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Trolling the News: Protecting Journalists From Online Harassment
April 27, 2018
The National Press Club Journalism Institute and PEN America teamed up to present an important discussion to help and empower writers, journalists and all those active online with practical tools and tactics to defend against hateful speech and trolling. Participants included: Soraya Chemaly, Women…
Read MoreThe Kalb Report - Putin’s Trump Card
April 16, 2018
Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election may be just the tip of the iceberg for a former world power that is dealing with a crumbling economy and diminished reputation on the world stage. With Vladimir Putin’s reelection to another six-year term as president, what is the Russian…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Sen. Sherrod Brown
April 12, 2018
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who has been sounding the alarm on a pending pension crisis and was named as the co-chair of the newly-formed Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans spoke at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on April 12, 2018.
Read MoreSunshine Week 2018: How Public Information Officers Limit Media Access
March 27, 2018
In honor of Sunshine Week, the National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee hosted an evening panel discussion on March 14, 2018 to examine how the Trump administration uses public information officers to limit and shape reporters' access to government information. More than a year into the…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Katie Ledecky
March 26, 2018
As the 2018 Winter Olympics concluded, all eyes turned to the 2020 Summer games in Tokyo. Katie Ledecky, one of the best female swimmers in the history of the sport, shared what life is like as a student at Stanford University and discuss her plans for future competition at a National Press Club…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Senator Jeff Flake
March 15, 2018
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., told a National Press Club audience March 15, 2018 that his resistance to President Trump's behavior helped persuade him not to seek a second term. Flake, speaking to a luncheon audience in the Holeman Lounge, read a prepared speech that was highly critical of Trump. But…
Read MoreSunshine Week 2018: Dispelling the gathering clouds
March 12, 2018
Sunshine Week celebrates the public’s right to know, but this year it is being marked as forces of darkness continue to gather across the globe. From Latin America to Russia, from the Middle East to the Midwest of the United States, government officials are actively challenging the rights of the…
Read MoreWilliam McCarren speaks about Emilio Gutierrez on Democracy Now!
December 29, 2017
Amy Goodman interviews National Press Club Executive Director William McCarren about the case of Emilio Gutierrez, a Mexican journalist currently under threat of deportation despite threats to his life as a result of his reporting. Thanks to Democracy Now! (https://www.democracynow.org/) for use…
Read MoreEmilio Gutierrez News Conference - 12/22/17
December 22, 2017
Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez fled to the United States in 2008 after his reporting on abuses by Mexico's military made him and his son the target of death threats. Gutierrez, denied asylum by U.S. courts, voluntarily turned himself in to immigration authorities on Dec. 7. His fate is now in…
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