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News | UC African American community celebrates Akwaaba despite slashed funding.
Akwaaba 2025 attendees pose together in Tangeman University Center. Photo courtesy of Ife Oshunniyi Akwaaba, a traditional Welcome Week event for University of Cincinnati’s (UC) African American student community, took place in Tangeman University...

Marketing Byte: How Franchises Track and Manage Their Online Reputations
Franchise Update Media recently released its 2025 Annual Franchise Marketing Leadership Report. The AFMR is a survey of top franchise marketing executives that provides insights into the latest consumer behavior trends, innovative marketing...

Media: Yermak and Umerov to visit US this week
Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustam Umerov will visit the United States this week, APA reports, citing Bloomberg. Ukrainian officials will...

Media: European trio may begin process of restoring sanctions against Iran tomorrow
The European trio (Great Britain, Germany, France) will most likely start the process of activating the "snapback" mechanism, which involves the restoration of sanctions against Iran, tomorrow, APA reports, citing Reuters. According to them, there...

Journalist claims Chelsea are set to demand significant loan fee for any potential deal for Nicolas Jackson
Chelsea are reportedly ready to let Nicolas Jackson depart this summer on a loan deal for a significant loan fee. Reputed journalist Ben Jacobs has claimed that the Blues want a £10m loan fee for the Senegal international. Enzo Maresca's side have...
News Man in 20s dies in workplace accident in Kingscourt Second workplace accident to happen in town in past week 28 minutes ago
Second workplace accident to happen in town in past week Published: Wed 27 Aug 2025, 6:23 PM Last updated: Wed 27 Aug 2025, 6:40 PM A man has died following a workplace accident at a manufacturing premises in Kingscourt. Gardaí and emergency...

Media Miss Minute: DNC still funding Harris campaign, Illinois launches free helpline for LGBTQIA+ residents
In this Media Miss Minute: It’s been nearly a year since former Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, yet the Democratic National Committee is still paying millions in bills. And as the Trump administration rolls back protections,...

Media Bill: Parliament accepts bill amid heated protests
A journalist being arrested for protesting in front of the President's Office/Photo: MJA The Parliament has accepted the new media regulation bill amid protests staged by journalists in Male' today. The journalists gathered outside the Parliament...

Journalists sound alarm over bill to shackle free media
Journalists across the Maldives have launched protests demanding the immediate rejection of a controversial bill submitted to the People’s Majlis, which they say threatens press freedom and seeks to tighten government control over independent...

Media control bill won't silence the people, even if passed: Mariya
Former Minister of Defence, and former Chairperson of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), Mariya Ahmed Didi, has stated that even if the media control bill is passed, it will not silence the people. A large number of citizens,...

'Exhausted, hungry, and scared': What it's like to be a journalist in Gaza
Amira MhadhbiBBC News Arabic ShareSave Journalists in Gaza work and sleep in tents near various hospitals "I never imagined that one day I would be living and working in a tent, deprived of the most basic human necessities - even water and a...

Scripps Howard Foundation invests $11 million to support Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism
Press Release | Scripps Howard Foundation CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation is extending its support for the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism with two grants totaling $11 million over the next three years. The funding will...

International News Briefs for Wednesday, August 27, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Ten Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza as Israeli Forces Kill 76 in a Day Aug 27, 2025 Ten Palestinians, including...

Statistical Significance Is A Perilous Safeguard In Marketing
From all my years in research and consulting, I think I’ve learned a thing or two about marketing worth sharing. Enduring fundamentals, mostly—yet often overlooked. So, over the course of my biweekly column this year, I want to share some snippets...

GMet Boosts Skills of Journalists on Early Warning Systems
By D.I. Laary Koforidua, Aug 27, GNA – The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has held a one-day training in Koforidua to enhance the capacity of journalists in the Eastern Region to communicate weather-related information effectively to the...

Jonathan Cook – How western media helped turn Israel’s genocide into ‘fake news’
Israel’s intent to annihilate Gaza would have been clear much sooner had we listened to Palestinian journalists, rather than the evasions and equivocations of the BBC Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...

Outrage continues after Israel kills five journalists
By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel is facing fierce condemnation after a pair of strikes on a Gaza hospital killed five journalists as well as medical workers and others on Monday. At least 20 people...

Indigenous Journalists Unite for Sovereignty and Free Press at Global Conference, Forging Path against Colonial Narratives
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff) Returning to the Indigenous Media Conference 2025, for the second time in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, I felt like coming home to a community of storytellers and journalists. The three-day annual...

VICTOR BWIRE: Press freedom at 15
Victor Bwire./FILE As we take stock of the achievements, opportunities and challenges brought about by the Kenya Constitution 2010, promulgated 15 years ago, suffice to note that, yes the freedom of expression space has expanded, freedom of...

Fulwell CEO Leo Pearlman Deletes LinkedIn Post Claiming Al Jazeera Reporter Killed By Israel Was Terrorist “Masquerading” As Journalist
EXCLUSIVE: Leo Pearlman, the co-CEO of LeBron James-backed Fulwell Entertainment, has deleted a social media post in which he argued that a prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in an Israeli strike this month was a terrorist “mouthpiece.” In a...