BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * "Empathy Is Essential," BU Commencement Speaker Emily Deschanel Tells 2025 Graduates University President Melissa Gilliam, leading BU's 152nd Commencement, and her first, tells the Class of 2025: "go out into the world, confident that you have the tools to pursue excellence" By Rich Barlow, Joel Brown and Alene Bouranova Over a three-decade acting career, Boston University alum Emily Deschanel has played a  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 20 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Bird flu: Background and data overview for reporters As with covering any outbreak or other type of ongoing, developing story, it's helpful when writing about bird flu to provide context throughout your coverage for those who have not been following it all along. Consider including some of the news developments from the list of resources at the bottom of this post in you more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: * * * Commencement 2025: Georgetown Law Graduates Celebrate, Embrace 'Justice, Openness and Heart' More than 1,100 members of the Class of 2025 -- including some 649 J.D. candidates as well as 463 master of laws and 8 doctor of juridical science candidates -- gathered with their families and friends on Georgetown University's historic Hilltop campus to celebrate commencement on Sunday, May 18. As graduates prep more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 20 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * How to find and tell fresh stories about infertility and reproductive health From news about the Trump administration's insulting potential strategies to incentivize women to have more babies to dire headlines about abortion bans increasing infant and maternal mortality, there's no shortage of depressing -- if not downright dystopian -- reproductive health stories for jo more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 20 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * India: Haryana journalist killed in targeted shooting 20 May 2025 # Journalist Dharmendra Singh Chauhan was shot and killed by unidentified assailants on May 18 while walking near his home in India's northern Haryana state. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalis more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued the following news release: * * * Israel's Aid Announcement is a Smokescreen for Starvation and Genocide Washington, D.C. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's deceptive and performative resumption of aid into Gaza is an affront so he can continue his crimes against humanity. This announcement is not a humanitarian gesture--it is a calculated, cynical response to mounting international pressure, designed to p more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 20 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Journalist Scott Pelley tells graduates 'Your country needs you' In a speech filled with urgency and hope, award-winning '60 Minutes' journalist and author Scott Pelley delivered a powerful commencement message to Wake Forest University's Class of 2025, telling them, "Your country needs you." "America works well when we listen to those with whom we disagree and when we listen and when we have co more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 20 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Palestine: At least 164 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza 20 May 2025 # [UPDATED 20.05.2025] At least 164 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 the  more PR

PARIS, France, May 20 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Philippines: RSF presses new lawmakers to implement urgent press freedom reforms Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the newly elected members of the Philippine congress to undertake comprehensive reforms to address the systemic problems affecting journalism. Implementing these reforms has never been more urgent: despite the Philippines' 18-place rise in the 2025 RSF World Press Freedom  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Secretary Hegseth Statement Directing DOD Review of U.S. Military Withdrawal From Afghanistan Three and a half years ago the Biden Administration's disastrous and embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and 170 civilians in a suicide bombing at the Kabul International Airport's Abbey Gate. President Trump promised accountability for what transpired during that m more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 20 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Turkiye: Foreign journalists arrested amid massive crackdown on journalists 20 May 2025 # [UPDATE 20.05.2025] On 30 March, Turkish authorities officially confirmed the arrest of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin upon his arrival in Turkiye. His detention came shortly after British journalist Mark Lowen from the BBC was arrested and deported from Turkiye on 28  more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 19 -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk issued the following statement: * * * Montenegro: Turk lauds progress since independence, but concerned by hate speech, divisive narratives "Dobre vece, "Thank you for coming. "I have just concluded the first visit by a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to Montenegro since independence. I would like to thank the Government for its invitation and the constructive discussions, includin more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Dave Min, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Rep. Dave Min Honors "Godfather of Asian American Journalism" K.W. Lee Washington, D.C. -- Representative Dave Min (CA-47), spoke on the House floor to celebrate the life and legacy of renowned Korean American journalist, K.W. Lee. Mr. Lee's career was defined by his tireless pursuit of the truth and justice, and his desire to create space for Korean Americans in the media. WATCH HERE (link is more PR