National Press Club

Photos: NPC-PFC Press Conference on VOA Lawsuit

Alan Kotok

April 01, 2025

Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Bill McCarren, director of the Press Freedom Center at National Press Club welcomes participants and introduces the panel.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok David Seide, senior counsel at the Government Accountability Project, gives an overview of the lawsuit.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok The panel that described various aspects of the suit, L-R: David Seide, senior counsel at the Government Accountability Project; Patsy Widakuswara, VOA White House bureau chief and lead plaintiff; Jessica Jerreat, VOA press freedom editor and a named plaintiff; Kate Neeper, director of strategy and performance assessment and a named plaintiff; Steve Herman, VOA chief national correspondent and NPC board member; Andrew Celli, partner at ECBAWM law firm taking part in the suit.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Patsy Widakuswara, VOA White House bureau chief and lead plaintiff.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Jessica Jerreat, VOA press freedom editor and a named plaintiff.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Kate Neeper, director of strategy and performance assessment and a named plaintiff.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Steve Herman, VOA chief national correspondent, also representing American Foreign Service Association, a participant in the suit.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok Andrew Celli, founding partner at the ECBAWM law firm taking part in the suit.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok A reporter from Czech radio in the audience asks a question.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok A VOA staff member in the audience asks a question.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok A VOA staff member in the audience gives an anguished statement.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok A VOA staff member in the audience makes a statement.
Photo Credit: Alan Kotok A VOA staff member in the audience makes a statement.

The Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club hosted an April 1, 2025 news conference on the state of the recent Voice of America (VOA) lawsuit designed to roll back the Trump Administration’s recent actions to shutdown VOA, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia.