WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin, Schumer, Democratic Senators Urge AG Bondi to Appoint a Special Counsel to Investigate Trump Administration Signal Chat National Security Breach April 03, 2025 The Senators wrote: "These shockingly reckless breaches of security protocols for safeguarding sensitive and classified information clearly warrant an investigation into whether any of the government officials involved more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Federal: President Trump Taps Former Fox News Reporter for Drug Czar Position Washington, DC: President Donald Trump has chosen conservative journalist Sara Carter to serve as the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Carter is a former Fox News contributor with no formal drug policy, public health, or law enforcement more PR

PARIS, France, April 4 -- The WAN-IFRA - World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers issued the following news release: * * * Lech Walesa to Address WAN-IFRA's World News Media Congress in Krakow 2025-04-03. Lech Walesa, former President of Poland and Nobel Laureate, will be among 100 speakers to address media leaders at the World News Media Congress (WNMC25) in Krakow, Poland, from 4 to 6 May. The three-day World News Media Congress organised by WAN-IFRA in partnership with Agora SA more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Urge AG Bondi to Appoint A Special Counsel to Investigate Trump Administration Signal Chat National Security Breach Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 28 Senate Democrats in urging Attorney General Pam Bon more PR

LONDON, England, April 3 [Category: BizMedia] -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Lyra McKee spirit celebrated at AI symposium in Belfast Recalling Lyra's love of gadgets and technology Nicola emphasised that her sister's success as a journalist was rooted in her personal qualities. The second Lyra McKee Symposium in the Crescent Arts Centre marked a new partnership between the NUJ and the Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics. Lyra McKee, a Belfast bran more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 3 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * New program helps gun violence survivors connect with journalists A new program is helping journalists produce more impactful stories on gun violence by making the "violence survivor community more readily accessible." The Survivor Connection, launched in February by The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting (PCGVR), "promises to facilitate more empathetic, eth more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 3 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Turkey: Detained Swedish journalist Joakim Medin must be released immediately Read the statement in turkish The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in strongly condemning the arrest of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin on terrorism charges in Turkey and calling for his immediate release. This is the latest incident amidst the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Ukraine Needs Aid to Find Stolen Children A teenage Ukrainian boy escaped Russian-occupied Lugansk city, where he had spent all his life, because he wanted to live in free Ukraine. When the city was occupied, he was just seven and his only memory of his native country was the yellow-blue flag waving above the playground on his first day of school. His escape, he says, "still feels like a very nic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Co-Sponsors Resolution Underscoring Crucial Role of Local News Amid Threats to Free Press Washington D.C. -U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced he is co-sponsoring a resolution designating April 2025 as "Preserving and Protecting Local News Month" to highlight local journalism's vital role in U.S. democracy, particularly as news outlets face mounting threats and intimidation from the Tru more PR