ex-journalist who worked as an adviser to the director of Russia's state space corporation has been arrested and jailed on charges of passing military secrets to an unspecified Western nation.
Les Crystal, a guiding force behind NewsHour, dies at 85
Over his long career, he stood out to his colleagues as a font of singular kindness, fortitude and grace in the hectic business of daily news.
White House forces reporters to ditch social distancing
The White House abandoned social distancing for reporters attending President Donald Trump's Rose Garden event Friday. The reason? It looks better, according to the presidential aide who ordered the journalists' seats to be placed closer together.
In our news wrap Tuesday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and rival Abdullah Abdullah traded blame for a possible $1 billion reduction of U.S. aid. Sec. of State Mike Pompeo made the threat after meeting with them in Kabul. Also, The…
The number of journalists killed in retaliation for their work nearly doubled this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
A free press is central to our democracy and journalists are not the enemy of the state. That was the message shared by more than 300 newspaper editorial boards in an extraordinary step Thursday, sparked by a call-out from the…
For the second year in a row, the number of journalists who are imprisoned has reached a historic high, according to a report issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists. At a total of 260 people, CPJ’s Editorial Director Elana…
As a college student, Jeffrey Gettleman traveled to East Africa and fell in love. He also fell in love that year with a woman back home. Their time and work apart, and his life and work covering a continent as…
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