Evan Gershkovich

Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Reporter for @WSJ covering Russia, Ukraine and more. Write me: [email protected]

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Articles

Traumatized and tortured: Freed hostages face arduous road to recovery

2 months ago | timesofisrael.com | Evan Gershkovich

Gaunt and visibly distressed, the three Israeli hostages freed last week from Gaza in the ceasefire deal, Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, hobbled to freedom after 491 days in Hamas captivity. They now face the arduous task of recovery and rehabilitation, a journey that could take the rest of their lives.
Evan Gershkovich, the Russia reporter who became the story

Aug 1, 2024 | investing.com | Evan Gershkovich

By Felix Light and Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Evan Gershkovich landed what he told friends he regarded as a dream assignment in Moscow in 2022 - reporting for a famous newspaper on one of the world's top stories, at the age of just 31.
Wall Street Journal marks one year of reporter's detainment in Russian jail

Mar 29, 2024 | quicktelecast.com | Evan Gershkovich

Good morning. First, an update on the newsletter. There will be no Poynter Report on Monday. My colleagues will handle the newsletter next Tuesday, and I will return to see you all again on Wednesday. And now onto today's Poynter Report, with an opening item written by my colleague, Angela Fu. Today, images of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will run in several prominent news outlets. Emblazoned across some, a promise: "We'll Keep Telling Evan's Story.
Wall Street Journal marks one year of reporter’s detainment in Russian jail

Mar 29, 2024 | poynter.org | Angela Fu |Tom Jones |Evan Gershkovich

Good morning. First, an update on the newsletter. There will be no Poynter Report on Monday. My colleagues will handle the newsletter next Tuesday, and I will return to see you all again on Wednesday. And now onto today’s Poynter Report, with an opening item written by my colleague, Angela Fu. Today, images of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will run in several prominent news outlets. Emblazoned across some, a promise: “We’ll Keep Telling Evan’s Story.
The long struggle to free Evan Gershkovich from a Moscow prison

Mar 24, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Lesley Stahl |Evan Gershkovich

On March 29, 2023, Evan Gershkovich was on assignment in Russia when he was arrested by security forces and accused of being a spy, a charge vigorously denied by Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal, and the U.S. government. Look around the Wall Street Journal offices in Manhattan, and you'll see Gershkovich, the hostage, everywhere – on buttons, cards, shirts, and screens that stop you in your tracks.
This week on "Sunday Morning" (March 24)

Mar 22, 2024 | cbsnews.com | David Morgan |Evan Gershkovich

The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET.
VPN ban is Kremlin’s latest effort to quash dissent

Mar 1, 2024 | defenseone.com | Patrick Tucker |Evan Gershkovich

As throngs of Russians took to the streets Friday to mark the passing of anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny, the Russian government tightened its grip on free speech and accurate information by forbidding companies to offer or advertise virtual private networks, or VPNs, not approved by the government. The new ban, which had been announced in the fall, is intended to stop people from using a VPN to get around Russian internet monitoring and censorship.
Dual US, Russian citizen detained on treason charges in Russia, tied to Ukraine donations

Feb 22, 2024 | charlotteobserver.com | Evan Gershkovich

A dual U.S. and Russian citizen has been arrested in Russia after being accused of treason for allegedly raising funds for Ukraine. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said they arrested a Los Angeles resident for treason. The FSB did not name the woman arrested, but her employer Ciel Spa in the SLS luxury hotel in Beverly Grove identified her as 33-year-old Ksenia Khavana, the Associated Press reported.
Tucker Carlson is interviewing Putin. What’s in it for the Kremlin?

Feb 7, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Fred Weir |Evan Gershkovich

Former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson is in Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin, and he released a brief video Tuesday explaining why. But if Mr. Carlson’s interview happens to make an impact, it likely won’t be because it reveals anything new. Mr. Putin’s views on almost every topic are already well known.
Merrill College Establishes Annual Maria Ressa Prizes for Courage in Journalism, to Host 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner at UMD in March

Jan 31, 2024 | merrill.umd.edu | Evan Gershkovich

COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism has established the Maria Ressa Prizes for Courage in Journalism, a new annual award central to the college’s press freedom mission. The awards honor Ressa, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and acclaimed champion of global press freedom, who will accept the inaugural prize on UMD’s campus on March 13.