WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Announcing the 2025 Post-Grad Reporting Fellows * Eleven Post-Graduate Reporting Fellows will report for the Pulitzer Center on issues that address topics ranging from deported veterans to draft-dodging in Israel to the geopolitical implications of Greenland's fishing policy. "As usual, our Post-Grad Fellows always select some of the most more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Bangladesh: New Crackdown Under Anti-Terrorism Law * (New York) - Bangladesh's interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel peace laureate, is increasingly using the recently amended counterterrorism law to arrest alleged supporters of the deposed Awami League government, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations human rights team in Bangladesh should immediately seek the release of more PR

PASAY CITY, Philippines, Oct. 9 -- The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs issued the following news release: * * * DFA Office of Public Diplomacy Holds Second Session of Media and Information Literacy Program on Effective Media Engagement The Office of Public Diplomacy (OPD) continues its Media and Information Literacy Program (MILP) with its second session, entitled Talk with Impact: Strategies for Effective Media Engagement. The seminar was held in partnership with the Public Relati more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Egypt: Journalist Detained over Facebook Posts * (Beirut) - Egyptian authorities detained prominent independent journalist Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. They should immediately and unconditionally release Iskandarani and establish an independent committee to review the detention of thousands of peaceful critics and release all those detained for peaceful  more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Oct. 8 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * espnW Announces Full Agenda and Speakers for the 16th Annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit presented by Toyota * The Summit returns to the Ojai Valley Inn and will take place in-person and virtually October 28-30 This year's lineup includes multi-hyphenate actor, producer, writer, director and co-owner of Boston Legacy FC, Elizabeth Banks, Olympic bronze medalist and p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 [Category: Media] -- The Association of American Publishers issued the following news release: * * * Freedom Letters Receives 2025 AAP International Freedom to Publish Award * The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today awarded Freedom Letters, a Russian and Ukrainian language publisher, the 2025 AAP International Freedom to Publish Award. The award recognizes a publisher outside of the United States who has demonstrated courage and fortitude in defending freedom of more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 8 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Georgia: Several journalists injured in Tbilisi protest * 08 October 2025 # At least 11 journalists were attacked in Tbilisi, while reporting on a large anti-government protest on 4 October. Among them, several were injured. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the Georgian government to condemn law enforcement interference in journali more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Gomez Demands Immediate Action to Protect and Free Detained Constituent, Journalist Emily Wilder * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) is calling on the State Department and the Trump administration to take immediate action to protect and secure the release of his constituent, Emily Wilder, a Los Angeles-based journalist detained by Israeli authorities after reporting aboard a human more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 8 [Category: BizMedia] -- Financial Times, a daily newspaper, posted the following corporate news release: * * * Hidden UK lead poisoning epidemic revealed in new season of FT's investigative podcast: 'Untold: Toxic Legacy' * * UNICEF estimates over 200,000 children in the UK could be suffering from lead poisoning. * The Department for Health and Social Care said it was "unacceptable that anyone in this country in the 21st century should fall victim to lead poisonin more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 9 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network and SmartLess Media Launch New Comedy True-Crime Anthology Podcast "CrimeLess" "Hillbilly Heist," a special 8-part CrimeLess story narrated by Johnny Knoxville, debuts October 15, followed by the weekly "CrimeLess" anthology podcast hosted by comedian Rory Scovel and true crime podcaster Josh Dean on December 10 * NEW YORK - iHeartMedia  more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 9 -- ADF International issued the following news release: * * * One hundred experts write to European Commission warning EU legislation risks censoring global speech * Letter calls on Commission to consult free speech experts as part of review into censorial Digital Services Act (DSA) * Letter from free speech experts, which was coordinated by ADF International, comes after US Ambassador to EU and Google recently expressed concerns that DSA risks censoring American onli more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Saudi Arabia: Comedians Silent on Detained Activists * (Beirut) - Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival did not use their public platform to urge Saudi authorities to free unjustly detained Saudi dissidents, journalists, and human rights activists, Human Rights Watch said today. The festival, which was slated for September 26 to October 9, 2025, was billed as featuring "over 50 glob more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 9 -- Oregon Public Broadcasting issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * New season of OPB's hit investigative podcast 'Hush' explores an enduring Oregon mystery while probing the role and reality of 'true crime' The hit investigative podcast "Hush," produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), returns today to all podcast platforms with a new season that examines a young woman's unexplained death just steps from her front door in rural Oregon, as well  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Chairs Commerce Committee Hearing on Government Censorship, Need to Protect Free Speech * 'We Must Hold Big Tech and Government Censors Accountable' WASHINGTON -- Today, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) chaired a Senate Commerce Committee hearing to examine how government agencies under the Biden Administration pressured Big Tech into censoring and silencing Americans and urged Congress more PR