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Suspect in murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia pleads guilty
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Vincent Muscat, one of the three suspects accused of the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has pleaded guilty to murder, according to his lawyer. Attorney Marc Sant told CNN, "There was a plea b...
Concerns grow for Yemeni journalist jailed for ‘doing his job’
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Rights groups are calling for the release of jailed Yemeni journalist Adel al-Hasani after news of his more than five-month detention broke earlier this month. Hasani, who has worked with several prominent media ou...
Indian court rules in favor of female journalist sued for defamation over sexual harassment allegations
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An Indian court has ruled in favor of a female journalist who was sued for defamation after accusing a former minister of sexual harassment, in one of the country's earliest and most prominent #MeToo cases. The jour...
Chris Cramer, veteran journalist and pioneering former CNN executive, dies aged 73
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Chris Cramer, the passionate and forthright leader at the helm of CNN International for 11 years, has died, aged 73. He was an early champion of recognizing the impacts of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among...
Bryan Monroe, longtime journalist and former CNNPolitics.com editor, dies at 55
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Bryan Monroe, a journalism professor and former CNNPolitics.com editor who once headed the National Association of Black Journalists and helped guide the Biloxi Sun Herald to a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Hurrica...
Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years
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Hong Kong An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shanghai court, her lawyer said Monday. A former lawyer, Zhan...
Iran executes dissident journalist Rouhollah Zam
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Dissident Iranian journalist Rouhollah Zam was hanged in Iran on Saturday morning, according to state television IRIB. Zam was found guilty of "corruption on earth," a charge that does not specify a crime but is so...
Female journalist killed by gunmen in Afghanistan
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Gunmen shot and killed a female television journalist, who was also a women's rights activist, in Afghanistan on Thursday, an incident that underscores an increasing trend of violence against journalists in the coun...
Tim O’Brien, award-winning broadcast journalist, dies at 77
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New York (CNN Business)Tim O'Brien, a broadcast journalist whose many accolades include contributing to award-winning CNN coverage, has died at the age of 77. His son-in-law, Keith McGee, confirmed the news of his p...
Mexican journalist shot moments before going live on air
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A Mexican journalist was shot Monday as he was about to go live on air and died in hospital later the same day. Israel Vázquez, who worked for digital news outlet El Salmantino, was covering a "discovery of human re...
Hong Kong journalist appears in court as crackdown fears grow
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Hong Kong An award-winning Hong Kong journalist appeared in court Tuesday, on charges related to her role in helping to investigate alleged police mishandling of a violent mob attack on democracy supporters in 2019. ...
Video alleging possible vote-counting fraud in Detroit is actually a journalist pulling a wagon with camera equipment
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Detroit officials are debunking a video that falsely implies election fraud occurred when a man pulled a red wagon containing a box into a vote-counting center early Wednesday. City officials shot down the allegatio...
Robert Fisk, the journalist who interviewed bin Laden, dies at 74
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)Robert Fisk, the veteran Middle East correspondent, has died at the age of 74, according to his employer, The Independent newspaper. The newsman passed away in Dublin, Ireland, "after an illne...
Spanish newspaper journalist apologizes after racist remark about Barcelona’s Ansu Fati
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Spanish journalist Salvador Sostres has apologized and denied any racist intent after comparing Barcelona football star Ansu Fati to a "young, black street vendor" running away from the police through the Catalan ci...
Monica Roberts, a Black trans journalist who covered the killings of trans women before national media did, dies at 58
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Monica Roberts had no predecessor. Before her groundbreaking blog, there were few news sites for Black transgender women like her. And before Monica Roberts, no journalist had painstakingly recorded and reported on...
EU calls for investigation into death of Russian journalist who set herself on fire
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Moscow The European Union has called for a thorough investigation into the death of a Russian journalist who set herself on fire last week. The EU's lead spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy, Peter St...