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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Photos: "Call Me Ted" Screening

April 4, 2025

The club hosted an exclusive screening on Apr. 4, 2025 of the Max documentary series, "Call Me Ted," which provides an inside look at media titan Ted Turner. This six-part documentary series was written and directed by Keith Clarke and produced by Joni Levin, who joined former CNN correspondent and…

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