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Journalist Melissa Martin wins Press Freedom Prize for compelling dispatches from Ukraine amid air raids and bombings

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Martin took a leave from the Winnipeg Free Press in 2023 to spend a year in Ukraine, chronicling the impact of war on civilians on her Substack platform.

Key Points: 
  • Martin took a leave from the Winnipeg Free Press in 2023 to spend a year in Ukraine, chronicling the impact of war on civilians on her Substack platform.
  • Between frequent air raids and bombings, Martin produced vivid and compelling dispatches on the resiliency of the people living amid fear and loss.
  • Judges considered nominations from across Canada for the annual press freedom award, the career achievement prize in honour of committee co-founder Spencer Moore, and our new student journalism prize.
  • The luncheon theme, to mark the United Nations' World Press Freedom Day, is Free Press, Fair Elections and Democracy.

Journalist Melissa Martin wins Press Freedom Prize for compelling dispatches from Ukraine amid air raids and bombings

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Martin took a leave from the Winnipeg Free Press in 2023 to spend a year in Ukraine, chronicling the impact of war on civilians on her Substack platform.

Key Points: 
  • Martin took a leave from the Winnipeg Free Press in 2023 to spend a year in Ukraine, chronicling the impact of war on civilians on her Substack platform.
  • Between frequent air raids and bombings, Martin produced vivid and compelling dispatches on the resiliency of the people living amid fear and loss.
  • Judges considered nominations from across Canada for the annual press freedom award, the career achievement prize in honour of committee co-founder Spencer Moore, and our new student journalism prize.
  • The luncheon theme, to mark the United Nations' World Press Freedom Day, is Free Press, Fair Elections and Democracy.

Bari Weiss Announced as Keynote Speaker for The Policy Circle's Leadership Summit

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

TAMPA, Fla., March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Policy Circle is pleased to announce that journalist, author, founder, and editor of The Free Press, Bari Weiss, will be headlining the organization's annual gathering of civic-minded leaders. From 2017 to 2020, Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet Magazine.

Key Points: 
  • The Policy Circle's 7th Annual Leadership Summit will feature keynote remarks from Bari Weiss on November 16, 2023, in Tampa, Florida.
  • TAMPA, Fla., March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Policy Circle is pleased to announce that journalist, author, founder, and editor of The Free Press, Bari Weiss, will be headlining the organization's annual gathering of civic-minded leaders.
  • From 2017 to 2020, Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times.
  • To hear the keynote from Bari Weiss, participate in the Summit, or learn more about sponsorship and partnership opportunities, visit the Summit page here .

Jon Stasevich Offers A New Path Forward with his Presidential Run For Office

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Monday, January 23, 2023

BOYNE CITY, Mich. , Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Jon Stasevich's Vison ~ A NEW PATH FORWARD

Key Points: 
  • We need a president who will serve all U.S. citizens & end the corruption of our economic and political systems.
  • Our new President must UNITE our citizens & voters by rejecting the politics of fear and division propagated by the two major parties.
  • Together WE will remove every corporate partisan from government officials and their wealthy corporate funders.
  • We will support international law so that every global citizen can live a dignified, high-quality life.