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National Press Club: Allow Journalists to Bring Protective Gear to Inauguration
WASHINGTON – Journalism leaders Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club and Angela Greiling Keane, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute issued the following statement on the discussion around how reporters and photographers may protect themselves while covering the Inaugural ceremonies tomorrow: We call on the Secret Service to drop objections to journalists wearing body armor and helmets as they cover the Inauguration tomorrow at the Capitol. Journalists were targeted during the attack on the Capitol Jan. 6. There is significant documentary evidence of the…
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David M. North, aviator and editor, dies at 85
David M. North, an acclaimed aviator, retired editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology and a 45-year member of the National Press Club, died Nov. 24, at his home in St. Michaels, Maryland. He was 85. David M. North His son, Tristan North, recalls visits to the Club with his father when the aviation magazine had offices in the National Press Building in the 1970s and '80s. "And we celebrated his birthday in 2019 with a family dinner at the Club." This appreciation appeared in the magazine he edited for 28 years.
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Press Leaders Call for Probes Into Jan. 6 Attacks on Reporters
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2021--Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute are calling for criminal investigations into those responsible for violence and threats against journalists during last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol. "Journalists are witnesses and rarely in the history of our country has the work of reporters been more important than on January 6, 2021, in documenting the deadly insurrection that nearly toppled our government," said National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela…
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National Press Club and Journalism Institute Leadership Deplore Violence at U.S. Capitol and Commend Reporters for Courageous Coverage
WASHINGTON -- The following is a joint statement on today's violence at the U.S. Capital from National National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane: We are distressed and deeply saddened by the violence at the U.S. Capitol today. Once again, readers, viewers and listeners are relying on reporters demonstrating courage and resolve in witnessing and reporting this attack on our democracy. Journalists today are working under dangerous circumstances in and around the U.S. Capitol. We commend them for their bravery in…
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Ash Gerecht, 97, newsletter publisher
Ash Gerecht, a 63-year member of the National Press Club and pioneering newsletter publisher, died Nov. 18 at his home in Silver Spring. He was 97. Ash Gerecht was a member of the National Press Club for 63 years. In the early 1970s, Gerecht successfully helped fight for equal treatment of newsletter publications seeking credentials to cover Congress from the House and Senate periodical press galleries. He started his first newsletter, Housing Affairs, with 11 subscribers in 1961 and built his Silver Spring-based business, CD Publications, to include more than two dozen newsletters with…
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News Leaders Call On China To Release Bloomberg’s Haze Fan
WASHINGTON, December 11 – Following is a statement from Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club, and Angela Greiling Keane, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the detention by Chinese security services of Haze Fan who has worked for Bloomberg News in Beijing since 2017. “The National Press Club and its members worldwide today call upon on the Chinese government to release immediately and without conditions Haze Fan, an employee of Bloomberg News in their Beijing bureau. We understand from Bloomberg that they are deeply concerned for her well being,“…
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Debra Tice, Mother of Journalist Austin Tice, Statement On Fox & Friends
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – Today Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, a journalist and Marine veteran being held in Syria appeared on the highly rated television program Fox & Friends and made the following statement in response to questions. “We are closer than we have ever been to having Austin safely home. We are tremendously grateful for President Trump’s commitment to bring Austin home; he has both the will and the ability to get this done. Mr. President, as Commander in Chief we need you to step in and issue a direct order to your staff to maximize the effort and take the necessary…
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CNN producer and writer Nina Ridge dies at 38
Nina Ridge, 38, a writer and producer for CNN International in Atlanta, Ga., died of cardiac arrest on Nov. 9. She was a non-resident member of the National Press Club since August 2017. Ms. Ridge was born in Tempe, Ariz., and grew up in the Houston, Texas, area. She worked at the Houston-based American Society of Karate prior to attending the University of Houston where in 2009 she earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. She interned at the Houston Fox TV channel, where she later was an assignment editor, and briefly at the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce before becoming a…
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U.S. Press Leaders Urge Israel to Halt Strikes on Media Facilities
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 they struck the al-Jalaa building because Hamas used part of it. But Saturday’s strike was the latest in a series of Israeli military attacks on facilities where journalists have been working to bring to the world the story of the ongoing conflict. On May 11 and May 12, Israeli warplanes bombed two…
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U.S. Press Leaders Protest Abuse of Journalists in Myanmar
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 independent observers, at least 40 journalists remain detained in Myanmar, where protests have been raging since a military coup overthrew the government in February. The junta has instituted a variety of other limitations on press coverage, ranging from satellite TV bans to internet blackouts,…
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