NPC Briefing: NIGHT OUT FOR AUSTIN TICE

Photo Credit: Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, President of the National Press Club, speaks during the news conference to discuss the progress of "Night Out for Austin Tice", at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May

Photo Credit: Kristen Lee-Charlson, executive director of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, speaks during the news conference to discuss the progress of "Night Out for Austin Tice", at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May

Photo Credit: Debra and Marc Tice, (L), join the press conference for their son Austin, via Skype, to discuss the progress of "Night Out for Austin Tice", at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May

Photo Credit: Jamie Leeds, owner/chef, JL Restaurant Group, speaks during the news conference to discuss the progress of "Night Out for Austin Tice", at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May

Photo Credit: Ruth Gresser, chef/owner, Pizzeria Paradiso, speaks during the news conference to discuss the progress of "Night Out for Austin Tice", at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May

Photo Credit: Josh Funk, President and CEO of TFP Restaurants & Co, speaks during the news conference to discuss the progress of "Night Out for Austin Tice", at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May

Photo Credit: Susan Delbert, executive chef, The National Press Club, holds the cookies she made for the "Night Out for Austin Tice" press conference, at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May

Photo Credit: Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, (R), President of the National Press Club, answers questions during the news conference to discuss the progress of "Night Out for Austin Tice", at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May

Photo Credit: Bill McCarren, (R), Executive Director of The National Press Club, answers questions during the news conference to discuss the progress of "Night Out for Austin Tice", at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 8. The campaign announced this past November, is to raise reward money for information leading to the safe return of Austin Tice, the award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August of 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Cheriss May