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Journalists Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for 2025-10-25 ( 12 items )  
Appeal trial of Christophe Gleizes set for 3 December in Algeria: RSF renews its call for the release of the French sports journalist (10)
PARIS, France, Oct. 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Appeal trial of Christophe Gleizes set for 3 December in Algeria: RSF renews its call for the release of the French sports journalist * The Tizi Ouzou Court of Justice has set 3 December 2025 as the date for the appeal trial of journalist Christophe Gleizes, who was sentenced on 29 June to seven years in prison. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) repeats its call for the release of this profes more PR

Center for European Policy Analysis: Specter of Stagflation Looms Over Russia (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * The Specter of Stagflation Looms Over Russia The country's war of choice against Ukraine is steadily depressing economic activity. By Alexander Kolyandr Running Russia's central bank is not an enviable job. Elvira Nabiullina, who has headed the institution for the past 12 years, is between the rock of the country's slow economic growth, and the hard place of the ruble's per more PR

CNN Announces Premiere Date for The Story Is with Elex Michaelson (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 24 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN Announces Premiere Date for The Story Is with Elex Michaelson The Story Is with Elex Michaelson launches October 27 at 9pm PT/12am ET on CNN and CNN International *  LOS ANGELES, CA - October 2 4, 2025 The Story Is with Elex Michaelson, a new Los Angeles-based primetime show hosted by award-winning journalist Elex Michaelson, will premiere Monday, October 27 at 9pm PT/12am ET on CNN and CNN Internati more PR

Dole Institute late fall 2025 programming features Croatian ambassador to the US, Cook Political Report editor, Wichita mayor (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 23 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Dole Institute late fall 2025 programming features Croatian ambassador to the US, Cook Political Report editor, Wichita mayor * The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its late fall 2025 programming, featuring conversations on foreign service and diplomacy, public service and domestic politics. Highlights include several Dole Fellow-led conversations, including wi more PR

FFRF's 48th Annual Convention: A joyful, urgent call for reason and democracy (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 24 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF's 48th Annual Convention: A joyful, urgent call for reason and democracy * The Freedom From Religion Foundation's 48th Annual Convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C., held Oct. 16-19 was a vibrant reminder that reason and constitutional principles have the power to move hearts as well as stir activism. From Friday's opening anthem to Saturday night's standing-room-o more PR

Freedom Letters Receives 2025 AAP International Freedom to Publish Award (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 [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

IPI Honours Courage in Journalism With Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer Awards (10)
VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 25 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * IPI honours courage in journalism with Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards Seven journalists recognized for their fearless reporting; Hungary's independent media honoured for resilience and innovation in the face of growing pressure * The International Press Institute (IPI) on Friday honoured seven journalists as World Press Freedom Heroes and named Hungary's independ more PR

New Fellows Will Ask the 'Tough Questions' About AI (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * New Fellows Will Ask the 'Tough Questions' About AI * The Pulitzer Center's AI Accountability Network has selected its fourth cohort of AI Accountability Fellows. Eight journalists across four continents will spend the next 10 months investigating the AI supply chain, its applications, and its human impacts in their communities. The Fe more PR

Pressing Matters: Q&A With New Yale University Press Director Niko Pfund (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 25 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 24, 2025, by Eric Gershon with Yale University Press Director Niko Pfund: * * * Pressing matters: Q&A with new Yale University Press director Niko Pfund Yale University Press's new director shares some of his thoughts about book publishing in the digital age and emerging priorities for the eminent enterprise he now leads * On July 1, Niko Pfund assumed the directorship of Yale University Press, succeeding Jo more PR

Sri Lanka's authorities must stop harassing Tamil photojournalist Kumanan Kanapathipillai (10)
PARIS, France, Oct. 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Sri Lanka's authorities must stop harassing Tamil photojournalist Kumanan Kanapathipillai * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Sri Lankan government to put a stop to its unacceptable harassment of Kanapathipillai Kumanan, a photojournalist covering human rights violations and abuses in northern Sri Lanka who is being subjected to a new intimidation campaign orchestrated by the aut more PR

UN Treaty Signing Highlights Vietnam's Curb on Online Dissent (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 24 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * UN Treaty Signing Highlights Vietnam's Curb on Online Dissent * Vietnam's longstanding record of cracking down on online dissent makes it a fitting host for the signing ceremony of the deeply flawed United Nations Convention against Cybercrime. State representatives convening in Hanoi on October 25 should understand that without adequate human rights safeguards, this new treaty risks being used more PR

Welch Leads Senators in Calling for State Department to Provide Answers on Shooting of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Senators in Calling for State Department to Provide Answers on Shooting of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh * WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led eight Senate colleagues in sending the U.S. Department of State a fourth request for more information and answers on the death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. She was killed by an Israeli so more PR