Press Releases
National Press Club Releases Video on Anniversary of Death of Jamal Khashoggi
September 28, 2022
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2022 – The National Press Club today released a video statement by Executive Director Bill McCarren on the 4th anniversary of the murder of Washington Post Opinion Contributor Jamal Khashoggi by the government of Saudi Arabia. You can view the statement here:
Read MoreNational Press Club and Project Healthy Minds Partner to Host First-of-its-Kind Event to Highlight Mental Health in Journalism & Across Corporate America, Sept. 30
September 27, 2022
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2022 - Just over a week from World Mental Health Day, the National Press Club and Project Healthy Minds, a Millennial- and Gen-Z-driven non-profit, are convening one of the first ever discussions about mental health and wellbeing in journalism on Friday, September 30, at the…
Read MoreFamily of Shireen Abu Akleh to hold news conference at National Press Club Thursday
August 30, 2022
News Advisory Event: National Press Club Newsmaker News Conference with family of Shireen Abu Akleh When: Thursday, Sept. 1 at 2p.m. Where: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 13th floor Who: Lina Abu Akleh, niece of Shireen, will make a statement and take questions. Details…
Read MoreFloods In Pakistan Examined at National Press Club Newsmaker Friday, September 9
August 30, 2022
News Advisory What: National Press Club Newsmaker News Conference on the recent devastating floods in Pakistan that began last month. When: Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at 10 a.m. Eastern Who: Ambassador Masood Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Where: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW,…
Read MoreNational Press Club Statement on Recent Violence Against Journalists in Mexico
August 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 — Following is a statement from Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the record-setting number of journalists and media workers killed so far this year in Mexico. "Even as 2022 is far from…
Read MoreNational Press Club Statement on 100 Days Since Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
August 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute marking 100 days since the killing of Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was reporting from the field when she was…
Read MoreProPublica, PBS/Frontline and National Public Radio win National Press Club awards
August 11, 2022
National Press Club President Jen Judson today announced the winners of the prestigious National Press Club Journalism Awards. The investigative powerhouse ProPublica won one award for consumer journalism and helped two other organizations win prizes in the National Press Club journalism contest.…
Read MoreNational Press Club Statement on the arrest of José Rubén Zamora
August 10, 2022
WASHINGTON, August 10 – Following is a statement by Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the arrest of José Rubén Zamora, president of the Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, on July 29 in Guatemala City. "The…
Read MoreCNN’s Clarissa Ward to accept 2022 National Press Club Fourth Estate Award
August 3, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2022 – Clarissa Ward, CNN's multi-award winning chief international correspondent based in London, will receive the National Press Club’s most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a Press Club gala in her honor on Wednesday, Dec. 7, in Washington. Ward is the 50th…
Read MoreNational Press Club to Honor Late Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
July 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 15 – Following is a statement from National Press Club President Jen Judson on the Club’s decision to honor the late Al Jazeera Correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh with the 2022 President’s Award that will be conveyed at the Club’s annual Awards Dinner on Aug. 31. “Our hearts go out to…
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