WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Accuracy in Media posted the following news: * * * Therapy as Activism: APA 2025 Conference Exposes Push to Reengineer "White Allies" and "Redistribute Power" At the 2025 conference of the American Psychological Association, what was billed as a gathering of the nation's top mental health professionals turned into something else entirely: a platform for political activism dressed up in clinical language. An Accuracy in Media journalist captured two professors openly promoting the use of therapy techniques--not to trea more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 28 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Azerbaijan: outrageous sentences of up to 15 years' imprisonment in the Toplum TV case * The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) condemn the extremely harsh prison sentences handed down on 27 July by an Azerbaijani court to journalists and media actors associated with leading independent news outlet Toplum TV. The court's verdict confirms the political nature of the trial and the au more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 -- Columbia University Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Kristofer Rios, '12 M.S., Named James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues The alumnus returns to Columbia Journalism School as a member of the faculty that helped launch his journalism career. - Emmy Award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Kristofer Rios, '12 M.S., has joined Columbia Journalism School as the James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues. Rios has spent his career reporting on immig more PR

FORT MYERS, Florida, July 24 -- Florida SouthWestern State College issued the following news: * * * Florida SouthWestern State College Names Dr. Kevin Lynum Director of Athletics Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) has named Dr. Kevin Lynum as its new director of athletics, bringing to the FSW Buccaneers a leader with a proven record of strengthening athletic programs, improving student-athlete academic success, expanding athletic opportunities and advancing meaningful community engagement. Most recently, Lynum served as director of at more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 29 -- The Abolitionist Law Center issued the following news on July 28, 2026: * * * Journalist, Elder Mumia Abu-Jamal's Perpetual Detention Unjust, Human Rights Groups Appeal to United Nations PHILADELPHIA--For more than 44 years, U.S. citizen Mumia Abu-Jamal has been arbitrarily detained in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today, Abolitionist Law Center and a national coalition of other human rights organizations - American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Constitutional Rights, California Coalition for Wome more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release on July 28, 2026: * * * Journalist, Elder Mumia Abu-Jamal's Perpetual Detention Unjust, Human Rights Groups Appeal to United Nations For more than 44 years, U.S. citizen Mumia Abu-Jamal has been arbitrarily detained in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today, Abolitionist Law Center and a national coalition of other human rights organizations - American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Constitutional Rights, California Coalition for Women Prisoners,  more PR

LONDON, England, July 29 -- PEN International issued the following news on July 28, 2026: * * * Mexico: Killing of journalists condemned - at least five murdered in six weeks 'The appalling crimes against journalists in Mexico are not isolated, but part of a pattern that threatens freedom of expression itself. Journalists must be able to work without fear of violence. The Mexican Government have an obligation to ensure that every attack is investigated promptly, independently and thoroughly, that those responsible are brought to justice,' sa more PR

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, July 28 [Category: Media] -- The Poynter Institute posted the following news release: * * * Poynter Institute to honor Chuck Todd for leadership in independent political journalism * The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, will honor veteran political journalist Chuck Todd with the 2026 Poynter Make a Mark Leadership Award, recognizing his decades-long impact on political journalism and his role as one of the country's leading independent voices covering politics, democracy and public affairs. Poynter more PR

ONEONTA, New York, July 28 -- Hartwick College issued the following news release: * * * Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Mike McIntire '85 Returns to Hartwick to Discuss New Book * The Hartwick Institute of Public Service will welcome three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter and Hartwick alumnus Mike McIntire '85 P'13 P'21 to campus for a public discussion of his newly released book, "Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence," an examination of America's gun culture that invites readers to grap more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Schiff, Senate Judiciary Committee Members Probe Justice Department Subpoenas of New York Times Journalists in Air Force One Scandal * Inquiry demands details of involvement of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney currently overseeing the office that issued the subpoenas Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and every other Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee demanded the U.S. Justi more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 27 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * SPJ hosts 17 emerging journalism leaders from across the country at relaunched Leadership Institute * The Society of Professional Journalists hosted its relaunched Leadership Institute July 17-19, bringing together 17 professional SPJ members from across the country for an intensive three-day program focused on leadership, governance and press freedom advocacy. Participants took part in hands-on workshops, leadership more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 29 -- The University of Virginia issued the following Q&A on July 28, 2026, involving cerebrovascular neurologist Bradford Worrall: * * * Q&A: What is the memory erasing condition Katie Couric experienced? By Jane Kelly, jak4g@virginia.edu Award-winning journalist Katie Couric recently dedicated her Substack to an unsettling episode she experienced at the end of June. She began her Saturday in Aspen, Colorado, with a visit to the farmer's market, where she bought peaches for her morning cereal. Then she cho more PR