PARIS, France, March 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio: RSF and international coalition call for Philippine journalist's release as trial enters crucial stage A coalition of international and local press freedom organisations, including Reporters Without Borders (RSF), called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to immediately release Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been languishing in pre-trail detention  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43744) on March 20, 2025, entitled "Monuments and Memorials Authorized Under the Commemorative Works Act in the District of Columbia" by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Under the Commemorative Works Act (CWA) of 1986, Congress may authorize commemorative works to be placed in the District of Columbia or its environs. Once a commemorative work has been au more PR

PARIS, France, March 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Burkina Faso: RSF calls for the release of journalists Guezouma Sanogo and Boukari Ouoba Guezouma Sanogo and Boukari Ouoba, journalists and directors of the Association of Journalists of Burkina Faso (AJB), were arrested by individuals claiming to be from the intelligence service and taken to an unknown destination on 24 March, three days after they strongly criticised the deterioration of  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on Media Outlets to Condemn Israel's Assassination of Al Jazeera, Palestine Today Journalists in Gaza The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on media outlets in the United States and worldwide to condemn the murder of Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat and Pale more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden statement on security breach by national security leaders WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement regarding confirmed reporting (link is external) that several high-level administration officials shared details about planned military strikes with a journalist via group chat over a commercial messaging app:  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks Calls for Hearing on Security Breach of U.S. War Plans in Yemen Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today called on Chairman Mast to hold a public committee hearing on the bombshell reporting of senior Trump administration officials communicating U.S. military operat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * National Press Club Urges China to Overturn Espionage Conviction of Journalist Dong Yuyu WASHINGTON, Mar. 24 - National Press Club President Mike Balsamo today called on Chinese authorities to overturn the conviction of journalist Dong Yuyu, whose appeal could be heard as soon as April in Beijing. Dong, a respected journalist and longtime editorial writer at Guangming Daily, was senten more PR

LONDON, England, March 24 [Category: BizMedia] -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * NUJ condemns killing of journalist Husam Al-Titi The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the killing of Husam Al-Titi, ABC News journalist, during an Israeli air strike this month. Al-Titi, his wife and daughter, were killed during the air strike on their home whilst asleep in Gaza City. At least 166 journalists including 152 Palestinians, have been killed since more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 24 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Palestine: At least 154 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza 24 March 2025 # [UPDATED 24.03.2025] At least 154 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed, several have been injured and others are missing during the war in Gaza. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) condemn  more PR

NEW YORK, March 25 -- The Paley Center for Media issued the following news release: * * * The Paley Center for Media Announces the Grand Opening of The Paley Archive at the Beverly Hills Public Library The World-Class Collection of Television & Radio Programs and Advertisements Welcomes Visitors Starting on March 20 Accompanied by a Robust Lineup of Programs Including Paley's Acclaimed Conversation with a Curator Series Making its West Coast Debut and the Exciting New Family Series From Stor more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cisneros Statement on Trump Administration Texting War Plans on Unverified Text Chain Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. released the following statement after the Atlantic's report (link is external) detailing that Defense Secretary Hegseth and top Trump Administration national security staffers included a journalist on an unsecured text messaging app discu more PR

PARIS, France, March 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * RSF demands an immediate end to the police violence against journalists covering protests in Turkiye At least ten journalists physically assaulted, at least five arrested, media outlets threatened and sanctioned -- as protests rock the country after the 19 March arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul's mayor and main opponent of President Erdogan, press freedom violations have multiplied. RSF c more PR

NEW YORK, March 24 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Slashing of U.S. Media Agency Endangers Journalists and Abandons Writers at Risk (New York, NY) - The Trump Administration's executive order gutting the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) leaves writers and journalists at risk around the world, PEN America said today. PEN America is  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Statement on Trump Administration Leak of Military Plans Ahead of Military Action WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to an article by Atlantic Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg that asserts the Trump Administration's National Sec more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 24 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Somalia: Journalist killed in Al-Shabaab bomb attack in Mogadishu 24 March 2025 # A bomb attack perpetrated by terrorist group Al-Shabaab claimed the life of journalist Mohamed Abukar Mohamed, also known as Dabaashe, among other casualties, on 18 March in the Hamar Jajab district of Mogadishu. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its aff more PR

VIENNA, Austria, March 25 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Turkey: IPI condemns police brutality and detentions of journalists reporting widespread protests The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the widespread attacks against journalists --including physical violence, mass detentions, and sweeping digital censorship measures-- following the formal charging of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu with corruption on March 23. These actions repre more PR

LONDON, England, March 24 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * UN: Protect journalists and media workers in Central America Central America presents a complex panorama for freedom of expression because of the permanence and rise of authoritarian governments backed up by unjustified exception regimes, as in El Salvador and Honduras, and the continuity of anti-democracy actors in the jud more PR