Press Releases
U.S. Press Leaders Protest Abuse of Journalists in Nicaragua
June 2, 2021
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2021--The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute condemned the escalating harassment and intimidation of journalists in Nicaragua. National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and NPC Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane issued…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Call For End To All Phony Charges Against Maria Ressa
June 1, 2021
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Leaders of the National Press Club applauded on Tuesday a Philippine court decision to dismiss a cyber libel suit against award winning journalist Maria Ressa but urged that all trumped-up charges against her should likewise disappear. The court decision Tuesday dismissed one…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Urge Israel to Halt Strikes on Media Facilities
May 15, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2021--U.S. press leaders called for Israel to stop attacking buildings that house journalists in Gaza after an Israeli missile destroyed the al-Jalaa building, which housed offices of the Associated Press, al Jazeera and other news organizations. Israeli officials said…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Protest Abuse of Journalists in Myanmar
May 12, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2021--Leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute called Wednesday for the military junta in Myanmar to release the several dozen journalists it has jailed and to reverse restrictions on press freedom in the country. According to…
Read MoreApollo-11 Astronaut Michael Collins rare long-form interview with Marvin Kalb April 2019
April 29, 2021
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On April,15 2019 Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins came to the National Press Club in advance of the 50th Anniversary of that historic lunar mission to speak about his experience in 1969 and to talk about the importance of the press in our democratic…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Decry Abuse of Journalists in Twin Cities
April 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 20, 2021--Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute warned law-enforcement personnel in the Twin Cities to heed the Constitution and permit law-abiding journalists to cover protests there without interference or abuse. Over the last week…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Call For Immediate Release of AP Photographer Thein Zaw
March 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The following is a statement by National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane on the arrest and detention of AP Photographer Thein Zaw in Myanmar: We call on authorities in Myanmar to release,…
Read MorePress Club Leaders urge Congress to hold hearings on just-released Khashoggi Report
February 26, 2021
WASHINGTON – The following is a statement by National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane on the release by the United States government of a long-awaited report on the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal…
Read MoreU.S. Journalists to Poland’s Leaders: Hands Off Free Press
February 12, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2021-- National Press Club leaders, in a statement Friday, urged Poland’s government to halt a recent campaign to undermine independent news organizations there. The anti-press effort by Poland’s right-wing government follows the lead of a largely completed push in Hungary to…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Urge India to Release Long-Jailed Journalist
February 8, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2021--National Press Club leaders spoke out Monday to urge the government of India to release from prison Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist who has been unjustly detained for two and a half years. Sultan, a writer for the Kashmir Narrator, was arrested in August 2018 on an…
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