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Hostage families need more transparency into recovery efforts, says slain journalist's mother
Families of Americans taken hostage abroad need more visibility into the sometimes “opaque” efforts to bring their relatives home, the mother of slain journalist James Foley said at a Headliners book event Wednesday at the National Press Club.
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Movie on slain Russian reporter shows journalism ‘under assault’ in Putin's Russia
Journalism is “under assault” and a second Trump term could be “devastating” for press freedom, panelists said following a Headliners screening Wednesday of "Anna," a movie about the life and death of independent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Politkovskaya survived poisoning, detention and beatings as she reported from Chechnya during the Second Chechen War, before ultimately being killed in her apartment building in 2006.
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Imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich could get a hearing in Russia next week
Almost a year into reporter Evan Gershkovich's imprisonment by Russian authorities, his friends, family and Wall Street Journal colleagues are redoubling their efforts to secure his release. Panelists at a briefing Thursday at the National Press Club, calling attention to the one-year anniversary of Gershkovich's arrest on March 29, expressed optimism tempered with caution. Jason Conti, general counsel for Dow Jones, the Journal's parent company, said Russian prosecutors have obtained several extensions of Gershkovich's hearing, saying they need more time to investigate the espionage…
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Press Club to join effort Thursday to mark one year of journalist Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detention in Russia
National Press Club members will join representatives of other journalism organizations on Thursday, March 28, to mark one year of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich being jailed on bogus charges in Russia. The group will assemble at 1 p.m. at Freedom Plaza for a photo with the U.S. Capitol in the background. The photo will be used to support the Journal's efforts to free Gershkovich, who was arrested while working and has been held without trial for a year. Gershkovich's sister, Danielle, and Paul Beckett, the Journal associate editor leading the efforts to free him, will be there…
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Newsroom leaders express optimism about journalism jobs at Career Day
Despite a steady stream of layoffs, a dwindling number of local newspapers and continuing pressure on advertising revenue, newsroom leaders expressed optimism about job prospects at a National Press Club event Friday. “I can’t recall a time when there wasn’t turmoil in journalism in my entire career,” Anna Johnson, Washington bureau chief at The Associated Press, said at the Club’s Career Day on March 22. But journalism is resilient because there’s an unquenchable demand for it. “People want good, quality information about the things that matter to them,” Johnson said. “They want to connect…
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D.C. journalists stand with Evan Gershkovich in Washington on Thursday
Washington-based journalists gathered at Freedom Plaza Thursday, March 28, to mark one year of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich being jailed on bogus charges in Russia. More than three dozen journalists and other supporters gathered Thursday on Freedom Plaza to call for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for a year. Photo: Kate Helster Carrying signs saying, "#IStandWithEvan," about 40 people stood on the plaza with the Capitol in the background. Several members of the National Press Club, led by President…
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Social media companies steal news outlets' intellectual property, Nobel laureate Stiglitz says
News organizations deserve payment for their valuable work as social media companies are enriching themselves by stealing their the intellectual property (IP), according to a Nobel Prize-winning economist. “There's no free lunch,” Joseph Stiglitz said on April 17 during a National Press Club Headliners Coffee and Conversation event. “You don't get quality journalism, you don't do investigations, for free.” Economist Joseph Stiglitz (l) grasps a traditional National Press Club mug presented to him by moderator Herb Jackson, Club member and politics editor of CQ Roll Call, after participating…
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Voice of America and other agencies would be in danger in a second Trump administration, panelists say
Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and other government-funded news organizations claim a proud tradition of journalism free of political interference, but leaders are worried that status would change under a new Trump administration. Libby Liu lost her job as president of Radio Free Asia. As cause for concern, they cite past actions by conservative Trump appointees at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the umbrella agency for Voice of America, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks and the Open Technology…
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Space reporter offers glimpse into his beat, event journalism
Trade shows and other industry-specific events have experienced a post-pandemic renaissance, and the Space Symposium held in Colorado Springs is no exception. The annual event attracts a dynamic mix of established and emerging companies, non-profit organizations, civilian government agencies, plus U.S. and allied military staff. Garrett Reim is space and emerging technologies editor for the Aviation Week Network. In the latest episode of Update-1, the National Press Club’s podcast, Club Broadcast/Podcast Co-chair Adam Konowe speaks with Garrett Reim, space and emerging technologies editor…
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