Bloomberg Reporter Fired For Breaking Embargo On Evan Gershkovich Release: Reports | EUROtoday

Jennifer Jacobs, one of many two Bloomberg reporters who wrote the story that broke the embargo on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s launch from Russian jail, has been fired, in response to a number of studies.

On Friday, New York Magazine reported that Bloomberg broke the embargo set by the White House by a number of hours when it printed a narrative that Gershkovich was a part of a prisoner swap.

Officials, fearing Russia reversing the deal, requested information retailers to delay publishing till Gershkovich was formally off the aircraft.

On Monday morning, John Micklethwait, Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief, reportedly despatched workers an electronic mail saying that the outlet has taken disciplinary motion in opposition to a “number of those involved” in breaking the embargo.

“Even if our story mercifully ended up making no difference, it was a clear violation of the editorial standards which have made this newsroom so trusted around the world,” the e-mail reads.

Micklethwait continued, writing that he wrote private letters apologizing to the prisoners, in addition to Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, which has been reporting on Gershkovich’s detainment since March 2023.

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