Press Freedom

Media Tour on Attacks Against Journalists Covering US Protests

June 16, 2025

Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-725-7787 or [email protected] for the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club News Advisory: What Satellite Media Tour (SMT) with Gabe Rottman, VP of Policy, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Bill McCarren, Director of the Press Freedom Center at the…

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Journalists at Press Freedom Center event sound alarm on Amazon's Future

June 13, 2025

Three journalists gathered at the National Press Club on Wednesday to discuss the urgent threats facing the Amazon rainforest, highlighting the legacy and work of Dom Phillips, the British reporter killed in 2021 while investigating illegal mining and deforestation in Brazil.  Stephanie Nolen, …

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National Press Club Condemns Police Targeting of Journalists Covering Los Angeles Protests

June 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, June 9 — Following multiple disturbing incidents in which Los Angeles police and sheriff’s deputies targeted, injured, and obstructed journalists covering public protests, National Press Club President Mike Balsamo issued the following statement today: “Police cannot pick and choose…

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National Press Club Statement on Proposed Cuts to Public Media Funding

June 6, 2025

WASHINGTON, June 6 — Below is a statement from Mike Balsamo, president of the National Press Club, on efforts to cancel funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund NPR and PBS. “Public media is not a partisan issue. It is a public service. For decades, public media has…

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Advisory: Press Freedom Center to Host Panel on Investigative Journalism and the Fight to Save the Amazon

June 2, 2025

Washington, June 2 — The Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club will be hosting an upcoming event focused on the book How to Save the Amazon: A Journalist’s Fatal Quest for Answers. The discussion will explore the intersection of investigative journalism, environmental justice, and press…

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Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club Launches Mental Health Support Program for Journalists Facing Trauma, Threats and Harassment

May 30, 2025

Washington, May 30 — At a time when journalists are navigating relentless threats, online harassment, hostility and the emotional aftermath of covering violence and tragedy, the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club is launching a vital new mental health initiative in collaboration with…

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National Press Club Statement on Pentagon Restrictions Limiting Press Access

May 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2025 — National Press Club President Mike Balsamo issued the following statement on new media restrictions at the Pentagon that threaten transparency and erode public access and accountability: “The Department of Defense has taken a significant step to restrict long-standing…

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Press Club Statement on Air Force One Flying Without Wire Services

May 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 12 – National Press Club President Mike Balsamo issued the following statement today after President Trump’s first overseas trip without wire service reporters aboard Air Force One.  “Wire service reporters are central to a free and independent press—providing fast, fact-based…

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Press Freedom Center at National Press Club Petitions UN Working Group for Arbitrary Detention on Behalf of RFE/RL Reporter Nika Novak Held in Siberia

May 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Following is a statement from Mike Balsamo, president of the National Press Club, on an important legal action taken by the Club’s Press Freedom Center in the case of Nika Novak, a reporter for Radio Free Europe currently being held in jail in Siberia: “Today, on World Press…

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Press Freedom Center to host lunch in support of detained journalist Austin Tice as part of slate of World Press Freedom Day events

April 23, 2025

Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534, [email protected] for the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club News Advisory On Thursday, May 1, Debra Tice, mother of Austin Tice — a journalist abducted in Syria in 2012 and still held captive — will speak about the latest efforts to bring her son…

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