NEW YORK, June 10 -- Columbia University Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * The Brown Institute for Media Innovation Awards 2026-2027 "Magic Grants." This year's projects cross both campuses and blend journalistic insight with technical innovation. - This year, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation awarded its 15th cohort of Magic Grants. The winners proposed new work in investigative reporting, civic technology, accessible technology, public health and tools for creative work. Two of this year's grants are bico more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 9 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN to Provide Expansive News and Information Coverage of World Cup 2026 * * 17 Former World Cup players join ESPN's English- and Spanish-language team * ESPN FC and ESPN Deportes to deliver daily World Cup news, analysis and studio programming throughout the tournament * Original digital features with The Food Network's chef Bobby Flay, improv comedian and rapper Chris Turner, plus an ESPN-Marvel documentary a more PR

NEW YORK, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Former Taliban Commander Sentenced To 42 Years In Prison For Hostage Taking And Providing Material Support For Acts Of Terrorism Resulting In Death * United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John A. Eisenberg, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), Kas more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 9 -- Gov. Bob Ferguson, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Ferguson appoints Fe LopezGaetke and Mary Nam to the Washington State University Board of Regents * WSU alumni are Governor Ferguson's first two new individuals appointed to six-year terms on the WSU Board of Regents OLYMPIA - Today Governor Bob Ferguson announced the appointment of Fe LopezGaetke and Mary Nam to the Washington State University Board of Regents. Both appointments will take effect June 9. "Fe and Mary have b more PR

NEW YORK, June 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper on the Human Rights Situation in Tunisia * Five years after President Kais Saied seized extraordinary executive powers on July 25, 2021, Tunisia's human rights situation has deteriorated dramatically. What began as a slide back into authoritarianism has hardened into systematic repression of civil society organizations, journalists, political opponents, independent lawyers, and migrants. Shrinking Civic Space more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 9, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow Tells Baltics NATO Will Not Come to Their Rescue Executive Summary: * Whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will launch an attack on the Baltic countries remains uncertain. Moscow is now pushing a propaganda line that has consequences not only for those countries but for all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, June 9 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Lane Discusses Civic Engagement, Voting Rights, Power of Community on National Podcast * As political polarization, voter fatigue, and public distrust in institutions continue to shape the national conversation, Shannon R. Lane believes one message is more important than ever: democracy only works when people participate. Lane, director of the Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work at the UConn School of Social Work, recently shar more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 9 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Libya: IFJ and EFJ demand immediate release of journalist Alicia Armesto detained with nine other activists while en route to Gaza * 09 June 2026 Alicia Armesto, a journalist and the technical secretary of the Madrid Journalists' Union (SPM) - part of the Federation of Journalists' Unions (FeSP) - was detained alongside other nine activists by the Libyan National Army. The group was held on 24 May while appro more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 9 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Libya: IFJ and EFJ demand immediate release of Spanish journalist Alicia Armesto detained with nine other activists while en route to Gaza * Alicia Armesto, a journalist and the technical secretary of the Madrid Journalists' Union (SPM) - part of the Federation of Journalists' Unions (FeSP) - was detained alongside other nine activists by the Libyan National Army. The group was held on 24 May while approaching a military checkpoint in Sirte, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that says it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Teacher Fellows' Lessons Inspired by Global Health Reporting Reach Over 1,000 Students Author: Sushmita Jaya Mukherjee, Pulitzer Center Staff * * * "The impact of this program is it is transforming how I view my role as an educator. I have already started to transform my biology lessons by increasing awareness of others globally through underreported stories." -- Rebecca Brewer, Michigan * * * In Oct more PR