The National Press Club awarded its highest honor for press freedom to WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, who remains imprisoned in Moscow
, continuing despite the dramatic increase in danger for journalists,” said National Press Club President Eileen O’Reilly and Gil Klein, president of the club’s journalism institute, in a statement to the Journal. “His reporting shone a light on the restrictions Russia was placing on all foreign journalists working in the country.”The 31-year-old Mr. Gershkovich remainsfor what Moscow claimed was espionage, which the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny.
“Evan is a distinguished member of the free press, and any other suggestions are false,” said Emma Tucker, editor in chief of the Journal. “We deeply appreciate the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute for standing with Evan as we continue to demand his release.”U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday he had “no doubt” Mr. Gershkovich. The process to reach an official determination on Mr. Gershkovich’s detention is still pending.
In naming Mr. Gershkovich the 2023 Aubuchon honoree, the club lauded his reporting for providing insight into what was happening on the ground in Russia. Mr. Gershkovich, who is accredited to work as a journalist in Russia by the country’s Foreign Ministry, joined the Journal in January 2022. A month later, Russia invaded Ukraine, and Mr. Gershkovich traveled to the Belarus-Ukraine border. That made him the only American reporter who could see the
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