Press Freedom
National Press Club urges administration to reconsider Freedom of Information Act revision
October 25, 2011
The National Press Club expressed concern on Oct. 24 about a proposed new Freedom of Information Act rule that appears to require the government to deny the existence of certain documents even when that is not true. Federal agencies have long been able to withhold from public disclosure under the…
Read MoreObama Administration not delivering on its promise of open government, journalists say
October 4, 2011
President Barack Obama’s administration has failed to deliver on its promise of ``an unprecedented level of openness in government,’’ when it comes to information about science, a panel of journalists said Monday. At a forum titled ``Access Denied: Science News and Government Transparency,’’ the…
Read MorePress Club Urges Mexico to Bring Killers of Journalists to Justice
October 3, 2011
The National Press Club on Monday called on authorities in Mexico to vigorously prosecute the murders and disappearances of journalists there. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 30 reporters have been killed or gone missing since 2006 in a nation plagued by drug-related…
Read MoreAccess Denied: Science news and government transparency panel, 3 p.m. Monday
September 30, 2011
Has the Obama administration lived up to its promise to make science more transparent and accessible to the public? An investigation in the current issue of Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) finds that despite President Obama's early promise to create an open government, the nation's science…
Read MoreLogan, Parvaz accept John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award
August 16, 2011
Each year, the National Press Club confers its John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award on two people whose actions contribute to the cause of press freedom and open government. The late Aubuchon was a former Club president and an ardent advocate of press freedom. This year's honorees both covered the…
Read MoreClub outraged at jailing of Iranian blogger and his mother
August 10, 2011
National Press Club President Mark Hamrick expressed outrage on Aug. 10 at reports that Kouhyar Goudarzi, an Iranian blogger, and his mother have been imprisoned in Iran. The Club honored Goudarzi last year as the international winner of the 2010 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award after he had been…
Read MoreCBS News' Lara Logan, Al Jazeera's Dorothy Parvaz named John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award winners
July 22, 2011
The National Press Club has selected CBS News correspondent Lara Logan and Al Jazeera’s Dorothy Parvaz as winners of the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award for 2011. The Aubuchon Press Freedom Award honors people whose actions embody the struggle to advance press freedom and open government. Each…
Read MoreClub hails release of journalist hostages
June 30, 2011
The National Press Club applauded the release of two French television journalists and an interpreter who had been kidnapped and detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan for more than 18 months. Those kidnapped included two reporters, Herve Guesquiere and Stephane Taponier of France 3 Television,…
Read MoreNPC condemns killing of Mexican journalist and his family
June 21, 2011
The National Press Club condemned the killing of Mexican journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco and his family inside their home as violence against the news media in the country has been on the rise. Lopez Velasco, his wife, and their 21-year-old son were killed by gunfire in Veracruz, located on…
Read MoreNational Press Club urges swift probe of Pakistani journalist’s murder
June 8, 2011
The National Press Club urged Pakistani authorities on June 6 to swiftly investigate and prosecute the murder of Syed Saleem Shahzad, a Pakistani reporter who was found dead last week after having been tortured. On Monday, the National Press Club hosted representatives of Pakistani news…
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