It was one year ago on Friday that The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on espionage charges that the U.S. government has called “fiction.”
On Thursday, Gershkovich’s detention was extended by another three months, according to the Journal, as he awaits trial.
The Journal said in a statement, “It’s a ruling that ensures Evan will sit in a Russian prison well past one year. It was also Evan’s 12th court appearance, baseless proceedings that falsely portray him as something other than what he is—a journalist who was doing his job. He should never have been detained. Journalism is not a crime, and we continue to demand his immediate release.”
Gershkovich was detained on March 29, 2023 by Russia’s security service. It was the first time that Russia has charged an overseas reporter with spying since the end of the Cold War. The...
On Thursday, Gershkovich’s detention was extended by another three months, according to the Journal, as he awaits trial.
The Journal said in a statement, “It’s a ruling that ensures Evan will sit in a Russian prison well past one year. It was also Evan’s 12th court appearance, baseless proceedings that falsely portray him as something other than what he is—a journalist who was doing his job. He should never have been detained. Journalism is not a crime, and we continue to demand his immediate release.”
Gershkovich was detained on March 29, 2023 by Russia’s security service. It was the first time that Russia has charged an overseas reporter with spying since the end of the Cold War. The...
- 3/28/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Benjamin Hall, the Fox News Channel correspondent who was injured while covering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the Fox Corp.-owned network, has managed to get out of the country, according to a memo from Suzanne Scott, Fox News Media’s CEO, issued Wednesday.
“Ben is alert and in good spirits. He is being treated with the best possible care in the world and we are in close contact with his wife and family,” Scott said in the note to staffers.
Fox News has deployed a handful of correspondents around the country, including Trey Yingst and Steve Harrigan.
Hall had been reporting in Horenka, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, with cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova when their vehicle came under fire. Hall had initially been hospitalized in Ukraine. Kuvshynova was working as a freelance consultant for Fox News in the country, helping find sources and gathering information.
“Ben is alert and in good spirits. He is being treated with the best possible care in the world and we are in close contact with his wife and family,” Scott said in the note to staffers.
Fox News has deployed a handful of correspondents around the country, including Trey Yingst and Steve Harrigan.
Hall had been reporting in Horenka, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, with cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova when their vehicle came under fire. Hall had initially been hospitalized in Ukraine. Kuvshynova was working as a freelance consultant for Fox News in the country, helping find sources and gathering information.
- 3/16/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
CBS News’ Holly Williams calls the experience of covering Russia’s invasion “surreal,” and even if that word gets a bit overused, she has good reason.
“This is Europe,” she told Deadline in an interview on Thursday. “For a lot of Americans, it’s very recognizable. It’s a similar lifestyle. It’s the same shops. It’s the same kind of quality of life. And now they’re being hit by airstrikes and missile strikes. It’s very distressing, actually, as someone who’s spent a lot of time here.”
Williams, a foreign correspondent for CBS News since 2012, reported from the front lines of the crisis in the prelude to the invasion, with a story on a village in eastern Ukraine that already was the scene of shelling on Monday night, as the country’s military have been fighting Russian backed separatists.
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“We’re afraid.
“This is Europe,” she told Deadline in an interview on Thursday. “For a lot of Americans, it’s very recognizable. It’s a similar lifestyle. It’s the same shops. It’s the same kind of quality of life. And now they’re being hit by airstrikes and missile strikes. It’s very distressing, actually, as someone who’s spent a lot of time here.”
Williams, a foreign correspondent for CBS News since 2012, reported from the front lines of the crisis in the prelude to the invasion, with a story on a village in eastern Ukraine that already was the scene of shelling on Monday night, as the country’s military have been fighting Russian backed separatists.
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“We’re afraid.
- 2/25/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
As Russian military forces continue to invade Ukraine, Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst says he is focused on the “pursuit of truth” even as some of the network’s top anchors minimize the situation.
“We have no direction in what we do other than pursuit of the truth and to bring the latest stories to our viewers to make people care about it,” Yingst told TheWrap. “My focus every day is, ‘How can I do that? How can I make people care about a story?’ And in the three-and-a-half years that I’ve been involved at Fox, they have given me the space to report.”
