LONDON, England, April 23 -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Czech Republic: Funding bill puts public media independence at risk A new government bill that would overhaul the funding model for Czech public media risks financially weakening the broadcasters, eroding safeguards for their financial independence, and violating the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), the undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response (M more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker Demands Answers on Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest in $111 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Skydance Merger * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, sent letters to Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Allen & Company, and Evercore, demanding information about undisclosed conflicts of i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker Statement on Paramount - Skydance/ Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Shareholder Vote * WASHINGTON D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, issued the following statement in response to the WBD shareholders vote on the Paramount-Skydance/ Warner Bros. Discovery Merger: "Thousands o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on April 23, 2026: * * * CAIR Says Congress Must End Funding for Israel's Crimes as Israeli Soldiers Loot Occupied Towns in Lebanon The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress to immediately end U.S. funding and military support for the Israeli government following new reports that Israeli soldier more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 21, 2026, by Jurek Wille, a master's student at School of Advanced International Studies, and Friedrich Conradi, journalist and a master's student in international relations, both from the Johns Hopkins University: * * * Germany: Time to Step Up Germany can lead Europe but it needs to convince its allies and change its attitude to hard power. * On Good Friday, Germany's Foreign Minister more PR

LONDON, England, April 23 -- PEN International posted the following news on April 22, 2026: * * * Czech Republic: Concerns over public media funding bill A new government bill that would overhaul the funding model for the Czech public media risks financially weakening the broadcasters, eroding safeguards for their financial independence and violating European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), the undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners, and other media freedom, journalist and freedom more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 23 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Czech Republic: MFRR concerned over compatibility of the public media funding bill with EMFA * The International Federation of Journalists supports the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners' statement expressing concerns over the compatibility of the newly introduced public media funding bill in the Czech Republic with the European Media Freedom Act (EM more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 23 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Lebanon: Journalist targeted and killed by Israeli airstrikes while reporting on the war in southern Lebanon * On 22 April, Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was targeted and killed in a building where she had taken cover from Israeli airstrikes. Rescue teams were prevented from reaching her for hours. Khalil was reporting on developments in southern Lebanon alo more PR

VIENNA, Austria, April 23 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Malta: IPI and press freedom groups warn of government inaction on media reforms Eight and a half years after the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta must create an enabling environment for journalists * IPI joined the undersigned press freedom and journalist organizations in calling on the Maltese authorities to make long-overdue media reforms an immediate priority, and to commit to meaningf more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * National Press Club statement on the acquittal today of American-born journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin in Kuwait * WASHINGTON, April 23 -National Press Club President Mark Schoeff Jr. today issued the following statement on the acquittal today of American-born journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin in Kuwait: "We welcome the news that Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been acquitted after being detained by  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * NEW VIDEO: Ahead of Paramount Shareholder Vote, Booker Releases Documentary Exposing Consequences of Proposed Paramount-Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Merger * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, released a new documentary-style video exposing the consequences of t more PR

BRIGHTON, England, April 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Institute of Development Studies, an organization that conducts research, learning and teaching that aims to transform the knowledge, action and leadership needed for equitable and sustainable development globally, posted the following news: * * * Podcast: Building disability inclusive futures * Disability is very much part of the human experience, with an estimated 16 percent of the world's population experiencing significant disabili more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 24 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Jonathan Capehart, Co-Anchor of MS NOW's The Weekend, to Speak at Rutgers-Newark Commencement Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-anchor of MS NOW's The Weekend, will be the keynote speaker at Rutgers University-Newark's commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 21 at the Prudential Center in Newark. Capehart, a long-time MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) co-ancho more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2026: * * * Grassley Sounds the Alarm on Chinese Theft of American Intellectual Property BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) submitted the following statement for the record as part of today's Judiciary Committee hearing titled, "Stealth Stealing: China's Ongoing Theft of U.S. Innovation." State more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 23 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Somalia: Seventy-two press freedom violations documented in 2025 * On 20 April 2026, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), published its State of the Media Report for 2025, documenting 72 violations of press freedom across Somalia. The IFJ joins NUSOJ in calling for an end to impuni more PR

OXFORD, Ohio, April 23 -- Miami University posted the following news: * * * Wil Haygood elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Wil Haygood, a 1976 graduate of Miami University, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2026. A prolific author, journalist, and educator, Haygood has written several award-winning books, including biographies on Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., and White House butler Eugene Allen. Haygood more PR