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Wall Street Journal marks one year since Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia in stunning fashion

Friday, March 29, marks one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongly detained in Russia and charged with espionage. To mark the grim milestone, the paper left the majority of its front page empty, declaring “His story should be here.”

Evan Gershkovich’s stolen year in a Russian jail

The Wall Street Journal correspondent has been deprived of 12 months of normal existence; a year of missed weddings, reporting trips and travels with friends.

Georgia joins states seeking parental permission before children join social media

Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts.

A Baltimore bridge collapsed in the middle of the night and two metro newsrooms leapt into action

Coverage from The Baltimore Sun and The Baltimore Banner had much in common but with some marked differences — especially in visuals.

Biden takes press to task over coverage of his polls

The media coverage of polls that show President Biden lagging behind former President Trump appears to be getting under the president’s skin.

TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices, a probe that could lead to a settlement or a lawsuit against the company, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Many Americans think generative AI programs should credit the sources they rely on

Overall, 54% of Americans say artificial intelligence programs that generate text and images, like ChatGPT and DALL-E, need to credit the sources they rely on to produce their responses. A much smaller share (14%) says the programs don’t need to credit sources, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. About a third say they’re not sure on this question.

NBC’s Ronna McDaniel disaster is dragging Comcast into the political firestorm

The Comcast boss is watching an unceasing five-alarm fire rage at 30 Rock, scarring the reputation of NBC News and threatening to consume multiple parts of the Cesar Conde-run NBC Universal News Group.

Big Four affiliates oppose FCC on retrans blackout reports

The Big Four affiliates want federal regulators to drop plans of keeping a record of signal blackouts that result from contract disputes between TV stations and cable and satellite TV providers.

The Washington Post’s first AI strategy editor talks LLMs in the newsroom

Phoebe Connelly is The Washington Post’s first-ever senior editor for AI strategy and innovation. Appointed to the role in February, Connelly joins a wave of dedicated AI editorial and product strategists entering major newsrooms. Outlets including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times are actively hiring for similar roles.

Print is dead. Long live digital (with some caveats).

Print is dying. This was the underlying story that shaped the presentations at the Mather Symposium. While print still provides the most revenue for publishers today, the consensus is that it will sharply decline.

Soccer reporter banned for doing journalism

Laurel Pfahler had been covering her city’s Major League Soccer team, FC Cincinnati, since before it was a Major League Soccer team. Her coverage ended when the team informed her that her credentials that allow her into the stadium on game day would not be honored.

Asheville journalists seek to have trespassing convictions overturned

Court of Appeals brief decries prosecutions as "A dangerous step toward the evisceration of freedom of the press."

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