WASHINGTON, April 20 -- ACDI/VOCA, an economic development organization that fosters broad-based economic growth, raises living standards, and creates vibrant communities, issued the following news: Knowledge management is a useful tool for organizations implementing development programs around the world. As a process, it assists organizations in continually identifying, refining, documenting, and sharing information to successfully implement program activities. However, program implementers ca  more

READING, Pennsylvania, April 20 -- Alvernia University issued the following news: Alvernia University and the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) hosted the second annual College of Business, Communication, and Leadership (CBCL): Because You Matter Conference at the John R. Post Center at Reading CollegeTowne on Thursday, drawing over 200 participants. "We are living in consequential times right now with geopolitical tensions, social justice issues and questions surrounding the value of hi  more

LONDON, England, April 20 -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, issued the following news: ARTICLE 19 expresses deep concern over recent actions taken by the Togolese authorities against the foreign press, just days before the legislative elections scheduled for 29 April. Togo's media regulatory body, the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC), has suspended accreditation for foreign media, and prohibited France 24 and Radio Fra  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Amy Palmer, of Sacramento, has been appointed Deputy Director of Crisis Communications and Public Affairs at the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. Palmer has served as Deputy Secretary of Communications at the California Government Operations Agency since 2020. She served as Director of Comm  more

MOORHEAD, Minnesota, April 20 -- Concordia College issued the following news: Artificial reefs, Dungeons & Dragons, healthcare management, aerial dance, and the magnetic properties of rocks were just a few of the eclectically diverse topics Concordia College students presented during the annual Celebration of Student Scholarship Wednesday. The annual event is a day-long research symposium (https://ursca.org/full-schedule/) designed to highlight the scholarly work of the students, whether it's   more

LONDON, England, April 20 -- Financial Times, a daily newspaper, issued the following corporate news release: The Financial Times has won six awards at the 2024 Press Awards, which recognises and celebrates the best of British journalism. Artificial intelligence editor Madhumita Murgia won the award for Science and Technology Journalist of the Year. Judges said that Murgia "led the field in analysing the technology around AI and also the business machinations that come in its wake and the subs  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 19 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: As newsrooms across the state and nation continue to shrink, State Senator Steve Stadelman's measures to encourage local ownership of newsrooms and recruit more students to the journalism profession have passed the Senate. "Investing in journalism education is investing in the future of our democracy," said Stadelman (D-Rockford). One part of the measure involves the sale of local news organizations to  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Today, Anti Woke Caucus Chairman Rep. Jim Banks introduced the Defund NPR Act, legislation to defund National Public Radio. This initiative is supported by Elon Musk. Find the bill text here (https://banks.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Defund_NPR_Act.pdf). Said Rep. Jim Banks: "NPR's new CEO is a radical, left-wing activist who doesn't believe in free speech or objective journalism. Hoosiers shoul  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 20 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 10 with 2023 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 10 comprises Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in the late spring. MOE Awards entries are   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 20 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 9 with 2023 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 9 comprises Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in the late spring. MOE Awards entries are judged by  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, April 20 -- Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news: The Arrow, the student newspaper of Southeast Missouri State University, won a combined 26 awards at the 2024 Missouri Broadcast Educators Association (MBEA)/Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) Conference April 6 in Kansas City, Missouri. Among the Arrow's awards were seven first-place awards, including MCMA Division 2 Best Overall Newspaper recognition. Students also continued their domi  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 20 -- The University of California issued the following news release: Award-winning journalist David Ono, co-anchor of ABC7 Eyewitness News in Los Angeles, has been named the second recipient of the Irene Hirano Inouye Award by the UCLA Paul and Hirano Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies. A Japanese American broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, Ono began his career with a college internship at a local news station near University of Texas at Austin. H  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 19 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lynnette Harris In early 2015, the Colorado River Basin was facing an unprecedented water shortage. Across the Mountain West, crops were withering, reservoir levels were falling, and state and local governments were imposing historic curtailments. Come that spring, however, a nearly threefold increase in the basin's average precipitation sent the river system from severe shortage to extreme flooding in a mat  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: Privacy leaders, tech organizations, broadcasters, health care leaders and more are welcoming the bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Chair Rodgers led a heari  more