PARIS, France, Oct. 13 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Alarming resurgence of journalist arrests in Burkina Faso * Ousseni Ilboudo, managing editor of the newspaper L'Observateur Paalga, and Michel Wendpouire Nana, deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper Le Pays, were arrested on the morning of 13 October in their respective newsrooms in Ouagadougou, the country's capital. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this alarming upsurge in journa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 [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 o more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities released the following written testimony by Justin Sherman, founder and CEO of Global Cyber Strategies, from an Oct. 7, 2025, hearing entitled "Threats and Challenges Posed to Department Of Defense Personnel and Operations From Adversarial Access to Publicly Available Data Coupled With Advanced Data Analysis Tools Now Widely Available on the Commercial Market": * * * Subcommittee Chair Ernst, Ran more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by journalist and author Alex Berenson from an Oct. 8, 2025, hearing entitled "Shut Your App: How Uncle Sam Jawboned Big Tech Into Silencing Americans": * * * Chairman Cruz, committee members, thank you for giving me the chance to speak on this crucial topic. On Aug. 28, 2021, Twitter (as it was then called) permanently suspended my account, supposedly for violating its "COVID-19  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Master storyteller shares secrets * When Sam Tanenhaus wrote to William F. Buckley in 1990 to ask the conservative icon for an interview, Buckley was "about as famous a public figure as you could be in America," Tanenhaus said during " The Man Who Built a Movement: How William F. Buckley Invented Modern Conservativism," an event hosted Oct. 9 by the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). "He was on television eve more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The International Monetary Fund posted the following news: * * * Press Briefing Transcript: World Economic Outlook, Annual Meetings 2025 * October 14, 2025 Speakers: Pierre Olivier Gourinchas, Director, Research Department, IMF Petya Koeva Brooks, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF Deniz Egan, Division Chief, Research Department, IMF Moderator: Jose Luis De Haro, Communications Officer, IMF Mr. De Haro: Hello, hello, hello. Can you hear me? Yes.  more PR

PARIS, France, Oct. 14 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * RSF expands with first Central Europe bureau in Prague * The Prague bureau of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) -- opened with the support of Czech President Petr Pavel -- will strengthen the NGO's work in the eastern European Union (EU) and highlight the region's contribution to press freedom and to the right to reliable information worldwide. This new bureau is part of the RSF strategy for  more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 15 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2025: * * * Spotlight: Ethiopia Insider founder Tesfalem Waldyes named 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero Despite constant government pressure, Tesfalem Waldyes has dedicated his career to preserving a space for independent, public interest journalism in Ethiopia * On June 8, 2025, plainclothes police officers detained Ethiopian journalist Tesfalem Waldyes at a hotel in the country's capit more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 15 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2025: * * * Spotlight: Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai named 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero The media empire Jimmy Lai built sought to challenge the dominant narrative. Now he's being punished for it. * Hong Kong was once known as a safe haven for journalists, boasting a free and vibrant press. That changed dramatically over the past decade, as Beijing sought to impose its authoritarian  more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 15 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2025: * * * Spotlight: Imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli named 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero Mzia Amaglobeli is a symbol of resilience in the face of rising authoritarianism * On August 6, 2025 following more than 200 days in unjust pretrial detention and a highly-politicized trial, Georgian journalist and IPI member Mzia Amaglobeli was sentenced to two years in prison as more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 15 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2025: * * * Spotlight: Mariam Abu Dagga posthumously named 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero Killed by an Israeli strike, photojournalist Mariam Abu Dagga exemplifies the remarkable courage and determination of Palestinian journalists bringing the world the truth * Days before she was killed in an Israeli strike, photojournalist Mariam Abu Dagga bylined an Associated Press story about Gaz more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 15 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Spotlight: Peruvian journalist Gustavo Gorriti named 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero Despite authorities' attempts to silence him, Peruvian investigative journalist Gustavo Gorriti's battle for transparency continues * Peruvian journalist Gustavo Gorriti has built a career out of investigating and exposing corruption and holding the powerful to account. His work has brought down presidents a more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 15 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Spotlight: Veteran U.S. journalist Martin Baron named 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero Undeterred by institutional resistance, Martin "Marty" Baron's principled approach to public interest journalism has driven key conversations about public policy * In an era of unprecedented attacks on the press, Martin "Marty" Baron's career is a powerful reminder of why the free press matters in the first more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 15 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2025: * * * Spotlight: Victoria Roshchyna posthumously named 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero Victoria Roshchyna's legacy fuels calls for urgent action to free Ukrainian journalists in Russian captivity * In the summer of 2023, Victoria Roshchyna, a 27-year-old Ukrainian freelance journalist, left her home in Kyiv and traveled to Russian-occupied Zaporizhia in Ukraine's southeast on a re more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 14 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Sudan: Journalist killed by paramilitary group in El Fasher * 14 October 2025 # Al Nour Suleiman, the editor and presenter of El Fasher Radio in North Darfur, died of his injuries on 4 October, following a drone strike on his home one day earlier by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins i more PR