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Hacking Inquiry Widens to Times of London
Thursday, 02 February 2012

The hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers took a new turn on Thursday when a lawmaker said police investigations had spread to the flagship Times of London. The revelation came a day after lawyers said an e-mail referring to "a nightmare scenario" of...

Reporter Dies in Pakistan
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Mukarram Khan Aatif was shot repeatedly in northwest Pakistan as he prayed at a

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing of a reporter for the Voice of America, a radio service financed by the United States government, and warned that others would be targets in the future.

Rohde Named IPI World Press Freedom Hero
Saturday, 21 January 2012
David Rohde

The International Press Institute named two-time Pulitzer Prize winning American author and foreign affairs columnist David Rohde as its 63rd World Press Freedom Hero.

Kosovo Police Allegedly Beat Reporter
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Protesters from the Kosovo opposition party "Vetevendosja" (Self-determination)

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation, a subsidiary of the International Press Institute, today condemned alleged police violence against Kosovo freelance photojournalist Vedat Xhymshiti.

Ekho Moskvy Editor Confronts Putin
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Alexei Venediktov

Tense dialogue between Russian state power and the opposition has escalated after a meeting between members of the opposition and the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul. It culminated in a confrontation between Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and one of his chief critics, Ekho Moskvy’s...

IHT Appoints New ME
Friday, 20 January 2012

A replacement has been named for Thomas Redburn, just one day after the International Herald Tribune announced that its managing editor would be returning to The New York Times, which owns the paper. Dave Smith will be the new IHT managing...

People Remembered: Richard Threlkeld
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Richard Threlkeld in 1982.

Richard Threlkeld, a former CBS and ABC correspondent who covered the fall of Saigon and helped establish the CBS "Sunday Morning" show with weekly stories that showcased his prodigious energy and incisive writing, died Friday in a car crash on Long Island, N.Y. He was 74.

Reporting Guatemala's Drug Trafficking
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Sampsonia Way

Drug trafficking, and the violence it engenders, is Guatemala’s latest threat to freedom of speech. In her exclusive letter for Sampsonia Way, elPeriódico's Claudia Méndez Arriaza uses her inside-the-newsroom perspective to compare the risk of being a journalist today...

Mong Named NBC London Bureau Manager
Friday, 13 January 2012

NBC News has named Adrienne Mong London bureau Manager. In her new role Mong will oversee day-to-day operations and news coverage at NBC’s London bureau, and will also manage NBC’s partnership with U.K. TV network ITN.

French Journalist Gilles Jacquier Killed
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Gilles Jacquier

French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier has been killed in the Syrian city of Homs, the first Western journalist to die in the country's current unrest.