Journalists were attacked, threatened and detained during the Capitol siege Updated: January 10
Print article WASHINGTON - As an angry crowd of Trump supporters surged toward police barriers at the Capitol on Wednesday, Associated Press photographer John Minchillo was there documenting the chaotic scene. Suddenly, their ire turned to him. Several men grabbed Minchillo by his backpack, pulling him down a flight of stairs. Others grasped the lanyard that identified him as media, dragging him through the throngs that wove flags reading “Don’t Tread on Me” and “TRUMP 2020.” “We’ll f kill you!” someone yelled. Then a man shoved him over a ledge.
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Longtime Austin journalist John Bridges announced his retirement as American-Statesman executive editor Friday, and the news organization named a respected industry leader to succeed him.
Manny García, who currently leads ProPublica’s Austin-based investigative partnership with the Texas Tribune, will become the Statesman’s editor and vice president next month. García previously served as standards editor and East Region executive editor for the USA TODAY Network, which now includes the American-Statesman and seven other Texas daily newspapers. It s an honor to be given the opportunity to lead the Austin American-Statesman as it turns 150 years old, García said. I m being handed the keys to a wonderful franchise, with a terrific team and I can t wait for us to begin this journey together.”
Katie Robertson, The New York Times
Published: 07 Jan 2021 09:04 AM BdST
Updated: 07 Jan 2021 09:04 AM BdST Reuters Editor-in-Chief Adler interviews New York Police Chief Kelly at the 92nd St Y in New York. REUTERS
The editor-in-chief of Reuters, Steve Adler, will retire in April after 10 years at the helm of one of the world’s largest news agencies, the company announced Wednesday. );
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Adler, 65, was appointed to the top job in 2011, after joining the parent company, Thomson Reuters, the previous year. He was a former editor-in-chief of Businessweek. A search for his replacement will start in the coming days, Reuters said.
The news agency employs about 2,500 journalists operating out of some 200 locations around the world, and produces about 2 million news items a year. It covers general and breaking news, offering text, visuals and video to media organizations as well as running its own news website. It also has a financial news wire that competes against Bloomberg
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