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Photojournalist Michel Du Cille Chased The Tough Stories

6:16pm December 12, 2014

Audie Cornish speaks with Kevin Merida, managing editor of The Washington Post, about the life and work of photojournalist Michel du Cille. The winner of three Pulitzer Prizes died Thursday.

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Ebola survivor Klubo Mulbah (center), a physician assistant who was infected by a patient, celebrates among friends and family on Sept. 24 in Monrovia, Liberia. She was among 15 Liberian patients who recovered from Ebola and were released from the ELWA 2

World News

Remembering Michel Du Cille: Photos Of Sorrow And Triumph In Liberia

1:14pm December 12, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The three-time Pulitzer winner died Thursday while on assignment in Liberia for The Washington Post. Regarding those tough assignments, du Cille always emphasized compassion and dignity.

Gawker CEO Nick Denton is seen with chief strategy officer Erin Pettigrew (center) and president Heather Dietrick. Denton is stepping down as the president of the media company he founded.

National

Nick Denton Steps Down As Gawker's President

3:52pm December 10, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

But he will remain CEO of the media company that he built, and be part of a seven-member managing partnership. He said he wanted to spend more time blogging.

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Alan Rusbridger, Editor Of 'Guardian,' To Step Down

2:51pm December 10, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

He is best known in the U.S. for shepherding the newspaper through its coverage of Edward Snowden's leaks of classified material. He will become the chair of the trust that runs the Guardian.

German-American game developer Ralph Baer shows the prototype of the first games console which was invented by him during a press conference on the Games Convention Online in Leipzig, Germany in 2009. Baer died on Saturday. He was 92.

Inventor Ralph Baer, The 'Father Of Video Games,' Dies At 92

12:32pm December 10, 2014

by Steve Mullis

Video games have become a ubiquitous, billion-dollar industry, but all of the Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis can be traced back to the work of Robert Baer and his "Brown Box." He died Saturday.

Charlie Hunnam co-stars with Katey Sagal (center) and Drea De Matteo on FX's biker drama Sons of Anarchy.

Arts

'Sons Of Anarchy' Ends As A Macho Soap Opera Often Anchored By Women

9:29pm December 09, 2014

by Eric Deggans

FX's biker drama Sons of Anarchy airs its final episode tonight, capping a seven-season run. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says cable's most macho series succeeded by finding strong roles for women.

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New Republic Staffers Saw A Clash Between Its Mission And New Methods

12:27pm December 09, 2014

by David Folkenflik

Owner Chris Hughes says his shakeup of the magazine aims to create a sustainable means for its commentary and long-form political profiles, but departing journalists see his plan as destructive.

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End Fraternities' Suspension, UVA Urged Amid 'Rolling Stone' Fallout

3:00pm December 08, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The call by national organizations representing fraternities and sororities comes after the magazine acknowledged "discrepancies" in its story on gang rape. The story had prompted the suspensions.

New 'New Republic': A 'Vertically Integrated Digital Media Company'

7:44am December 08, 2014

by David Folkenflik

The magazine saw an exodus of 50 top contributors in the days after billionaire owner Chris Hughes, formerly of Facebook, announced The New Republic was going to move to New York and transform.

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Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for The Washington Post, smiles as he attends a presidential campaign even for President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in 2013. Rezaian, who was arrested in July, was charged by Iran on Saturday.

'Washington Post' Reporter, Detained For Months In Iran, Is Charged

7:27am December 08, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Jason Rezaian, the newspaper's Tehran bureau chief, was arrested in July, but the Iranian government has so far declined to say why.