NEW YORK, April 16 [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: * * * 20th Anniversary World Voices Festival Brings 80+ Writers from 35+ Countries to NYC ad Los Angeles April 30-May 3 Bestselling Authors and Influential Thinkers Include Lara Aburamadan, Andre Aciman, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Fiona Davis, Ava DuVernay, Jennifer Egan more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Repeats Call for U.S., International Media to Speak Out After Israel Murders Gaza Journalist Fatima Hassouneh, 10 Members of Her Family The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on U.S. and international media to finally speak out against Israel's intentional targeting o more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 16 -- Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication issued the following news: * * * Cronkite alum breaking barriers in sports media By Yousef Mabrouk Bailey O'Carroll didn't just send a resume to score her dream job: She boxed up a shoe and sent it to the hiring manager to quite literally get a foot in the door. The gutsy move caught the attention of leadership at KTVU San Francisco, launching a career that's been turning head more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Earth Day 2025 WASHINGTON (April 16, 2025)-- This year's Earth Day will be celebrated on April 22 with events throughout the United States and the world. This year's events will focus on clean energy, the connection between climate and health, pollution including plastic pollution, the move to electric vehicles, sustainability and more. The George Washington University has experts available to comment on t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere is Growing According to New Data According to new data released by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Global Monitoring Laboratory the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased. The data shows carbon dioxide has increased by 3.75 parts per million in 2024 which is the fastest amount of growth recorded. The George Washingt more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 16, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Territorial Disputes no Longer Threaten Peace and Stability in Central Asia By Nurbek Bekmurzaev Executive Summary: * The presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan resolved the last major border conflict in Central Asia through the Agreement on the Junction Point of the State Borders of the Three Countries signed in Khujand, Tajikistan, on March  more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 17 -- The International Commission of Jurists issued the following news: * * * Lebanon: the criminal justice system must not be used to intimidate and harass journalists The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is concerned by the instrumentalization of the prosecuting authorities to intimidate journalists solely for the legitimate exercise of their right to freedom of expression. On 15 April 2025, lawyers representing Megaphone News and Daraj Media, two indep more PR

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, April 17 -- The Poynter Institute issued the following news release: * * * Meet the 30 journalists who claimed a spot in Poynter's latest Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders Poynter program gives April 2025 participants personalized guidance so they return to their newsrooms ready to lead ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 16, 2025) -- Poynter is pleased to welcome the 30 promising journalists chosen for the first Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders worksh more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 16 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Northern Ireland: IFJ nominates surveilled Irish journalists for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 16 April 2025 # The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has nominated Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, two journalists and members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland, for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World  more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 16 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Palestine: At least 157 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza 16 April 2025 # [UPDATED 16.04.2025] At least 157 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

WASHINGTON, April 16 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club To Host Virtual Event on Purpose and Future of Journalism News Advisory Event What is Journalism For? A conversation with Jon Allsop Who Jon Allsop, author and freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. Where Virtual When Tuesday, April 22, 3:00PM EST  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Coons leads Senior Democrats in demanding additional information from White House after Trump disregards mishandling classified information by defense officials WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, led a letter to the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles asking for additional details regarding thei more PR

PARIS, France, April 15 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Russia mocks justice as four journalists sentenced to five and a half years in prison On 15 April, four Russian journalists were sentenced to five years and six months in prison for "extremism" for covering the activities of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a sham trial in Moscow. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this unjust decision, handed down by a judiciary subservient to the more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 16 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Russia: Four journalists sentenced to jail on charges of "extremism" 16 April 2025 # On 15 April, a Russian court sentenced four journalists, Antonina Kravtsova (Favorskaya), Konstantin Gabov, Sergei Karelin and Artem Kriger, to five and a half years in a penal colony. Arrested in 2024, they were found guilty of "participating in an extremist group" for th more PR

VIENNA, Austria, April 17 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Russia: IPI condemns journalists' convictions for links to Navalny Court rules they are guilty of "extremism" The IPI global network today condemns the five and half year prison sentences handed to Russian journalists Antonina Favorskaya, Artem Kriger, Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin. The four journalists were arrested in 2024, in the months after the death in jail of Russian opposition leade more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Personnel changes in public policy organizations and government - April 17, 2025: * * * The National Association of Manufacturers announced the promotion of Charles Crain to managing vice president of policy, overseeing the NAM's team of expert advocates driving policy outcomes that fuel growth, innovation and competitiveness for manufacturers across the U.S. Crain has played a central role in shaping the NAM's agenda across tax, regulatory, corporate governance, techno more ST

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 17 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Limits of nation's belief in manifest destiny explored in new 'Borderlands' book In the 1800s, Americans adopted an approach called manifest destiny, which was guided by the principle that the United States was destined to expand westward across North America. Or did they? "The misunderstanding I'm addressing is the idea there was this powerful vision of manifest destiny that was a consensus among Americ more PR

NEW YORK, April 17 -- Barnard College issued the following news: * * * Way Back Wednesday | Bestselling Author Charmaine Wilkerson '82 Following the release of her new novel, Good Dirt, the successful writer explores the resiliency of the human spirit, the connection between place, and finding herself at Barnard. Charmaine Wilkerson '82 believes there are two reasons why people move to Italy: to study art history or because they are in love. "Well, what I will say is I'm not an art historia more PR