
James Fanelli
@fanellijames
@WSJ reporter covering federal prosecutors & law enforcement in New York. Priors: @wsjny bureau chief, @NYDailyNews, @DNAinfo @NYPost [email protected]
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25-07-2009 13:23:14
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This is huge! So proud of my alma mater for finding a way to make the journalism industry more accessible. A $10M gift from craig newmark sets the school on a path to become tuition-free. journalism.cuny.edu/2024/01/10-mil…

Welcome and important statement from National Press Club which has been a constant and valuable ally. Journalists Evan and Alsu as well as Paul Whelan should be released immediately . #IStandWithEvan #FreeAlsu


Friday marks one year that my The Wall Street Journal colleague, Evan Gershkovich, has been unjustly detained in Russia. To honor him and push for his release, friends and co-workers are doing a marathon reading of his journalistic work. Watch this tribute here —> youtube.com/watch?v=gNweZE…

In solidarity with my The Wall Street Journal colleague Evan Gershkovich, who is unjustly detained in Russia, watch this 24-hr reading of his work. One day is a long time. Evan’s work has been silenced for an entire year—this is his journalism, and journalism is not a crime. youtube.com/watch?v=gNweZE…

The U.S. considers only two Americans ‘wrongfully detained’ in Russia, but there are more families seeking the might of Washington to bring their loved ones home wsj.com/world/russia/f… via The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been deprived of 12 months of normal existence; a year of missed weddings, reporting trips and travels with friends wsj.com/world/russia/e… via The Wall Street Journal

It’s Thursday, June 13, 2024. WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB Mar 29, 2023. 1 year & 76 days ago JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME! 📰 🎙️ 📺 💻 FREE EVAN NOW! cc President of Russia Russia 🇷🇺 Russian Embassy in USA 🇷🇺 #IStandWithEvan


“Completely bogus” - how the State Department views the arrest and trial of Evan Gershkovich. #IstandWithEvan

Today, Dow Jones CEO and Wall Street Journal Publisher Almar Latour and Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker released the below statement on The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Statement here: bit.ly/46afpnY #IStandWithEvan




An amazing read about the secret negotiations to free The Wall Street Journal’s resilient reporter Evan Gershkovich. Read to the end for a great kicker courtesy of Evan: wsj.com/world/europe/e… via The Wall Street Journal



TONIGHT: Q&A leehawkins, author of "I Am Nobody's Slave," on relationship between the past violence experienced by his family members, often at the hands of white people, and the way his parents raised and severely disciplined him - 8pm ET on C-SPAN c-span.org/event/qa/autho…

