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Photos: 2025 NPC Spelling Bee
June 25, 2025
Relationships between politicians and the media who cover them have become increasingly intense, but on June 25, 2025 in the National Press Club’s historic ballroom, fun and friendly competition will prevailed as lawmakers and reporters competed in the uproariously entertaining Press &…
Photos: Aldo Cazzullo - "The Neverending Empire"
May 9, 2025
Aldo Cazzullo discussed his book, “The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome,” at a National Press Club Book Event on May 9, 2025.
Photos: NPC Screening - "Words of War"
May 7, 2025
"Words of War" tells the story of world-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya, whose fearless reporting exposed corruption, human rights abuses, and war crimes—ultimately leading to her assassination in 2006. The film is a sobering portrayal of the dangers that…
Photos: PFW - Breakfast with Alsu Kurmasheva
May 2, 2025
Jason Rezaian sat down with Alsu Kurmasheva of Radio Free Europe over breakfast as part of the National Press Club's Press Freedom Week on May 2, 2025. They discussed her detention in Russia, her new career in an advocacy role, and ongoing efforts to free the 10 VOA, RFE/RL, and RFA journalists…
Photos: PFW - Russian Journalists Reporting from Exile
May 2, 2025
Alsu Kurmasheva moderated a May 2, 2025 conversation with Masha Borzunova and Mikhail Zygar, two Russian journalists now reporting from exile in Berlin, as part of National Press Club's Press Freedom Week. They offered firsthand perspectives on the risks, realities, and resilience of covering…
Photos: PFW - Confronting U.S. Challenges
May 1, 2025
National Press Club President Mike Balsamo led a high-level conversation on May 1, 2025 regarding the escalating threats to press freedom in the United States — from courtroom battles to coordinated online harassment campaigns against journalists, and the growing infringements on independent…
Photos: PFW - Covering Russia - Reporting at the Front Lines
May 1, 2025
Moderated by Amanda Bennett, former CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, this May 1, 2025 event featured the editorial team from the Barents Observer, an independent Arctic news outlet reporting on the tense Russia-Norway border region. Speakers included Barents Observer founder Atle Staalesen…
Photos: PFW - Why Saving VOA, RFE/RL, RFA and MBN Matters
May 1, 2025
Paul Beckett, former Assistant Editor at The Wall Street Journal, who led the Journal’s efforts to secure Evan Gershkovich’s release, moderated a May 1, 2025 discussion on the existential threat facing Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting…
Photos: PFW - Free Austin Tice
May 1, 2025
Debra Tice, mother of journalist Austin Tice — abducted in Syria and still held captive — joined Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray to share the latest on efforts to bring Austin home at a Press Freedom Week event on May 1, 2025. Tice remains the only American journalist currently…