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Reporting is not espionage – but history shows that journalists doing the former get accused of the latter

  • Written by Bill Kovarik, Professor of Communication, Radford University
Reporting is not espionage – but history shows that journalists doing the former get accused of the latterWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich being taken into custody on March 30, 2023.AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko

The detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia on espionage charges marks an unusual throwback to the old Soviet tactics for handling foreign correspondents.

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