the Russian journalist is called the most courageous woman on television
Marina Ovsyannikova's outstanding act of defiance, which saw her burst onto the Channel One set during the Vremya news program...
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Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist named bravest woman on television
In an exceptional act of defiance, TV editor Marina Ovsyannikova burst onto the Channel One set during the Vremya news...
Dance and despair for India in memory of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh
Today in Kashmir, a bitterly divided state, the divisions have spilled over to journalists. They suffer arbitrary arrests anyway, as...
Raid on journalist’s house adds to Hong Kong media’s ‘nightmare’
LONDON - A live stream posted early Wednesday morning alerted the world to another raid on a pro-democracy outlet in...
Ethiopia arrests Associated Press freelance journalist | Press Freedom News
Police in conflict-affected Ethiopia have arrested a freelance video journalist working for the Associated Press (AP), the US News Agency...
A new monument honoring journalist Nellie Bly is now on Roosevelt Island
Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in 1864, was an American investigative journalist widely known for faking insanity in order...
Myanmar Journalist Reportedly Died in Military Custody | Military News
A Myanmar freelance photojournalist has died in military custody after being arrested while covering protests last week, according to his...
PA-accredited freelance journalist detained in Ethiopia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An independent video journalist accredited to the Associated Press in Ethiopia has been arrested by police...
Georgia authorities fail to produce autopsy 5 months after journalist’s death
Georgian authorities have not produced the results of an autopsy into the death of TV Pirveli cameraman Aleksandre (Lekso) Lashkarava,...
Journalist Maria Ressa ’86 receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Maria Ressa '86 receives a congratulatory call in Oslo, Norway from her classmate Doug Platt '86, an entrepreneur in Florence,...
Filipino Journalist Who Helped Investigate Duterte’s War on Drugs Shot Dead | Press Freedom News
A journalist who helped the Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters news agency investigate President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has been shot...
American journalist detained in Lebanon released after appeal by rights groups | Media News
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International said journalist Nada Homsi was arbitrarily detained.Lebanese authorities released a freelance American journalist who was...
In memoriam: Petr Uhl, co-founder of Charter 77, human rights activist, journalist and politician
Petr Uhl was born in Prague in October 1941, two years after the start of World War II and four...
China denounces UN’s ‘irresponsible’ comments on imprisoned journalist | News on the coronavirus pandemic
The UN and rights groups have urged Beijing to release Zhang Zhan, who has been jailed for her coverage of...
’10 most urgent cases’ of journalist killings await justice as UN observes International Day to End Impunity
In conjunction with the UN-recognized International Day to End Impunity on November 2, media organizations around the world including the...
Mexican journalist dies two days after being shot | Media News
Alfredo Cardoso was shot five times on Friday after being abducted from his home in the violent southwestern state of...
Moroccan journalist Omar Radi tops One Free Press Coalition’s October ’10 Most Urgent Cases’, focusing on surveillance of journalists
One Free Press Coalition Releases October 2021 "10 Most Urgent" List A Free Press Coalition NEW YORK – October 1,...