From the NYT:

The convoluted trial of three men accused of involvement in the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya took a new twist on Wednesday when a judge decided to bar the media from the proceedings, reversing a decision made two days earlier to open the courtroom to the public.

Mother Jones published a photo essay based on images captured by Martin Gee, a news designer at the San Jose Mercury News, one day after a round of layoffs and buyouts.

Here's the MoJo version.

Here's Gee's Flickr collection.

(h/t to Tom Popyk)

Tara Singh Hayer became a journalistic martyr when unknown gunmen murdered him a decade ago. Sadly, those responsible for the newspaper publisher's killing have not yet been brought to justice.