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Journalists Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for 2025-06-24 ( 12 items )  
AI in Higher Education is Driving a Shift Toward Lifelong Learning, Northeastern President Says (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * AI in higher education is driving a shift toward lifelong learning, Northeastern president says Joseph E. Aoun, a graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, delivered the keynote address Friday at Engineering the Future with Artificial Intelligence, an event held at his alma mater. By Cyrus Moulton For years, colleges and universities have primarily focused on two areas: educating young people and more PR

Azerbaijan: IPI Condemns Prison Sentences Handed to 7 Journalists (10)
VIENNA, Austria, June 24 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on June 23, 2025: * * * Azerbaijan: IPI condemns prison sentences handed to 7 journalists Court in Baku jails media workers with Abzas Media, RFE/RL and Turan news agency * The IPI global network today condemns the prison sentences handed out by a court in Baku to seven Azerbaijani journalists found guilty on politically motivated charges of "foreign currency smuggling". In its decision, the court sente more PR

Journalism Curriculum Module Teaches Digital Security for Border Journalists (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 24 -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued the following news release: * * * New Journalism Curriculum Module Teaches Digital Security for Border Journalists Module Developed by EFF, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and University of Texas, El Paso Guides Students Through Threat Modeling and Preparation * A new college journalism curriculum module teaches students how to protect themselves and their digital devices when working near and across the U.S.-M more PR

NUJ condemns as deplorable, the IRGC's detention of an Iran International journalist's family (10)
LONDON, England, June 23 [Category: BizMedia] -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * NUJ condemns as deplorable, the IRGC's detention of an Iran International journalist's family * On 21 June, a UK-based journalist with Iran International received a phone call from her father requesting her resignation from the broadcaster. As the instruction was given, voices of security agents could be heard in the background, ordering what sentences should be said. Iran In more PR

Release of RFE/RL journalists Vladyslav Yesypenko and Ihar Karnei, imprisoned by Russia and Belarus (10)
PARIS, France, June 23 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Release of RFE/RL journalists Vladyslav Yesypenko and Ihar Karnei, imprisoned by Russia and Belarus * Two Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists -- Vladyslav Yesypenko, imprisoned by the Kremlin in Russian-occupied Crimea since 2021, and Ihar Karnei, arrested in 2023 by Lukashenko's regime in Belarus -- were released on 20 and 21 June. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) express more PR

Release of Ukrainian Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko a Victory for Free Expression (10)
NEW YORK, June 23 [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: * * * Release of Ukrainian Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko a Victory for Free Expression * (NEW YORK)-- The release of Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko after more than four years in Russian detention is welcome and long overdue news, PEN America said today. The Russian government should more PR

Researcher discusses how a genetic variant drives racial health disparities (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 23 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Researcher discusses how a genetic variant drives racial health disparities * Lauren Merz: Untangling race and genetic ancestry * Moderator: Jyoti Madhusoodanan, independent journalist * Lauren Merz, M.D., hematologist/oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital By Cassandra Willyard, Wisconsin Health Journalism Fellowship Race is more PR

Saudi Arabia: IPI Condemns Execution of Journalist Turki Al-Jasser (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 24 -- The Association of European Journalists issued the following news: * * * Saudi Arabia: IPI condemns execution of journalist Turki al-Jasser The IPI global network strongly condemns the execution of prominent Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser on 14 June. Al-Jasser had been detained since 2018 on unfounded charges of treason and terrorism. We demand an end to the Saudi regime's brutal violence and attacks against journalists and critics. Turki al-Jasser contribute more PR

Syria: Urgent Answers Needed Over Missing American Journalist Austin Tice (10)
VIENNA, Austria, June 24 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on June 23, 2025: * * * Syria: Urgent answers needed over missing American journalist Austin Tice Fate of journalist captured by Assad regime in 2012 remains unclear * The IPI global network today calls on the U.S. government and international community to demand urgent answers and full transparency from Syrian authorities regarding the case of American journalist Austin Tice. Tice has been missing sin more PR

Ukraine: Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko freed after four years in Russian detention (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 23 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Ukraine: Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko freed after four years in Russian detention * As of 24 June 2025, Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko has been released after spending more than four years in unlawful detention in Russian-occupied Crimea. At the time of his arrest in March 2021, Yesypenko was working as a freelance contributor to Krym.Realii, a pro more PR

Ukraine: Journalists in Russian captivity must be released (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 23 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Ukraine: Journalists in Russian captivity must be released * At least thirty Ukrainian journalists, -6 women and 24 men-, and media workers remain illegally detained in Russia, according to data from the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), an affiliate of the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ). The IFJ and the EFJ  more PR

Ukraine: Vladyslav Yesypenko freed after four years in Russian detention (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 23 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Ukraine: Vladyslav Yesypenko freed after four years in Russian detention * As of June 24, 2025, Vladyslav Yesypenko, a Ukrainian journalist unlawfully held for over four years, has been freed from Russian occupied Crimea. Yesypenko was a freelance contributor to Krym.Realii (a project of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), when he was seized in March 2021 by Russia's Federal Security Service.  more PR