Tensions Erupt Inside Wall Street Journal Over Competing Projects About Imprisoned Journalist Evan Gershkovich

Tensions Erupt Inside Wall Street Journal Over Competing Projects About Imprisoned Journalist Evan Gershkovich

It was a dramatic moment. On Aug. 1, 2024, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stepped off a plane in Turkey to freedom, after 16 months spent in a Russian prison. That same day in 2024, Journal colleagues Joe Parkinson, chief of the World Enterprise Team, and senior reporter Drew Hinshaw published a 7,000-word deep […]

WSJ's Gershkovich not cooperating with book, documentary

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is not cooperating on either the paper’s documentary or the book, sources tell Variety and has his own film and book in the works, sparking tensions inside the newsroom over the competing projects, reports Tatiana Siegel of Variety. Siegel reports, “It is not uncommon for dueling Hollywood projects to […]

Sources: Evan Gershkovich is not cooperating on WSJ's documentary and book about his imprisonment, and plans his own film and book, sparking tensions

Tatiana Siegel / Variety: Sources: Evan Gershkovich is not cooperating on WSJ's documentary and book about his imprisonment, and plans his own film and book, sparking tensions  —  It was a dramatic moment.  On Aug. 1, 2024, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stepped off a plane in Turkey to freedom, after 16 months spent in a Russian prison.