Journalism

FBI spied on Fox News reporter, accused him of crime

2013-05-20 21:15:00

WASHINGTON — The FBI obtained a sealed search warrant to read a Fox News reporter's personal emails from two days in 2010 after arguing there was probable cause he had violated espionage laws by soliciting classified information from a government...

Scale of government's AP records seizure surprises many

2013-05-19 20:41:00

WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland. He was not accused of aiding...

WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

2013-05-18 09:28:00

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

In a border town, a newspaper forced to be silent

2013-05-18 22:11:00

LAREDO, Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Ma�ana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. But the story carried no byline, and...

PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine

2013-05-16 21:43:00

Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...

Organizers 'embarrassed' by New Orleans parade shooting

2013-05-13 16:56:00

When at least one man stepped into a New Orleans parade crowd on Mother's Day and opened fire, 19 people were shot and injured — and a city's conscience was also wounded. Officials have not named or arrested any of the three suspects sought in the...

White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists

2013-05-15 18:46:00

WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....

Holder defends subpoena of journalists' phone records

2013-05-14 21:03:00

WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover operation, calling it "within the top two or three most serious leaks" of...

Justice Department secretly obtained AP telephone records

2013-05-13 14:53:00

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained records of telephone calls from more than 20 telephone lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists over a two-month period in an apparent investigation of a leak of sensitive...

Barbara Walters: Let the victory lap begin!

2013-05-13 10:40:00

Let the Barbara Walter's farewell tour begin! Monday's edition of "The View" opened with the show's founder and star fixing the camera with that fearless don't-let-the-strange-absence-of-wrinkles-fool-you-I've-been-on-television-for-50-years gaze and...

A federal 'shield' for reporters

2013-05-16 16:58:00

President Obama may be engaging in political damage control in proposing that Congress resurrect legislation to protect the confidentiality of journalists' sources. But his call for action on a federal shield law is welcome even if it is inspired by a...

American Cinematheque to celebrate the late Roger Ebert

2013-05-12 13:21:00

Thumbs up to the American Cinematheque. The independent, nonprofit cultural organization is paying homage to the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert with a new film series, "The Great Movies: A Tribute to Roger Ebert." The influential...

Journalists march in Veracruz, Mexico, on Sunday, the anniversary of the death of journalist Regina Martinez. Others marched in other state capitals to protest violence against members of the news media.

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Mark Rahner is a veteran journalist and comic book writer based in Seattle. Rahner was the longtime pop-culture writer at The Seattle Times, where he was known for distinctively smart alec celebrity interviews, funny movie reviews and web-video satire.

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Somali journalists hold up the picture of arrested journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim at an event condemning his detention in Mogadishu. Ibrahim had interviewed a Somali woman who'd allegedly been raped by security forces. She has also been detained.

2013-01-31 00:00:00