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Senate Judiciary Committee advances Journalism Competition and Preservation Act

This sto­ry, plus tech com­pa­nies and media out­lets nego­ti­ate deals over news con­tent, new study from Pew Research Cen­ter look­ing at the char­ac­ter­is­tics of top-ranked pod­casts and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Jun 15, 2023Senate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee advances jour­nal­ism bill to bol­ster news­pa­pers, TV sta­tions despite Face­book threat Ted John­son / Deadline […]…

Int’l Day of the African Child: ‘The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow’

The Inter­na­tion­al Day of the African Child is cel­e­brat­ed every year on June 16 with a theme based on the views of chil­dren col­lect­ed from var­i­ous con­sul­ta­tions with chil­dren them­selves. It was insti­tut­ed in 1991 and aims to cel­e­brate chil­dren of Africa and pro­mote their rights, as well as encour­age reflec­tion and action towards addressing…

Sickle Cell: The Enemy Within — BBC Africa Eye documentary

At just six months of age, Lea Kilen­ga Bey was diag­nosed with sick­le cell. Her par­ents were told by doc­tors that she wouldn’t reach her teenage years.  Instead, Lea has become a bea­con of hope for sick­le cell suf­fer­ers across Africa, bat­tling both the stig­mas sur­round­ing the dis­ease and the author­i­ties who fail to provide…

US may restrict visas for Ugandan officials in wake of anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Antony Blinken says he’s look­ing to ‘pro­mote account­abil­i­ty’ for Ugan­dan offi­cials who have vio­lat­ed rights of LGBTQ+ peo­ple The US may restrict visas issued to Ugan­dan offi­cials in its lat­est con­dem­na­tion to the African country’s enact­ment of strin­gent – and high­ly con­tro­ver­sial – anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Antony Blinken, the US sec­re­tary of state, said that Joe…