Yingst, who is among four Fox News correspondents in Ukraine, is joined in Kyiv by correspondent Steve Harrigan. The network also has two reporters in Lviv, Mike Tobin and Lucas Tomlinson.
“There’s a commitment to getting those stories,” Yingst said of the decision...
“We have no direction in what we do other than pursuit of the truth and to bring the latest stories to our viewers to make people care about it,” Yingst told TheWrap. “My focus every day is, ‘How can I do that? How can I make people care about a story?’ And in the three-and-a-half years that I’ve been involved at Fox, they have given me the space to report.”
Yingst, who is among four Fox News correspondents in Ukraine, is joined in Kyiv by correspondent Steve Harrigan. The network also has two reporters in Lviv, Mike Tobin and Lucas Tomlinson.
“There’s a commitment to getting those stories,” Yingst said of the decision...
- 2/24/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan, reporting from Kyiv as the Russian attacks on Ukraine unfolded early on Thursday, warned of a much more dire type of conflict “that could get very ugly here.”
“Missiles are hitting now and they’re hitting military buildings,” Harrigan said today in a phone interview with Deadline. “That’s powerful. A lot of people are scared, and they’re driving out. There’s a lot of traffic. But when [the Russians] come in, that’s when it could get really bad….They’re probably going to try and capture the President and to do that they’ve got to get in here. I’ve seen urban combat before, in Grozny in Chechnya. When armored vehicles come into cities, they often don’t do well at all. They get attacked from apartment buildings and windows and balconies.”
Harrigan, a veteran of past Russian and Middle East conflicts who...
“Missiles are hitting now and they’re hitting military buildings,” Harrigan said today in a phone interview with Deadline. “That’s powerful. A lot of people are scared, and they’re driving out. There’s a lot of traffic. But when [the Russians] come in, that’s when it could get really bad….They’re probably going to try and capture the President and to do that they’ve got to get in here. I’ve seen urban combat before, in Grozny in Chechnya. When armored vehicles come into cities, they often don’t do well at all. They get attacked from apartment buildings and windows and balconies.”
Harrigan, a veteran of past Russian and Middle East conflicts who...
- 2/24/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadcast and cable networks have news teams in place in Ukraine as attention focuses on the possibility of an invasion, perhaps as soon as this week.
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the situation at the White House on Tuesday.
While Russian President Vladimir Putin said that they were continuing to negotiate, and there were claims of a pullback for some troops, there also were reports of skepticism among NATO allies.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that the U.S. was “temporarily relocating” Embassy operations in Kyiv to Lviv “due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces.”
In addition to having teams in Washington focused on the escalating crisis, networks have correspondents on the ground in Ukraine, in some cases adding reporters. CNN’s Erin Burnett anchored her show, Erin Burnett OutFront, from Lviv on Monday.
ABC News has senior national correspondent...
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the situation at the White House on Tuesday.
While Russian President Vladimir Putin said that they were continuing to negotiate, and there were claims of a pullback for some troops, there also were reports of skepticism among NATO allies.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that the U.S. was “temporarily relocating” Embassy operations in Kyiv to Lviv “due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces.”
In addition to having teams in Washington focused on the escalating crisis, networks have correspondents on the ground in Ukraine, in some cases adding reporters. CNN’s Erin Burnett anchored her show, Erin Burnett OutFront, from Lviv on Monday.
ABC News has senior national correspondent...
- 2/15/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
After a week of memorials including lying in state at the nation’s Capitol, congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis will be laid to rest Thursday after a celebration of life at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church.
The private service begins at 11 a.m. Et/8 a.m Pt, with former U.S. presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton expected to attend, according to reports. All the U.S. broadcast and cable news networks are expected to break in to cover the celebration, which will be followed by a burial at Atlanta’s South-View Cemetery.
Lewis, a a leading figure of the civil rights movement and long-serving Georgia congressman who was one of the House of Representatives’ most enduring moral voices, died July 17 at age 80.
News networks have been following the Lewis memorials which included stops at the U.S. Capitol on Monday and Tuesday. His...
