WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- NPR [National Public Radio] issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: NPR announced today it has received a $1M grant from the Walton Family Foundation that will support the expansion of the Collaborative Journalism Network, audience research and environmental justice coverage and community engagement efforts at the Gulf States Newsroom (GSN). "Over the past three years, the Gulf States Newsroom has grown into a strong reporting team that works with stations to  more

TROY, Alabama, Jan. 24 -- Troy University issued the following news: Troy University alumnus and motivational speaker Danny Gilroy will deliver the annual Helen Keller Lecture at Troy University on Feb. 15 on the Troy Campus. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 10 a.m. in the Claudia Crosby Theater inside Smith Hall. The Helen Keller Lecture Series, which began in 1995 as the vision of Dr. and Mrs. Jack Hawkins, Jr., was initiated to call attention to and rai  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Jan. 24 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: The University of South Alabama's Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Mobile County Probate Court and Mobile County Board of Registrars are giving students the opportunity to better understand the democratic process by holding mock elections on campus Feb. 1-2, 2024. Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis will speak to political science students on Thursday, Feb. 1, from 9:00 a.m. to  more