WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. News and World Report, a digital news and information company, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: For Black Maternal Health Week 2024, U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, today recognized High-Performing Maternity Care Hospitals' success in supporting Black maternal health. U.S. News' analysis of all High-Performing Maternity Care Hospitals in the U.S. identified 26 hospitals in 13 states ac  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Brianne Garrett Monica Larner believes Italian grape growing is a special art. Larner, who lives in Rome, is a certified sommelier and an award-winning reviewer and writer for the Robert Parker Wine Advocate, an influential consumer publication. She has traveled all over Italy for assignments: a vineyard in Compania, where grapes are grown on trees, requiring harvesters to use special ladders for retrieval; Pant  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- CandEN Global Enterprise, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 8, 2024, edition (Vol. 102, Issue 11): SCIENCE CONCENTRATES: * Sex hormones' effect on cultured cells depends on chromosomal background * Cyclodextrins, reflected * Implantable batteries could run on body's oxygen * Antiviral provides postexposure protection against ebolavirus in monkeys * Electrons' speed key to pho  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, April 10 -- The Campaign for Southern Equality issued the following news on April 9, 2024: * * * By Cecil Robinson For many queer and transgender people, growing up without having a community is nothing new. Like so many, the lack of visibility in queer and transgender representation tends to leave one feeling hopeless and alone. A study (https://blog.searchinstitute.org/lgbtq-youth) by the Search Institute found that LGBTQ+ people are more likely to experience gaps  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 12 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne is pleased to announce Jenita McGowan as the new Deputy Chief of Staff for Climate and Sustainability. McGowan will start her new position on April 15. "We are thrilled to welcome Jenita McGowan into this top-level position within our administration," said Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne. "Climate resilience and sustainability initiatives are critica  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 12 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: Five students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Journalism and Mass Communications Department have been selected to receive scholarships from Spotify, the global music and podcast streaming platform. The 2024 Spotify NextGen Scholarship has been awarded to Armani Ross, a junior mass media production major from Atlanta; Christen Davis, a j  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: On Thursday, the House Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee convened a hearing to discuss possible legislative action on Section 230 of the Communications Act. Section 230 generally shields websites from legal liability for the material that users post on their platforms while also giving these websit  more

VIENNA, Austria, April 12 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on April 11, 2024: The partner organizations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) strongly condemn Georgia's ruling party's renewed effort to pass a Russian-style "foreign agent" law that would threaten media freedom and civic space in the country, which received EU candidate status last year. We call on the Georgian Dream (GD) party to immediately withdraw this restrictive piece of legislation. On W  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, April 12 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: The chief strategy officer for the National Alliance of Forest Owners presents the 2024 Carlton Owen Lecture, an annual event presented by Mississippi State's College of Forest Resources held in anticipation of Earth Week. Kate Gatto will lead the April 16 public program "It's Not Easy Being Green: Forestry as a Bipartisan Solution" at 2 p.m. in Tully Auditorium, Thompson Hall. "Forestry is one of the  more

LONDON, England, April 12 -- Financial Times, a daily newspaper, issued the following corporate news release: The 2024 Financial Times Newsroom Apprentice programme, in partnership with the Manchester Evening News (M.E.N), is now open to applicants. The apprenticeship is for people without a degree. The 18 month programme, now in its second year, is aimed at giving those from minority ethnic backgrounds and disadvantaged socio-economic groups a head start in their journalism career. Applicatio  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath the Edward R. Murrow Award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to journalism and public media. The award was presented at a CPB Board dinner Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. "Raney Aronson-Rath represents the pinnacle of public media journalism,  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following testimony by Shannon Green, assistant to the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance, involving a hearing on March 21, 2024, entitled "Implementation of the U.S. Anti-Corruption Strategy": * * * Chairman Cardin, Ranking Member Risch, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for your leadership on fighting corruption and the op  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, April 12 -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Jessica Dutton, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Biology, has received a grant from the Matagorda Bay Mitigation Trust to investigate mercury exposure through seafood consumption in the Matagorda Bay ecosystem. The three-year $474,900 award will allow Dutton to investigate people's exposure to mercury through seafood consumption using hair analysis and surveys focusing on demographic fac  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A University of Kansas professor who teaches data storytelling has written new work about how embracing the idea that data is all around can be a new approach to teaching writing. Each semester, Christopher Etheridge, assistant professor of journalism & mass communications, hears students ask how much math will be involved in a class or suggest that they are not good with numbers. In a chapter for the ne  more

PARIS, France, April 12 -- The WAN-IFRA - World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers issued the following news release: This year, new categories were added to the contest that addresses the latest needs of audiences and the industry: Best Fact-Checking Project, Best Innovative Digital Product, Best Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Newsroom and Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy, without leaving behind the most beloved categories such as Best Digital Journalism Project, Best Newsl  more