VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 26 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * Albania: Media freedom groups write to authorities over Focus Media Group obstruction Alarm raised over non compliance with a recent decision by court in Tirana * The International Press Institute (IPI) was today joined by media freedom and journalist organisations in sending an open letter to Albanian authorities to highlight growing concerns over the continued obstruction of jou more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 25 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Albania: We raise alarm over non compliance with a recent decision by Court in Tirana affecting media freedom * The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), joined by its partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the SafeJournalists Network (SJN), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), is urging ministers to enforce the Tirana First Instance Court's decision from 12 August 2025.  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 25 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Former NYT editor named Distinguished Visiting Journalist * Sam Tanenhaus, a journalist, historian and biographer, has been named the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist (DVJ) in the College of Arts and Sciences for the fall 2025 semester. The program brings leading journalists to Cornell each semester to meet with faculty, staff and students. Sam Tanenhaus "One of the exciting aspects of our DVJ prog more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 25 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Gaza: At least four more journalists killed by Israeli army, RSF repeats call for emergency UN Security Council Meeting * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) fiercely condemns the killing of four Palestinian journalists by Israeli army strikes in Gaza on Monday, 25 August. The slain news professionals are Hossam al-Masri, a freelance photographer for the Reuters news agency; Mariam Abu Daqqa, f more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 25 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Hong Kong: tenth journalist targeted with visa denial amid press crackdown * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Hong Kong authorities' decision to deny Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins a work visa without providing any explanation. She is the tenth journalist since the enactment of the National Security Law to be targeted under Hong Kong's visa weaponisation policy, a t more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 25 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Journalists targeted, reporting restricted in ethnic conflict in Indian state of Manipur * Journalism is now a dangerous activity in Manipur, a small state in India's northeast that has been torn by ethnic conflict for the past two years. Physical attacks, intimidation and restrictions on movement have turned it into a minefield for the media, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Disinform more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * National Press Club: Journalists Must Not Be Targets After Five Killed in Gaza * WASHINGTON, August 25 - The National Press Club is gravely concerned by reports that five journalists were killed today in Gaza when Israeli airstrikes struck Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. According to health officials and press organizations, those killed included: * Mariam Abu Dagga, 33, a freelance j more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 25 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Palestine: At least 218 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza * 25 August 2025 # [UPDATED 25.08.2025] At least 218 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) conde more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 25 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Singapore: Self-exiled journalist Terry Xu targeted by abusive lawsuits again * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns new defamation lawsuits by two Singaporean government ministers against The Online Citizen's editor Terry Xu, who has been driven into self-exile in Taiwan by the city-state's judicial harassment. RSF calls on the two ministers to immediately drop these proceedings, which more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Ukrainian journalists Dmytro Khyliuk and Mark Kaliush finally free after over two years in Kremlin jails * Detained since his abduction by Russian occupying forces on 3 March 2022, in the occupied region of Kyiv, Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk has been released as part of a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), is profoundly relieved; the NGO ha more PR