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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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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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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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National Press Club honors Maria Ressa with 2020 International Press Freedom Award
The National Press Club was proud to honor Maria Ressa, the executive editor of Rappler, with its International John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award at this year’s Fourth Estate Award Gala. Convicted in June on trumped-up charges of cyber libel in the Philippines, Ressa, who co-founded Rappler in 2012, has been the target of repeated efforts by the government of President Rodrigo Duterte to silence her. “I learned that you don’t really know who you are until you’re forced to fight for it,” Ressa explained in her acceptance speech. “It’s like I spent my entire career going to the gym, training…
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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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U.S. Press Leaders Urge Release of Detained Journalist in Bangladesh
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2021--Leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute condemned this week's arrest of Bangladeshi journalist Rozina Islam and urged the court that is scheduled to hear her case on Thursday to release her. Calling it a "black chapter" in the history of their nation, the Bangladesh Editor's Council said Islam's arrest "threatens the very existence of the press" in their country. An investigative reporter for the daily newspaper Prothom Alo, Islam could face 14 years in prison or the death penalty under the terms of the colonial-era…
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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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Club leaders want answers on subpoena for reporters' records
Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute issued the following statement in response to a news report that the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records of three Washington Post reporters: The Post reporters in question had been reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election, including classified intercepts showing contacts in 2016 between Jeff Sessions, then a Trump campaign official, and Russia’s ambassador to the United States. National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and NPCJI President Angela Greiling Keane said: "This is yet…
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After 13 years, Mexican journalist seeking asylum still in legal limbo
Thirteen years after crossing the U.S. border from Mexico legally and applying for asylum, journalist Emilio Gutierrez-Soto still lives in legal limbo waiting for a response to his appeal from a deportation order. An update on his case was one of three presentations at a National Press Club virtual event Monday in observation of World Press Freedom Day. The presentations highlighted the cases of journalists Gutierrez-Soto, Maria Ressa and Austin Tice,, each of whom is struggling against government repression or captivity. Each has received the John Aubuchon Award, the club’s highest honor for…
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