Press Freedom
U.S. Press Freedom leaders implore law enforcement agencies across America to halt alarming pattern of attacks on journalists
September 16, 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. “Reporters are witnesses,” said National…
Read MoreNational Press Club leaders call for continued funding for Stars and Stripes newspaper
September 8, 2020
The heads of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute called Tuesday for continued funding for the Stars & Stripes newspaper, and said Defense Department officials should ensure financial support for the news organization. The Trump administration suddenly…
Read MoreU.S. press leaders to Zimbabwe: Free jailed journalist
August 28, 2020
The leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute have called on authorities in Zimbabwe to release Hopewell Chin’ono, an award-winning journalist who has been jailed on trumped-up charges and held in reportedly inhumane conditions, Chin’ono has won the CNN-…
Read MoreNational Press Club Honors Linda Tirado With Press Freedom Award
August 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2020--The National Press Club is honoring Linda Tirado, an author and freelance photographer, with a 2020 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, Club leaders announced Wednesday. Tirado was taking pictures of a street protest in Minneapolis on May 30 when a policeman’s foam bullet…
Read MoreRelease Al Jazeera Journalist Jailed Years Without Trial, Say U.S. Press Leaders
August 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — Authorities in Egypt must promptly free Mahmoud Hussein, an Al Jazeera producer who has been detained without trial for more than three and a half years, leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute said. Hussein, an Egyptian who works for the Al…
Read MoreNational Press Club, Journalism Institute Condemn Hong Kong Crackdown
August 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, August 11--Leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute condemn China’s crackdown on the press in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police arrested on Monday at least eight journalists, including media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai, and raided his newsroom in…
Read MoreNational Press Club To Unveil Freedom Clock For Austin Tice, August 14
July 31, 2020
WASHINGTON – July 31 – The National Press Club will mark the anniversary of the abduction and detention of Award-winning journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice on Friday, August 14 by unveiling a Freedom Clock that will display a dynamic record of the time Austin has been unjustly detained in…
Read MoreNational Press Club and Journalism Institute call for renewal of VOA journalists’ visas
July 10, 2020
WASHINGTON -- The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute urge the United States Agency for Global Media and its new executive, Michael Pack, to renew expiring visas for foreign journalists working in the U.S. for Voice of America's international services. According to…
Read MoreMaria Ressa to be honored with National Press Club's 2020 international Press Freedom Award
June 26, 2020
Maria Ressa, executive editor of Rappler, winner of the National Press Club's international 2020 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. Photo: LeAnne Jazul/Rappler The National Press Club has selected Maria Ressa, a fearless journalist convicted in the Philippines on trumped-up charges of cyber…
Read MoreNational Press Club and NPC Journalism Institute Statement on U.S. Agency for Global Media
June 20, 2020
The following is a joint statement from National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane on the decision by Michael Pack, the new chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, to dismiss the heads of the agency’s…
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