WSJ EIC Tucker on Gershkovich: Proud of newsroom

Emma Tucker

A note from Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker to the staff on Tuesday:

Dear colleagues,
We are encouraged that Evan’s lawyers, retained by Dow Jones, were able to meet with him in prison today. Evan’s health is good, and he is grateful for the outpouring of support from around the world. We continue to call for his immediate release.
The legal avenue is one of several avenues we are working to advocate for Evan’s release. We continue to work with the White House, State Department and relevant U.S. government officials to secure Evan’s release.
Our thoughts are first and foremost with Evan’s family, who I spent time with on Sunday. They are incredibly resilient in the face of extraordinarily difficult circumstances. They are relieved to know we finally have contact with Evan. We continue to stand with Evan’s family as they face this ordeal.
I am very proud of how this newsroom has come together, not only to stand in solidarity with Evan, but to also advocate for him vigorously, both as a fellow journalist and a friend. I am also grateful for all of our colleagues at Dow Jones and peers in journalism who stand firmly by our side to defend Evan and the free press.

Many thanks,
Emma

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.