Beth Knobel
beknobel.bsky.social
Beth Knobel
@beknobel.bsky.social
Fordham journalism professor, former Moscow Bureau Chief for CBS News, 3rd degree black belt, mom, and author. Trying to do good and be noble.
Another hard-to-read but important story from the @wsj.com on the way that #NorthKorean soldiers are being deployed as cannon fodder by the #Russian military in the #RussiaUkraineWar. Utter inhumanity. www.wsj.com/world/diary-...
Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics
The troops are exposed, green, loyal—and dying by the thousands in front-line combat against Ukraine.
www.wsj.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
GREAT story today in @wsj.com by Evan Gershkovich & colleagues on the work of an elite team at Russian counterintelligence spying on foreigners. These are exactly the same guys who spied on us @CBSNews Moscow, as I wrote in @columjournreview.bsky.social in 2022.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM
This kind of reporting takes loads and loads of time, deep knowledge, and a meticulous level of detail. Kudos to
the Columbia Daily Spectator for investing in annotating this House report. #Journalismmatters #accountabilityreporting
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/11...
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The House committee’s report on antisemitism, annotated
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www.columbiaspectator.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Fascinating. And scary. This is why #FOIA and its cousins are so important to the free flow of important information to #journaists and the public. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Putin’s Assassination Targets Revealed in Declassified Memo
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released a long-classified memorandum shedding light on the targeted killings of Vladimir Putin’s political adversaries, following nearly eight ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM
What an extraordinary and gut wrenching project from @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy! Do not open without a box of tissues. www.cbsnews.com/rooms/
Unmade beds and overdue books: Photographing the rooms of kids killed in school shootings
The families of eight school shooting victims opened their doors to Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp, allowing them to document their children's bedrooms.
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Hi #Bluesky! I'm here, too. Staring with a really nice article #Fordham just published about my office. What a privilege to be a #journalist and travel all kinds of cool places. It's the most important job in the world! #journalismmatters now.fordham.edu/campus-and-c...
What’s on My Desk: Beth Knobel
Step into Beth Knobel’s office, and you’ll discover that she is not only an Emmy Award-winning journalist, but also an avid Mets fan and a taekwondo black belt holder.  Below,
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November 15, 2024 at 7:32 PM