BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 22 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli: laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize * The two journalists, imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, are the laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to be awarded by Parliament on 16 December. Announcing the laureates in the hemicycle on Wednesday, EP President Roberta Metsola said: "By awarding this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 21 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli: laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize * The two journalists, imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, are the laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to be awarded by Parliament on 16 December. Announcing the laureates in the hemicycle on Wednesday, EP President Roberta Metsola said: "By awarding this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Behind the Story: Mental Health Resilience in American Communities * Dive deeper into reporting on mental health with Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows and grantees. Communities across America are navigating their mental well-being in an unprecedented and rapidly changing political environment. Changes in environment, education, health car more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * COM Students Help Fill Local News Gap Through Partnership with Boston Neighborhood Network Broadcast journalism reporters, led by BU's Tina McDuffie, produce content covering 26 local communities By Amy Laskowski At a time when local journalism is vanishing across the country--a phenomenon that media experts call "news deserts"--a partnership between students in the Boston University College of Communicatio more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 22 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Burkina Faso: Judicial Officers Feared Forcibly Disappeared * (Nairobi) - Burkina Faso authorities should urgently investigate and publicly report on the whereabouts of six judges and prosecutors as well as one lawyer who are feared to have been forcibly disappeared, Human Rights Watch said today. The abductions of the judicial officers and lawyer since October 10, 2025, could amount to enfor more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 22 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Conversation series deepens Brown's culture of inquiry as part of Discovery Through Dialogue * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- As part of its campus-wide Discovery Through Dialogue project, Brown University's Office of Diversity and Inclusion will present a three-part series that brings leading thinkers to the University to engage in deep and challenging conversations. The series, which is free an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 [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. 22 [Category: Political] -- People for the American Way posted the following news release: * * * Jamie Lee Curtis and Shepard Fairey Join People For the American Way to Launch The Art of Saving Democracy: An Action Kit for Making Change * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- People For the American Way today announced the upcoming release of The Art of Saving Democracy: An Action Kit for Making Change, a new, nonpartisan civic renewal initiative designed to inspire and equip Americans to act more PR

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 22 -- The Kenya Human Rights Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * Kigame, KHRC challenge deadly cybercrimes law that hands regime power to hunt down dissenters * Law grants state unfettered power to surveil, silence, and endanger citizens. * Sweeping clause criminalizes the publication of what the law vaguely calls "false, misleading, or mischievous information." * Reuben Kigame and the Kenya Human Rights Commission have filed a petition more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Meet the Pulitzer Center Coaching Grantees Who Will Train Fellow Journalists on Covering AI * The Pulitzer Center has selected eight journalists to be AI Spotlight Coaching grantees, who will train fellow reporters in their communities on how to cover artificial intelligence using an accountability lens. Coming from various countries, th more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles-Ramos, Commissioner Kaufman Kick Off 2026 "Battle of the Boroughs" E-Sports Competition * Digital Gaming Competition Encourages Students to Design More Sustainable, Future-Ready New York City * Mayor Adams Reveals First Round Prompt to Redesign Pier 6 in Sunset Park * Competition Comes as New York City's Digital Gaming Industry Continues to Grow, Creating Thou more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 22 -- The city of London issued the following news release: * * * Rachel Riley receives Freedom of the City of London * Rachel Riley has received the Freedom of the City of London, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Holocaust education and antisemitism campaigning work. Rachel was nominated by Lord Mayor of London, Alastair King, and City Corporation Elected Member, Alderman Tim Levene, and attended her ceremony at the Lord Mayor's official residence,  more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 22 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * SPJ Foundation awards $75,000 in grants supporting press freedom, advocacy and media literacy * CONTACT: Hagit Limor, SPJ Foundation President, hilmormedia@gmail.com SPJ Communications, communications@spj.org The Society of Professional Journalists Foundation Board of Directors voted Friday, during its meeting at MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C., to award $75,00 more PR

PARIS, France, Oct. 22 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Turkish court urged to acquit four journalists accused of participating in protest they covered in March * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the acquittal of four journalists who are due to appear before an Istanbul criminal court on 24 October for the first time since their arrest in March for allegedly participating in the supposedly illegal demonstration they were covering. The a more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * TV icons have creatively joined a new Robertson School course * By Sian Wilkerson A new course covering the multifaceted world of television is giving Virginia Commonwealth University students the opportunity to learn from Hollywood's greatest minds - through archival video, that is. The curriculum shapes its lessons using more than 100 clips from a vast archive, compiled by the Television A more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 22 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * USA: TVNZ journalist was refused access at the Pentagon after new restrictions on the press Logan Church, a TVNZ journalist, was escorted out of the Pentagon and denied access to cover a meeting after his media accreditation was withdrawn at the last minute, just days after the latest restrictions on news outlets came into force. The International Federation of  more PR