Press Freedom
News Leaders Call On China To Release Bloomberg’s Haze Fan
December 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, December 11 – Following is a statement from Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club, and Angela Greiling Keane, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the detention by Chinese security services of Haze Fan who has worked for Bloomberg News in…
Read MoreNational Press Club honors Maria Ressa with 2020 International Press Freedom Award
November 30, 2020
The National Press Club was proud to honor Maria Ressa, the executive editor of Rappler, with its International John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award at this year’s Fourth Estate Award Gala. Convicted in June on trumped-up charges of cyber libel in the Philippines, Ressa, who co-founded Rappler in 2012…
Read MoreDebra Tice, Mother of Journalist Austin Tice, Statement On Fox & Friends
November 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – Today Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, a journalist and Marine veteran being held in Syria appeared on the highly rated television program Fox & Friends and made the following statement in response to questions. “We are closer than we have ever been to having Austin…
Read MoreClub leaders denounce assault on Agency for Global Media
October 30, 2020
National Press Club leaders on Thursday, Oct. 29, denounced an attempt by the Trump administration to take away the independence of news outlets such as the Voice of America. Michael Pack, the chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VoA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other…
Read MorePress Leaders Decry Assault on Global Media Agency
October 29, 2020
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2020--National Press Club leaders denounced an attempt by the Trump administration to take away the independence of news outlets such as the Voice of America. Michael Pack, the chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VoA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and…
Read MorePress Freedom Leaders to Louisville Police: Release Daily Caller Reporters
September 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2020--The following is a joint statement by Angela Greiling Keane, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, and Michael Freedman, president of the National Press Club, on the arrest Wednesday night and continued detention of two reporters for The Daily Caller…
Read MorePress Club, Institute release statement on DOJ decision related to Al Jazeera filing under FARA
September 24, 2020
In response to the Justice Department’s order on Sept. 14 for a U.S.-based affiliate of Al Jazeera to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane released the…
Read MorePress freedom leaders implore law-enforcement agencies to halt attacks on journalists
September 21, 2020
As our nation continues to struggle with the enormous impact of a global pandemic, and an outcry for racial equity and social justice, Americans are more reliant than ever on journalists to gather, sort and report the news with accuracy and fairness. Yet, in a growing and alarming pattern,…
Read MoreStatement On DOJ Decision Related To Al Jazeera Filing Under FARA
September 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 – In response to the Justice Department’s Monday order for a U.S.-based affiliate of Al Jazeera to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling…
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