Press Freedom
Club Wants Answers On Detained Cameramen
September 22, 2010
The National Press Club called on the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan to clearly explain the detention the week of Sept. 20 of two Afghan cameramen covering events in that country for global news organizations. The two detainees, Mohamed Nader and Rahmatullah Nekzad…
Read MoreNational Press Club Backs Supreme Court Brief Seeking Broader FOIA Disclosure
September 15, 2010
The National Press Club has joined an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to encourage broad government disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA. The brief was filed Sept. 7 by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and media organizations in support of the release…
Read MoreNational Press Club Board Selects Press-Freedom Honorees
August 25, 2010
The National Press Club Board of Governors voted on Aug. 23 to honor a University of Missouri journalism professor and an Iranian blogger with its 2010 John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award. The award, given each year to one domestic and one international recipient, honors people who have…
Read MoreClub Hails Signing of Press Freedom Law
May 17, 2010
The National Press Club hailed the signing of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, which will bring greater scrutiny to the treatment of the news media around the world. The law, which was approved by the House in December and the Senate in April, expands the State Department's annual report…
Read MoreNational Press Club Condemns Pentagon Barring of Reporters
May 13, 2010
The National Press Club condemned Monday a recent decision by Defense Department officials to ban four reporters from covering military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The journalists were banned for reporting the name of a witness, even though the person's name was already on the…
Read MoreNational Press Club Decries Police Raid of Virginia Student Newspaper Office
April 19, 2010
The National Press Club called the police raid of a Virginia student newspaper deplorable and urged law enforcement to cease taking any such action in the future. James Madison University's The Breeze newspaper reported on its Web site that Marsha Garst, Virginia commonwealth attorney for the…
Read MoreNPC urges Congress for legislation discouraging foreign lawsuits that limit First Amendment rights
March 24, 2010
The National Press Club urged the U.S. Congress to enact legislation that would discourage foreign lawsuits that limit American authors' and journalists' First Amendment rights. Plaintiffs, through a practice known as "libel tourism," bring lawsuits against Americans in countries that lack adequate…
Read MoreNPC applauds Senate bill to strengthen FOIA
March 19, 2010
The National Press Club lauded on Wednesday a bill soon to be introduced in the Senate that aims to speed up the processing of public requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Two senators who have long championed press freedom and open government legislation, Democrat Patrick J…
Read MoreNew muffins, pastries at Members' self-serve breakfast
March 9, 2010
Club members who stop by the Reliable Source for breakfast are now offered freshly baked pastries and bite-sized muffins in addition to the fruit, bagels and other goodies on the continental breakfast buffet. Executive Chef Susan Delbert reports that "replacing the iced Danish of old, the Press…
Read MoreThe National Press Club condemns the terrorist attack on Peshawar's Press Club
December 23, 2009
A suicide bomber on Tuesday detonated explosives at the gates of the Club, killing a guard, the Club's accountant and a bystander and wounding at least 20 others. The Club in this northwest Paskistan city had received a series of threats in the month leading up to the suicide attack. "The targeting…
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