Costas Returns as Anchor for Olympic Broadcast

Bob Costas, NBC’s prime-time Olympic host, has recovered from an eye infection that kept him off camera for six days.

    

Indian Journalist Charged With Rape of a Reporter

Tarun J. Tejpal, an investigative journalist and editor of Tehelka magazine, was charged with raping a staff reporter in a hotel elevator late last year.

    



Polk Awards Honor Articles on N.S.A. Surveillance

Four journalists who broke news of government surveillance were among 30 reporters praised for their investigative work on Sunday.

    

Breitbart News Network Plans Global Expansion

The online news organization said it was adding at least a dozen staff members as it opens operations based in Texas and London. It also plans several regional sites.

    



Marty Plissner, 87, Is Dead; Led Political Coverage at CBS

Mr. Plissner was a reporter and writer known for his ability to cultivate sources and for a dexterity in covering primaries that contributed to increased competition among television networks.

    



Ex-Contractor at State Dept. Pleads Guilty in Leak Case

Stephen J. Kim agreed to serve a 13-month prison sentence for leaking classified C.I.A. information on North Korea to a Fox News reporter.

    



Profit Tumbles at Fox, but Cable Makes Gains

A loss of roughly $1 billion in income from discontinued operations in the year-earlier period accounted for much of the decline.

    



The Media Equation: Local Papers Shine Light in Society’s Dark Corners

Other news outlets did important work to advance news of the bridge scandal in New Jersey, but it’s hard to overstate the importance of local journalistic vigilance.

    



Moscow Journal: Independent News Station, Feeling Kremlin’s Wrath, Asks ‘Why?’

Cable television operators pulled the plug on the Dozhd channel after Russia’s ruling party said a poll on a Sunday evening talk show was unpatriotic.

    



Bill Keller, Former Editor of The Times, Is Leaving for News Nonprofit

Mr. Keller, an Op-Ed columnist who was executive editor of The Times from 2003 to 2011, will be editor in chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on the criminal justice system.

    



Taking On Thailand’s Crisis With a Bit of Western Bite

“Shallow News in Depth,” founded by two Thai-Americans, uses acid-laced sarcasm in a style called “Jon Stewart on crack.”

    



Amid Flow of Leaks, Turkey Moves to Crimp Internet

Many in Turkey see the new laws as an effort to stem leaks in a corruption investigation of the prime minister and those close to him.

    



Republicans Spar on Leaks and Surveillance, Underscoring Partisan Shake-up

House Republicans on Tuesday offered sharply divergent views about secret government surveillance programs and the leaks that made them public, underscoring the unsettled nature of a political debate that has scrambled the usual partisan lines.

    



Japan’s Public Broadcaster Faces Accusations of Shift to the Right

NHK is under criticism amid signs it is hewing to an agenda approved by the rightist government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

    



White House Urges China to Act on Journalists’ Visas

The statement was the latest public effort on behalf of reporters for Bloomberg and The New York Times thwarted in their work by visa delays.

    



Egypt Tries to Reassure Journalists From Abroad

The government told foreign correspondents that they are free to work in Egypt after prosecutors accused 20 journalists for Al Jazeera television of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood.

    

Hong Kong Paper Ousts Top Editor, Stirring Concern

Ming Pao’s history as a serious, independent paper has given it outsize influence, but it might be the latest victim of the mainland’s effort to rein in the media here.

    



Attack on Gay Journalist Not a Hate Crime, Police Say

A 24-year-old man was charged in the beating of Randy Gener, a Filipino journalist, in Manhattan, but the police said the attack had not been motivated by bias.

    



20 Al Jazeera Journalists Face Charges in Egypt

Egyptian prosecutors said that the journalists, all employees of the Al Jazeera television network, worked to help and spread propaganda for the Muslim Brotherhood.

    

Bits: Jason Calacanis Shoots for Human Moments in News Feeds

A rush of new entrants to new media involves people. The latest, called Inside, is a news aggregator that aims to ignore news aggregators and point people to original content.