Press Freedom
Press Leaders to Myanmar: Release Jailed American Journalists
June 2, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2021-The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute urged the junta in Myanmar to promptly release from prison all journalists jailed there, including at least two Americans. Danny Fenster and Nathan Maung are the American journalists known to be…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Protest Abuse of Journalists in Nicaragua
June 2, 2021
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2021--The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute condemned the escalating harassment and intimidation of journalists in Nicaragua. National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and NPC Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane issued…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Call For End To All Phony Charges Against Maria Ressa
June 1, 2021
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Leaders of the National Press Club applauded on Tuesday a Philippine court decision to dismiss a cyber libel suit against award winning journalist Maria Ressa but urged that all trumped-up charges against her should likewise disappear. The court decision Tuesday dismissed one…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Urge Release of Detained Journalist in Bangladesh
May 18, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2021--Leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute condemned this week's arrest of Bangladeshi journalist Rozina Islam and urged the court that is scheduled to hear her case on Thursday to release her. Calling it a "black chapter" in…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Urge Israel to Halt Strikes on Media Facilities
May 15, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2021--U.S. press leaders called for Israel to stop attacking buildings that house journalists in Gaza after an Israeli missile destroyed the al-Jalaa building, which housed offices of the Associated Press, al Jazeera and other news organizations. Israeli officials said…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Protest Abuse of Journalists in Myanmar
May 12, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2021--Leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute called Wednesday for the military junta in Myanmar to release the several dozen journalists it has jailed and to reverse restrictions on press freedom in the country. According to…
Read MoreClub leaders want answers on subpoena for reporters' records
May 8, 2021
Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute issued the following statement in response to a news report that the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records of three Washington Post reporters: The Post reporters in question had been reporting on Russian…
Read MoreAfter 13 years, Mexican journalist seeking asylum still in legal limbo
May 4, 2021
Thirteen years after crossing the U.S. border from Mexico legally and applying for asylum, journalist Emilio Gutierrez-Soto still lives in legal limbo waiting for a response to his appeal from a deportation order. An update on his case was one of three presentations at a National Press Club virtual…
Read More'He's missed so much already,' says Austin Tice's niece of her captive uncle
May 4, 2021
She had just turned 3 when her uncle, freelance journalist Austin Tice, was captured and held hostage in Syria covering the war there. Now 11, Maia Edaburn told National Press Club President Lisa Matthews how important it is to her, her younger siblings and “little cousins” that her uncle come home…
Read MoreFacing 'cyber libel' conviction, Maria Ressa calls for greater regulation of social media
May 4, 2021
Filipino-American investigative journalist Maria Ressa reiterated her calls for greater regulation of social media to clamp down on misinformation and fear Monday during a virtual event to mark World Press Freedom Day. Ressa, who was convicted last year of so-called “cyber libel” in her work as co-…
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