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The tiny Bay Area newspaper 'Hromada' links the West Coast and Ukraine

9:09am March 26, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

The Ukrainian-language newspaper Hromada launched in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2017. Now, it's a vital link for people on the West Coast to their home country.

Alexei Venediktov in 2017 the office of Russian radio station Echo of Moscow, which the Russian authorities shut down earlier this month citing its coverage of Russia's military activities in Ukraine. Venediktov, who was an editor at the station, says som

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A top Russian journalist found a pig's head and antisemitic slur left at his door

3:03pm March 25, 2022

by NPR Staff

It was the latest in a series of acts of intimidation in Russia aimed at journalists and critics of the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

Reporters and residents stand outside a residential building that was damaged by what authorities say is a Russian bombardment in the Vynogradir district of Kyiv, Ukraine on March 15. Some Ukrainian journalists have been detained and held hostage in Russ

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Russian forces are reportedly holding Ukrainian journalists hostage

2:01pm March 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

International groups say Russian soldiers are threatening, detaining and even torturing Ukrainian journalists in occupied areas. One news editor says troops are holding her 75-year-old father hostage.

National

A year ago tensions between the press and police erupted in Los Angeles

7:39am March 25, 2022

At a homeless encampment, police cracked down on protesters and journalists. Press advocates say that night of chaos was the capstone on tensions that had been building for years.

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Editor-in-chief of Russia's last remaining independent TV station on media's role now

5:50pm March 24, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tikhon Dzyadko, editor-in-chief of TV Rain, Russia's last remaining independent TV station that recently went off air. He and his family fled to Tbilisi, Georgia.

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Russian journalist Oksana Baulina in 2017. Baulina was killed in a rocket strike while on assignment in Kyiv.

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A Russian journalist was killed by shelling while on assignment in Kyiv

12:18pm March 24, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Oksana Baulina reported on government corruption for The Insider, based in Latvia. She formerly worked for the non-profit of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and was "amazingly brave," a colleague said.

A radio station in Missouri continues broadcasting Kremlin-funded Radio Sputnik

4:51pm March 22, 2022

by Kavahn Mansouri

A Missouri radio station is airing Russian state-funded broadcasts. In a rare move, the National Association of Broadcasters called for stations to cease airing state-sponsored programming.

Maksim Chepchenko near a burning home in in Irpin, Ukraine, after Russian bombings on Saturday.

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A photojournalist in Ukraine heads toward deadly conflict to humanize war

12:56pm March 19, 2022

The deaths of three journalists this week in Ukraine are a reminder of the perils of covering conflicts from behind a camera. Photojournalist Marcus Yam is on assignment in Kyiv covering the war.

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Voters cast their ballots Election Day in 2020 in East Los Angeles. Smartmatic says it's the only county they were operating in for the presidential election, but Fox News mentioned the company 137 times in a month afterward as President Trump and his all

Politics & Government

Fox News countersues a voting machine maker, saying its damage estimate is inflated

10:07am March 18, 2022

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Smartmatic says claims aired by the network contributed to losing $2.7 billion in business through 2025. In a new suit, Fox says that figure represents absurdly huge growth for the small business.

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Chris Cuomo seeks $125 million after being fired from CNN

3:34pm March 17, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The former CNN anchor was fired last year for violating CNN's journalistic standards when he helped his brother, ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, navigate the sexual harassment allegations against him.