Newsrooms, platforms, the press
The Pope met seven survivors of abuse by French clergy during his visit to Lourdes, where 150,000 attended Mass. A 2021 inquiry found the Church had abused around 330,000 children in France over 70 years.
Steven Kolb, who led the Council of Fashion Designers of America for twenty years, was caught on camera restraining activists who stormed a New York Fashion Week runway show. He apologised and resigned days later.
RTÉ said the scale of civilian deaths and restrictions on journalists in Gaza made participation impossible to justify. The Netherlands has also pulled out, leaving organisers facing a second year of boycotts.
The Television Academy is in advanced negotiations with Prime Video to host the Primetime Emmy Awards. A deal would end the 31-year rotation among ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC — and put the ceremony behind a subscription paywall for the first time.
Julia Loktev's My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile premiered at Venice, tracing reporters from TV Rain, Novaya Gazeta and iStories as they rebuild their work across a dozen countries. They continue reporting on Russian war crimes while facing terrorism designations and death threats from their own government.
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