Press Freedom
Online security workshop slated for Feb. 26 at the National Press Club
February 17, 2013
Are you a reporter who knows the need to protect yourself and your sources online but doesn't know where to start learning? We've got your answer. The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee and the National Press Club Journalism Institute's Professional Development Committee will host an…
Read MoreNational Press Club marks Sunshine Week with program on Freedom of Information Act
February 13, 2013
During Sunshine Week, March 10-16, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Professional Affairs and Freedom of the Press Committees plan to help journalists and others obtain information that the government might not want you to have. Reporters and watchdogs will offer tips on…
Read MoreNPC expresses outrage as Turkey becomes top jailer of journalists
February 12, 2013
The National Press Club expressed grave concerns Feb. 12 regarding reports that the government of Turkey is using anti-terrorism laws to jail more working journalists than any other country in the world. All told, 42 journalists and four media assistants are incarcerated in Turkey, more than in…
Read MoreNPC Offers Course in Online Security for Journalists
February 6, 2013
The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee and the National Press Club Journalism Institute's Professional Development Committee will host an online security workshop on Feb. 26. The workshop will be led by Mr. Stephane Koch, Reporters Without Borders' senior online security advisor. It will…
Read MoreNational Press Club calls for protection of journalists in Syria
January 4, 2013
The National Press Club voiced its serious concern over the status of journalists whose lives are at risk as they cover the conflict in Syria. A number of reporters and media workers have been killed or have gone missing in Syria since the war began, while others have been held prisoner by rebels…
Read MorePress Club expresses concern over reported attacks on journalists in Gaza
November 29, 2012
The National Press Club has expressed grave concern about reports of recent attacks on reporters by Israeli military forces and urged militaries everywhere to safeguard the press during armed conflicts. During the recent fighting in Gaza, Israel Defense Forces reportedly injured numerous reporters…
Read MorePress Freedom panel on threats to journalists' online security, Oct. 24
October 10, 2012
What would you do if your computer had be hacked, exposing sensitive emails, sources, story research and interview notes? What if you learn your cell calls had been intercepted, potentially outing a confidential source? Though digital technology has been an enormous boon to journalists, it also…
Read MoreObama Administration Openness Scorecard: 19 of 20 agencies fail Bloomberg test
October 2, 2012
Bloomberg News just published a project designed to measure how well the Obama Administration is living up to its promise of making the federal government more transparent. A team of reporters filed identical FOIA request asking for a year's worth of travel information for the heads of the 20…
Read MorePolice crackdown on photogs increasing in U.S., media rights attorney tells NPC
June 28, 2012
Incidents of journalists and citizens being denied by police their rights to photograph and record in public spaces are on the rise in the United States, a media law attorney told members of the National Press Club June 27. Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel to the National Press Photographers…
Read MoreExpert to outline threats to photographers' freedom at noon Wednesday
June 25, 2012
Mickey H. Osterreicher, an attorney and award-winning photojournalist, will discuss "The Ongoing Assault on the Right to Photograph/Record in Public" at noon, Wednesday, June 27, at a joint luncheon meeting of the Club's Photography and Press Freedom Committees in the McClendon Room. Osterreicher…
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