Press Releases
National Press Club Statement on 100 Days Since Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
August 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute marking 100 days since the killing of Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was reporting from the field when she was…
Read MoreProPublica, PBS/Frontline and National Public Radio win National Press Club awards
August 11, 2022
National Press Club President Jen Judson today announced the winners of the prestigious National Press Club Journalism Awards. The investigative powerhouse ProPublica won one award for consumer journalism and helped two other organizations win prizes in the National Press Club journalism contest.…
Read MoreNational Press Club Statement on the arrest of José Rubén Zamora
August 10, 2022
WASHINGTON, August 10 – Following is a statement by Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the arrest of José Rubén Zamora, president of the Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, on July 29 in Guatemala City. "The…
Read MoreCNN’s Clarissa Ward to accept 2022 National Press Club Fourth Estate Award
August 3, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2022 – Clarissa Ward, CNN's multi-award winning chief international correspondent based in London, will receive the National Press Club’s most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a Press Club gala in her honor on Wednesday, Dec. 7, in Washington. Ward is the 50th…
Read MoreNational Press Club to Honor Late Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
July 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 15 – Following is a statement from National Press Club President Jen Judson on the Club’s decision to honor the late Al Jazeera Correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh with the 2022 President’s Award that will be conveyed at the Club’s annual Awards Dinner on Aug. 31. “Our hearts go out to…
Read MoreNational Press Club Names Josh Renaud 2022 Domestic John Aubuchon Award Honoree
July 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 7 – Following is a statement from President Jen Judson of the National Press Club and Gil Klein of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the selection of St. Louis Post-Dispatch Data Journalist Josh Renaud as the 2022 Domestic John Aubuchon Award Honoree. “Josh Renaud has…
Read MoreNational Press Club Statement on Philippine Government Attempts to Shutdown Rappler
June 30, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 30 – Following is a statement from Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on this week’s actions by the Philippine government against the news site Rappler. “In a last gasp of power, the Duterte…
Read MoreNational Press Club Statement on Murder of Mexican Journalist Antonio de la Cruz
June 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 29 – Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the murder of Antonio de la Cruz, a reporter for the Mexican newspaper Expreso, today in Tamaulipas. “We call on the Mexican…
Read MoreNational Press Club Names Indian Journalist Rana Ayyub 2022 Aubuchon International Honoree
June 28, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 28 – Following is a statement from National Press Club President Jen Judson and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Gil Klein announcing that Indian journalist Rana Ayyub is the 2022 International John Aubuchon Award Honoree. The Aubuchon is the Club’s highest honor…
Read MoreNational Press Club Statement on Bloomberg Journalist Haze Fan
June 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 14 – Following is a statement from Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the reported release of Bloomberg Journalist Haze Fan from detention in China. “We were relieved to hear that Bloomberg…
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