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Former Capital Gazette editor reflects on the media landscape ahead of shooting anniversary

By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business As the anniversary of the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting approaches, the publication’s former editor, Rick Hutzell, is reflecting on how the newspaper recovered. “I really focus on the work we put into it moving forward,” Hutzell told CNN’s Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. And Stelter pointed

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Released American journalist says Myanmar military using torture to hunt down opposition leaders

By Helen Regan, Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu and Salai TZ, CNN Business Myanmar’s military junta is using torture to extract information from detainees on the whereabouts of senior opposition members and activist leaders, according to an American citizen and journalist who was recently released from a Yangon prison. Nathan Maung, 44, was detained for more

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Nathan Maung was detained in Myanmar for more than three months.

‘They kick us, they beat us’: Journalist on torture inside prison

US-Burmese journalist Nathan Maung tells CNN of torture and conditions in Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison after he was detained for spreading “fake news”. Maung is safely in the US, but fears for his family still in Myanmar – and the treatment of his TV news producer Hanthar Han Thar Nyein who was arrested at the same time – but remains in prison. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.

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Why Wall Street loves Joe Manchin right now

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business “We have a deal.” Those words, from President Joe Biden on infrastructure spending, were enough to trigger a Wall Street celebration. What’s happening: Stocks rallied Thursday as Biden confirmed that Republican and Democratic senators — including Mitt Romney and Joe Manchin — had reached an agreement with White House officials

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