GREENWOOD, Indiana, May 8 -- College Sports Communicators issued the following news: * * * 2025 Special Awards Salute: Jill Skotarczak - 25-Year Award 25-Year Award Presented to College Sports Communicators members who have completed 25 years in the athletics communications profession. Vetted and voted on by the Special Awards Committee. Jill Skotarczak -- Southeastern Conference Associate Director of Communications For the last 11-plus years, Jill Skotarczak has served at the Southeaster more PR

NEW YORK, May 8 -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * 2025 Lipman Criminal Justice Grant Recipients Announced Discover this year's Lipman Grant recipients. The Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights awarded five grants totaling $180,000 to journalists and newsrooms for reporting on inequalities and misconduct in the American criminal justice system. The Lipman Center's Initiative in Reporting on Race and Criminal Justi more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 7 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Croatia: Weekly Novosti faces drastic funding cuts amid political pressure The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners today in condemning the drastic annual cuts in funding for the weekly magazine Novosti, the only print media for the Serb minority in Croatia and one of the most respected publications in the country, which is well-known f more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, May 6 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 5.6.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Paul Henderson, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the California African American Museum Board of Directors. Henderson has been the Executive Director at the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability since 2017. He was a Senior Policy Advisor with B more PR

FULLERTON, California, May 8 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Journalist and Alumna Vikki Vargas to Address Cal State Fullerton's Class of 2025 The Broadcast Journalist and Media Consultant Will Receive an Honorary Doctorate at CSUF's College of Communications Commencement Ceremony on May 22 Longtime NBC Los Angeles journalist and Cal State Fullerton alumna Vikki Vargas '81 (B.A. communications) will address CSUF's College of Communicat more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The National Association of Black Journalists issued the following news: * * * NABJ Announces 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees & Special Honors Recipients The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is proud to announce its 2025 Hall of Fame inductees and 2025 Special Honors recipients. Awards will be presented during the #NABJ25 Convention & Career Fair in Cleveland, Aug 6 - 10, 2025. The Hall of Fame Induction and Luncheon will be held Friday, Aug. 8, at 12 PM EDT more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * New Report Exposes Millions in California Taxpayer Funds Spent on Transgender-Identifying Male Inmates in Women's Prisons SACRAMENTO, CA - Today, Independent Women Features (IW Features), the grassroots storytelling and original journalism arm of Independent Women, published a report on the disparities in the California Department of Corrections (CDCR) budget and healthcare more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 8 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Nischelle Turner, acclaimed journalist and 'Entertainment Tonight' co-host, to deliver Missouri School of Journalism commencement address By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 7, 2025) -- Nischelle Turner, BJ '98, an award-winning journalist and co-host of "Entertainment Tonight," will deliver the alumni address at the Missouri School of Journalism's spring commencement c more PR

LONDON, England, May 7 [Category: BizMedia] -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Presumption of anonymity for firearms officers poses grave threat to public interest journalism, say NUJ and JUSTICE Both the NUJ and JUSTICE stress that this change poses grave harm to the principle of open justice. The letter underscores the importance of access to information and securing the public's right to know the details of cases involving police use of force. Amendments  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 [Category: BizMedia] -- The U.S. News and World Report, a digital news and information company, posted the following news release: * * * U.S. News and World Report Expands Services in India WASHINGTON D.C. -- U.S. News & World Report, a global leader in education rankings and data-driven insights, today announced a strategic investment in The Red Pen, India's premier education consultancy with an international presence. U.S. News is widely recognized for its unbiased journ more PR

LONDON, England, May 8 -- PEN International issued the following news: * * * Vietnam: PEN International joins letter to US Secretary of State urging support for persecuted writers and journalists 7 May 2025: PEN International joins PEN Centres and free press organisations in a letter to Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States Government, urging him to support the release of imprisoned writers and journalists in Vietnam, including Pham Doan Trang, and to facilitate the provision o more PR