The private service begins at 11 a.m. Et/8 a.m Pt, with former U.S. presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton expected to attend, according to reports. All the U.S. broadcast and cable news networks are expected to break in to cover the celebration, which will be followed by a burial at Atlanta’s South-View Cemetery.
Lewis, a a leading figure of the civil rights movement and long-serving Georgia congressman who was one of the House of Representatives’ most enduring moral voices, died July 17 at age 80.
News networks have been following the Lewis memorials which included stops at the U.S. Capitol on Monday and Tuesday. His...
- 7/30/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadcast and cable networks will be covering Thursday’s memorial service for George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day has sparked days of mourning and protests throughout the country and the world against police violence and racism.
The first of several memorial services for Floyd will be held Thursday in Minneapolis at North Central University’s Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver a national eulogy, and Floyd family attorney Ben Crump will give a national criminal justice address during the service, which will begin at 2 p.m. Et/11 a.m. Pt.
Memorial services for Floyd also will be held at 3 p.m. Et Saturday at Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters in Raeford Nc and at 2 p.m. Et Monday and 1 p.m. Et Tuesday at Fountains of Praise in Houston.
You can watch a livestream of Thursday’s memorial here:
Meanwhile,...
The first of several memorial services for Floyd will be held Thursday in Minneapolis at North Central University’s Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver a national eulogy, and Floyd family attorney Ben Crump will give a national criminal justice address during the service, which will begin at 2 p.m. Et/11 a.m. Pt.
Memorial services for Floyd also will be held at 3 p.m. Et Saturday at Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters in Raeford Nc and at 2 p.m. Et Monday and 1 p.m. Et Tuesday at Fountains of Praise in Houston.
You can watch a livestream of Thursday’s memorial here:
Meanwhile,...
- 6/4/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Hurricane Florence has yet to swirl over North Carolina, but the nation’s TV-news operations are already setting up to meet her.
“It’s a large area, and we really want to be able to cover a big part of it,” says Wendy Fisher, vice president of newsgathering for ABC News, which has already dispatched multiple crews of anchors, reporters, camera operations and technicians to various points in the southeastern U.S. “Most hurricanes “hit the beach and then they peter out” she adds. “This one, there are warnings that it will linger. We kind of have to cover several different stories,” ranging from the storm itself to the consequences of its aftermath.
All the big news networks have plans to cover Hurricane Florence, which meteorologists predict will slam into the U.S. east coast later this week. It is now a category 4 hurricane and has sustained winds of 130 miles per hour.
“It’s a large area, and we really want to be able to cover a big part of it,” says Wendy Fisher, vice president of newsgathering for ABC News, which has already dispatched multiple crews of anchors, reporters, camera operations and technicians to various points in the southeastern U.S. “Most hurricanes “hit the beach and then they peter out” she adds. “This one, there are warnings that it will linger. We kind of have to cover several different stories,” ranging from the storm itself to the consequences of its aftermath.
All the big news networks have plans to cover Hurricane Florence, which meteorologists predict will slam into the U.S. east coast later this week. It is now a category 4 hurricane and has sustained winds of 130 miles per hour.
- 9/12/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
NEW YORK -- TV news scattered hundreds of staffers throughout the Gulf Coast on Monday to cover Hurricane Katrina, as reporters braved 150 mph winds and 20-foot storm surges (as well as balky satellite links) to report on the storm. Katrina cut across south Florida late last week and, by Friday, the news divisions moved resources to cover what seemed like a dangerous but all-too-common hurricane, like many in the past year or so. But the storm intensified early Sunday, and so did the coverage plans, network executives said Monday. "When it got to be a Category 5, that changes the kind of resources you send into the area," ABC News senior vp newsgathering Paul Slavin said. ABC News had seven correspondents and 14 crews, for example. NBC's Brian Williams became the only network news anchor on the scene; other correspondents on the scene included Fox News' Shep Smith, who reported from the French Quarter in New Orleans; Steve Harrigan from Gulfport, Miss.; CBS' John Roberts; and CNN's Anderson Cooper and Miles O'Brien. All three network news morning shows continued coverage until at least noon ET.
- 8/30/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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