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Journalism Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for 2024-12-07 ( 12 items )  
AHCJ Awards 2025 International Health Study Fellowships (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: By Andrea Warner The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded the 2025 International Health Study Fellowships to four talented journalists to investigate comparative health care approaches in Europe and the U.S. These projects highlight the lessons that can shape U.S. health policy. The program, supported by The Commonwealth Fund, is designed for mid-career journalists and is more PR

AHCJ Awards 2025 U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowships (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: By Andrea Waner The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded the 2025 U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowships to five journalists who will pursue yearlong reporting projects examining health care systems and health equity in the U.S. The program, supported by The Commonwealth Fund, is in its 15th year, and is designed to provide support and education for journalists working  more PR

Annenberg Public Policy Center: Suicide Rate Is Low During the Holidays, But the Holiday-Suicide Myth Persists (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: As in most years that we've followed news reporting about the myth that suicides peak during the end-of-year holidays, an analysis of the past year showed again that more newspaper accounts supported the false idea that the suicide rate increases during the holiday season than debunked it. Over the past 25 years that we have been studying this phenomenon, in just over a third (n more PR

CMU President Focused on Strategic Priorities in First Report to Trustees (10)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Dec. 7 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Board of Trustees re-elect Chair Regis for 2025 * * * In its final meeting of 2024, Central Michigan University's Board of Trustees heard from CMU's president and received updates on academic and student support initiatives. The Board also re-elected its Chair for another year. Trustee Isaiah Oliver began the formal session Thursday with a remembrance of James Span, Jr., who served as executive more PR

Dirks, Van Essen & April: Carpenter Media Group Acquires M. Roberts Media (10)
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 7 -- Dirks, Van Essen and April, a merger and acquisition firm, issued the following news release: Longview, Texas - December 6, 2024 - Carpenter Media Group has acquired M. Roberts Media, a cornerstone of the Texas media landscape since 1942. M. Roberts Media is the parent company of seven award-winning newspapers and a variety of magazines and publications that serve Victoria and East Texas. The Texas-based titles include the Victoria Advocate, Longview News-Journa more PR

Financial Times Appoints Brooke Masters as US Managing Editor (10)
LONDON, England, Dec. 7 -- Financial Times, a daily newspaper, issued the following corporate news release: The Financial Times has appointed Brooke Masters as US managing editor, based in New York, effective March 2025. She succeeds Peter Spiegel, who has been named global affairs editor. Masters will lead the FT's news operations and story development in the US, and take responsibility for all five bureaus in the region, deploying newsroom resources to help drive expansion of the publisher's more PR

Financial Times Wins Two Prestigious Awards in Film (10)
LONDON, England, Dec. 5 -- Financial Times, a daily newspaper, issued the following corporate news release: The Financial Times has won a Rose d'Or award for its Democracy 2024 short film series and an Association for International Broadcasting award for its film on how Biden's Inflation Reduction Act changed the world. Democracy 2024, a series starring Margaret Atwood, Aditi Mittal, Elif Shafak and Lola Shoneyin, was the winner in the Multiplatform Series category at the prestigious Rose d'O more PR

More Than News: Media freedom for democracy and security focus of Ministerial Council side-event (10)
VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 5 -- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe issued the following news release: A high-level side event held on 5 December on the margins of the 31st OSCE Ministerial Council in Malta focused on the vital role of free and independent media in fostering democracy and security in the OSCE region. The event explored the challenges of the digital age, including the influence of big tech companies, the proliferation of disinformation, and the impact of artific more PR

National Press Club Statement On Verdict In Case of Journalist Dong Yuyu (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club issued the following news release: Nov. 30 Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins 117th President of the National Press Club on news of the verdict in the national security trial of journalist and Nieman fellow Dong Yuyu. "Our hearts go out to the family of Dong Yuyu, a journalist who received an outrageous verdict in his national security case from Beijing's No. 2 Intermediate People's Court. According to court he was found more PR

National Union of Journalists: Launch of SCOOP to Help Freelance Journalists (10)
LONDON, England, Dec. 7 -- The National Union of Journalists issued the following news: * * * New 'one-stop shop' set up to pay creators for secondary use of their work online * * * NUJ president Natasha Hirst was one of the speakers at the launch of SCOOP, which aims to create a mechanism for freelance journalists and photojournalists so they get paid for the online secondary use of their work. It is a new 'one-stop shop' joint venture between the non-profit licensing organisations represe more PR

Texas U.S. Attorney Simonton Statement on Methamphetamine Sentencing (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2024, by U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton: * * * United States Attorney Leigha Simonton today released the following statement in response to The Dallas Morning News' December 2024 methamphetamine series: Federal judges, prosecutors, and agents work each day to do justice, which includes protecting our North Texas communities from defendants who seek to spread met more PR

Universities of Wisconsin Focused on Building for the Future - Day 1 News Summary (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on Dec. 5, 2024: The Universities of Wisconsin presented the Board of Regents on Thursday with a comprehensive update on the implementation of the 2023-2028 Strategic Plan to date. UWs President Jay Rothman reminded Regents of the four guiding strategic objectives under the plan adopted by the Board in December 2022: * Enhance the student experience and social mobility * Foster civic engagement and more PR