Press Freedom
National Press Club expresses concern for American held in Turkey
September 2, 2016
The National Press Club expressed concern Thursday for the well-being of an American freelance journalist who has reportedly been detained for more than three weeks in a Turkish jail. The reporter, Lindsey Snell, has worked for news organizations such as MSNBC, Yahoo News, ABC News and Vocativ,…
Read MoreNational Press Club Expresses Concern for American Held in Turkey
September 1, 2016
The National Press Club expressed concern Thursday for the well-being of an American freelance journalist who has reportedly been detained for more than three weeks in a Turkish jail. The reporter, Lindsey Snell, has worked for news organizations such as MSNBC, Yahoo News, ABC News and Vocativ,…
Read MoreNational Press Club alarmed by Turkey's purge of journalists
July 26, 2016
The National Press Club on Tuesday voiced alarm that the Turkish government was moving to arrest dozens of journalists following the recent attempted military coup. Official Turkish news agencies report that detention warrants have been issued for 42 journalists, with five journalists already…
Read MoreNational Press Club wants justice after killing of journalist in Ukraine
July 20, 2016
The National Press Club urged Ukrainian authorities to swiftly solve Wednesday’s murder of a prominent journalist in that country. Pavel Sheremet, 44, was killed by a car bomb in Kiev as he prepared to head to the Vesti radio station, where he was to have anchored his morning talk show, according…
Read MoreNational Press Club honors two photographers with Press Freedom Awards
June 27, 2016
The National Press Club is honoring two photographers, one of them American and the other Egyptian, with its annual Press Freedom Award, the Club announced Monday. The winners of the 2016 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award are Tim Tai, a U.S. student photographer who stood up last fall to an angry…
Read MoreJailing of press group's rep in Turkey alarms National Press Club
June 21, 2016
National Press Club leaders expressed concern Monday about the reported arrest of a press freedom group’s representative in Turkey. Reporters Without Borders, an independent advocate for journalists worldwide, reported Monday that a Turkish court had ordered pre-trial detention for Erol Onderoglu,…
Read MoreNational Press Club decries death penalty for Egyptian journalists
June 20, 2016
The National Press Club expressed deep concern Monday over the Egyptian government's decision to uphold death penalties for three journalists. On June 18, a Cairo court confirmed Egypt's Grand Mufti had upheld the May 7 verdicts for the three journalists who had been accused of passing state…
Read MoreNational Press Club lauds congressional action on transparency
June 14, 2016
The National Press Club president congratulated Congress Tuesday for sending the president legislation aimed at making the federal government more transparent. The bill, which would strengthen the Freedom of Information Act, is known as the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016. The Senate passed the bill…
Read MoreNational Press Club Mourns Loss of National Public Radio Employees in Afghanistan
June 6, 2016
In the wake of the deaths Sunday in Afghanistan of a National Public Radio photographer and his translator, the National Press Club offered condolences to NPR staffers and the families of those killed. The photographer, David Gilkey, and his Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed on…
Read MoreNational Press Club Decries Philippine President-Elect’s Dangerous Rhetoric
June 1, 2016
The National Press Club condemned recent statements by the president-elect of the Philippines that journalists could be targeted for assassination. “Just because you’re a journalist, you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch,” Rodrigo Duterte was reported as saying at a…
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