KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nearly 1,000 people attended a ceremony Sunday honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action while serving as a volunteer combat medic a few days before her 26th birthday. Tsybukh was killed while on rotation in the Kharkiv area, where Russia started its offensive nearly a […]
A CNN Turkey journalist says a supporter of political movement founder Fethullah Gülen attacked him near the self-exiled figure’s home in Pennsylvania in an encounter that apparently unfolded live on air. In a video posted Saturday, Yunus Paksoy appeared to be filming a live broadcast outside Gülen’s home, reportedly near the area of Saylorsburg, when […]
A BBC Wales journalist liked a tweet describing reports of rape perpetrated on Oct 7 as “nonsense”, it has emerged. Shazia Ali liked a post – published on Oct 8 – that said: “Nobody raped anyone. Stop this nonsense.” The news reporter also “liked” a series of other tweets that appeared to justify Hamas’ atrocities […]
Donald Trump has posted on social media that he will use his relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison. Mr Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that this would happen soon after the November election in the United States, when […]
Jon Delano, the political editor of Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV, pushed back at Donald Trump when the former president falsely claimed in a video interview Tuesday that widespread voter fraud cost him the 2020 election. Trump in 2020 lost Pennsylvania to President Joe Biden by more than 80,000 votes. But that didn’t stop the presumptive 2024 GOP […]
BANGKOK (AP) — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists. Zhang Zhan, who had been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of “picking […]
May 13—A longtime McAlester News-Capital journalist and editor who died unexpectedly is being remembered as “an old-fashioned reporter.” According to the family, MNC Managing Editor James Beaty died May 12 following a medical emergency. Beaty reported for the MNC for more than 38 years and recently celebrated his 72nd birthday on May 3. The award-winning […]
The opening of the trial of three men over the murder of journalist Lyra McKee has been delayed amid legal arguments. Ms McKee, 29, died after being struck by a bullet during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry on April 18th 2019. Peter Cavanagh, 35, of Mary Street, Derry; Jordan Gareth Devine, 23, of […]
The trial of three men charged with the murder of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee is due to start on Monday. Another seven men are set to appear at the Crown Court in Belfast over charges connected to disorder in Derry on the same date. Ms McKee, 29, died after being struck by a bullet during […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican journalists held a vigil and protest Saturday a day after one of their colleagues was slain in the southern state of Morelos. They demanded a transparent investigation into the case and vented anger over the dangers news workers face in Mexico, which is one of the world’s deadliest countries for […]
Makenzie Huber, reporter for South Dakota Searchlight, addresses the crowd April 26, 2024, at the South Dakota NewsMedia Association convention in Huron while accepting the 2023 Outstanding Young Journalist award from the association’s executive director, David Bordewyk. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota Searchlight won 11 awards in its division of the South Dakota NewsMedia […]
The journalists’ union USIGrai has called for a 24-hour strike at Italian public broadcaster Rai on May 6 and 7, mainly to protest against interference by the right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. They accused Meloni of wanting to turn the broadcaster into a “mouthpiece of the government.” The background to this is the […]