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NPF, NPCJI award $45,000 to four grantees for environmental justice journalism projects
The National Press Foundation (NPF) and the National Press Club Journalism Institute (NPCJI) have jointly awarded $45,000 to fund four reporting projects on environmental justice. This is the third year that the two leading journalism organizations have partnered to fund investigative environmental justice journalism. Each of the following grantees will receive $11,250 to fund their project: Jena Brooker, BridgeDetroit. Brooker’s project will explore the impacts of Michigan’s Air Pollution Control Exemption, which exempts some of the state’s worst violators of air and water quality laws…
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Former Mongolia leader promotes democracy, press freedom in speech at Club
Former president and prime minister of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, an ardent defender of press freedom, emphasized the vital importance of journalism and freedom of expression in maintaining democratic societies in an appearance at the National Press Club Thursday, July 25. Ellbegdorj, who was a key leader of the 1990 Mongolian democratic revolution that ended 75 years of communist rule in Mongolia and who co-drafted the country's 1992 constitution that guaranteed democracy and a free market economy, strongly advocated release of journalists who are in detention in Russia and Mongolia. “…
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Gershkovich, Kurmasheva freed in complex, multinational prisoner swap with Russia
Russia freed journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva as part of a complex, six-nation prisoner exchange on Thursday for Russian prisoners, including a convicted Russian hitman who murdered a former Chechen fighter in a Berlin park and two Russian spies held by Slovenia.
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Club marks journalist Austin Tice's 12th year in captivity with a concert and a call for new efforts to secure his release
The National Press Club and the family, friends, and colleagues of Austin Tice drew attention to the plight of the unlawfully detailed freelance journalist Wednesday at country music concert featuring Scotty Hasting, an Army veteran who served and was wounded in Afghanistan. The concert marked 12 years since Tice's abduction in Syria. Tice, now 43, had traveled to Syria in the summer of 2012 to report on the war. He was allegedly detained at a checkpoint near Damascus on August 14, 2012, just three days after his 31st birthday.
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Club journalism contest winners, other honorees attend evening celebrating great reporting
The winners of the prestigious National Press Club Journalism Awards were announced in late June, and the anticipation of the dinner in late August where they'd be honored began to build. News outlets all across the country — small-town newspapers to major international operations — were honored for work that ranged from some of the most tragic events of the year, to introspection or comedic relief, to investigative journalism that impacts the consciousness of the public and is an agent for change. The Club is fortunate to have a number of named awards that focus on specific areas of coverage…
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Wrongfully detained journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, now freed, attends NPC dinner to receive President's Award
Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva gives remarks after receiving the President's Award at the National Press Club Journalism Awards dinner on Aug. 28. Photo: Alan Kotok Alsu Kurmasheva, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist who spent roughly 10 months wrongly incarcerated for her work, once spent a freezing morning in a primitive Russian prison discussing with her cellmate what it would feel like to freeze to death. On Aug. 28, Kurmasheva, now free, accepted the President's Award during the 51st Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards dinner from Club President Emily Wilkins.…
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NCAA president defends court settlement and new rules for Division I college athletes
NCAA President Charlie Baker gives some thought before answering a question from moderator Tara Copp during a National Press Club Headliners Breakfast event July 24. He was in town lobbying on Capitol Hill. Photo: Alan Kotok Premier male and female athletes will benefit from the new court settlement that upends college sports like never before, National Collegiate Athletic Association President Charlie Baker told a National Press Club audience at a Headliners Breakfast event July 24. Baker said the legal framework implemented by a federal judge provides transparency and clarity for…
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Reporters recount how their access to presidential candidates' campaigns shaped book about 2024 election
Moderator Emily Wilkins with co-authors Tyler Pager (center) and Isaac Arnsdorf on July 22 discussing their new book "2024," a chronicle of the 2024 presidential election season and campaigns by both political parties. Photo: Robert Braggs III “Our goal was to make this the definitive and most comprehensive book about the 2024 election,” New York Times White House correspondent Tyler Pager told a National Press Club crowd at a July 22 Headliners Book Event. Appearing with one of his co-authors, White House reporter Isaac Arnsdorf of The Washington Post, the two together made the case that…
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The Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Wall Street Journal win awards in National Press Club journalism contest
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2025 -- National Press Club President Mike Balsamo today announced the 2025 winners of the prestigious National Press Club Journalism Awards. This year’s honorees include news outlets from across the country, ranging from small newsrooms to major international organizations. Their award-winning work offered deeper insight into some of the most widely covered events of the year, brought critical self-reflection to the forefront, and demonstrated how investigative journalism continues to be a powerful force for change. “This year’s winners reflect the very best of what…
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Rubenstein: Trump’s presidential power brings early wins
President Donald Trump has tipped the scales of the three branches of government in his favor — and much of the country, and the markets, seem to be satisfied with it for now, David Rubenstein said Tuesday. This situation is virtually unprecedented, though much remains to be seen on how Trump’s vastly expanded executive branch power will be viewed by historians, said Rubenstein, an investor, philanthropist, author and historian. Rubenstein discussed his most recent book, "The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency," and his wide range of experience at a National Press Club…
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