National Press Club

Photos: NPC Screening, "Truth at a Cost"

Alan Kotok

November 04, 2025

Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Scene from the film, "Truth at a Cost."
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Bill McCarren, director of National Press Club's Press Freedom Center (left), asks a question of Ukrainian journalist Vlad Yesypenko (center). At right is translator Yuri Menis.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Ukrainian journalist Vlad Yesypenko answers a question during the discussion following the film.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Press Freedom Center director Bill McCarren, left, asks a question of Ukrainian journalist Vlad Yesypenko.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Ukrainian journalist Vlad Yesypenko answers a question. At right is translator Yuri Menis.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Ukrainian journalist Vlad Yesypenko (center) answers a question. Listening are Press Freedom Center director Bill McCarren, left, and translator Yuri Menis, right.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Ukrainian journalist Vlad Yesypenko answers a question during the discussion following the film.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok A member of the audience asks a question of Ukrainian journalist Vlad Yesypenko.

The National Press Club Press Freedom Center, Radio Free Europe, and PEN America screened the documentary 'Truth at a Cost' on November 4, 2025. The documentary tells the story of Vlad Yesypenko's imprisonment in Crimea for his work as a journalist in Russia. The screening was followed by a discussion with Yesypenko and Bill McCarren.