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Update-1: Photojournalist talks about documenting democracy
Sue Dorfman discussed democracy on Update-1. Photojournalist Sue Dorfman has traveled more than 45,000 miles visiting polling sites and watching activities that promote voting. In the latest edition of Update-1, she talks with Broadcast/Podcast Team member Debra Silimeo about how attending a "Don't Vote" rally in South Africa convinced her of the importance of people exercising their right to vote. She discusses driving to more than two dozen states to document the 2020 presidential election, saying "What could possibly happen in a normal election cycle?" Her takeaway from that unusual…
Type: News
National Press Club Calls for Investigation Into Murder of Haitian Journalist Dumesky Kersaint
WASHINGTON, April 19 – Following is a statement from Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the murder of radio journalist Dumesky Kersaint in Haiti on April 16. “We are extremely concerned about the recent murder of Haitian journalist Dumesky Kersaint, who was shot multiple times by a group of armed assailants. Our hearts go out to his family and his colleagues at Radio Te’le’ Inurep. He was 30. Kersaint is the first Haitian journalist killed in 2023, although there have been kidnappings and beatings…
Type: News
O'Reilly presents Freedman with Cosgrove Award during celebration of Kalb Report's decorated conclusion
During an event at the National Press Club Saturday to mark the conclusion of The Kalb Report, after 28 years, there was an unscripted moment for former Club President Michael Freedman. Freedman, who led the Club through the heart of the coronavirus pandemic during his year as president in 2020, was presented with the John Cosgrove Award, which is given to former Club presidents who remain active in the Club following their term in office. In the years since he passed the gavel, as the award indicates, he continued to make strong contributions to the Club including executive producing the…
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National Press Club Journalism Institute names Beth Francesco as executive director
The National Press Club Journalism Institute has appointed Beth Francesco, an experienced educator, press freedom advocate and editor, as the organization’s next executive director. Francesco was unanimously approved to lead the organization, which is the nonprofit affiliate of the National Press Club, as it redefines and expands its professional development offerings and press-freedom initiatives in light of journalists’ evolving needs. The Institute serves thousands of journalists throughout the country through its webinars, afternoon newsletter, scholarships, and other resources. …
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Club expands Press Freedom Day into week
Journalists are facing unprecedented restrictions, intimidation and violence in the U.S. and around the world. While this is a topic we address almost every day at the National Press Club and its Journalism Institute, we've traditionally focused a lot of programming on World Press Freedom Day on May 3. However, due to the urgency we see in press freedom issues, we've expanded to incorporate events through the whole week. (Huge thank you to all the volunteers who've made this possible, especially those in our Press Freedom Team.) We call on all members to join in as many of these activities…
Type: News
Debra Tice cites U.S. unwillingness to listen to Syria in effort to free Austin
A year after President Joe Biden ordered White House national security staff to engage with Syria to free award-winning journalist Austin Tice, his mother is still waiting for results. “The president gave the directive May 2, 2022,” Debra Tice said at a National Press Club news conference Tuesday. “Do we have movement? Is he the most powerful man on earth? Do people do what he says to do? Does his staff do what he says to do?” Although a recent report in a Syrian publication indicated that there were meetings between the U.S. government and the governments of Syria and Oman, Tice is not sure…
Type: News
India censors Muslim minority, silences free press, journalist tells Club in virtual conversation
NPC President Eileen O'Reilly virtually interviews Rana Ayyub, a Mumbai-based journalist and Washington Post Opinions contributor, as part of World Press Freedom Day activities on May 3, 2023, at the National Press Club. O'Reilly presented Ayyub with an honorary Club membership. Independent journalists in India are “putting their lives at risk” to report on the world’s largest democracy and its moves to suppress its Muslim minority and silence the free press, Rana Ayyub said during a virtual conversation with National Press Club President Eileen O’Reilly posted on May 3. The discussion…
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Activist Ashley Judd calls on journalists to use common sense in reporting on suicides
On that day of unimaginable horror — April 30, 2022 — Ashley Judd called 911 to report that she had just found her mother, renowned country singer Naomi Judd, in her bed, dying by suicide. Little did she know, she told a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on May 9, that that emotional call would become public record, available to any resident of Tennessee on the internet. But it would get worse. Shocked and grief-stricken, the actor and activist spent the next four hours undergoing an invasive, clumsy interrogation by police, who asked again and again what had driven her mother to take…
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Japan-US collaboration is vital in tackling global issues, Ambassador Tomita says
Ahead of the G-7 Summit that begins May 19, Japan’s ambassador to the U.S., Koji Tomita, visited the National Press Club for a Headliners Newsmaker to highlight key issues expected to be discussed at the meeting of global leaders in Hiroshima. The summit that brings together representatives of seven of the largest advanced economies around the world, including the United States, comes as concerned national leaders grapple with “Russia’s aggression” toward Ukraine and ever-changing international dynamics. Japan’s Ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita on May 9. Photo: Peter West Tomita…
Type: News
O’Reilly touts Club’s primary position in advancing press freedom
The National Press Club’s leading role in advancing press freedom has become a signature of Club President Eileen O’Reilly’s tenure as she nears the halfway point of her year in office. The Club is becoming increasingly known for its efforts to ensure that journalists around the world can do their work without being jailed or intimidated, O’Reilly said at the Club’s General Membership Meeting on Friday, May 12. National Press Club President Eileen O'Reilly outlined the Club's many press freedom initiatives at the General Membership Meeting on May 12. Photo: Mark Schoeff Jr. She recently…
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