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Press Club teams with National Endowment for Democracy to discuss Internet freedom
Regulation of the Internet is expected to be the subject of a panel discussion on April 24 at the National Press Club. Just over a week ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee and the Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy plan to jointly present a wide-ranging and in-depth discussion of Internet freedom. Last December, U.N. member states at the World Conference on International Telecommunications approved a treaty that may open the door to an international organization regulating the Internet. The question…
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Press Club: Judge should drop effort to compel reporter to reveal anonymous sources
The National Press Club on April 5 respectfully urged a Colorado judge to drop his push to force a reporter to reveal her confidential sources for a story about the alleged shooter in the last July’s shooting spree in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Jana Winter of Fox News reported days after the deadly shooting that the defendant in the case, James Holmes, had sent his psychiatrist detailed drawings of people being killed before the shootings occurred. All information in the investigation of Holmes was under seal. Winter had cited law-enforcement officials as her source. Colorado has a…
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Video: How Post 9/11 Antiterror Laws are Being Used Globally to Crush Press Freedom
On March 12, 2013, the National Press Club's Freedom of the Press Committee held a moderated panel discussion on how laws enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are being used to crush press freedom. Following the Sept. 11 attacks and the opening of the United States' war on terror, dozens of countries have implemented sweeping anti-terrorism laws, frequently at the behest of Washington. But analyses by human rights and journalist watchdog groups have found that these foreign counterterrorism laws are increasingly being used as the go-to tool to target and imprison journalists who write…
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National Press Club: Where Sunshine Happens
The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee has a full slate of activities planned for Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote a dialogue on the importance of open government and freedom of information. This non-partisan, non-profit initiative is celebrated in mid-March each year to coincide with James Madison's birthday on March 16. On Tuesday, March 12, the Press Freedom Committee hosts a moderated panel discussion on how laws enacted globally after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are being used to crush press freedom. (6:30-8pm in the conference rooms; free and open to the public…
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Club to mark Sunshine Week with panel on Freedom of Information Act March 14
During Sunshine Week March 10-16, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Professional Affairs and Freedom of the Press Committees plan to help journalists and others obtain information that the government might not want you to have. Reporters and watchdogs will offer tips on how to use the Freedom of Information Act to ferret out documents and data at a panel discussion on March 14 at 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The panel will be one of several events during Sunshine Week, an annual effort to emphasize the importance of public access to the workings of government and the people's…
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National Press Club asks President Obama to fulfill FOIA promises
The National Press Club joined a coalition of 49 groups writing to President Barack Obama last week to underscore concern that the administration isn't living up to its open-government goals. The president issued a memorandum on January 21, 2009 -- his first full day in office -- to all federal agencies stating that the Freedom of Information Act "encourages accountability through transparency" and "is the most prominent expression of a profound national commitment to ensuring an open government." The administration's record hasn't met that vision. Delays in routine FOIA requests are common.…
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Online security workshop slated for Feb. 26 at the National Press Club
Are you a reporter who knows the need to protect yourself and your sources online but doesn't know where to start learning? We've got your answer. The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee and the National Press Club Journalism Institute's Professional Development Committee will host an online security workshop on Feb. 26 at 8:30 a.m. The workshop will be led by Stephane Koch, Reporters Without Borders' senior online security advisor. It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the NPC's Bloomberg Room. The cost is $35 for Club members and $75 for non-members. Register here. No…
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National Press Club marks Sunshine Week with program on Freedom of Information Act
During Sunshine Week, March 10-16, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Professional Affairs and Freedom of the Press Committees plan to help journalists and others obtain information that the government might not want you to have. Reporters and watchdogs will offer tips on how to use the Freedom of Information Act to ferret out documents and data at a panel scheduled for March 14 at 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. It is one of several events during the annual effort to talk about the importance of public access to the workings of government and the people's right to know.…
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NPC expresses outrage as Turkey becomes top jailer of journalists
The National Press Club expressed grave concerns Feb. 12 regarding reports that the government of Turkey is using anti-terrorism laws to jail more working journalists than any other country in the world. All told, 42 journalists and four media assistants are incarcerated in Turkey, more than in Iran, China or any other country known for repression of the press, according to Reporters Without Borders, an advocacy organization for journalists. In addition, the group is reviewing whether more than two dozen other people in Turkish jails may also be media professionals. The large number of…
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NPC Offers Course in Online Security for Journalists
The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee and the National Press Club Journalism Institute's Professional Development Committee will host an online security workshop on Feb. 26. The workshop will be led by Mr. Stephane Koch, Reporters Without Borders' senior online security advisor. It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in NPC's Bloomberg Room. The cost is $35 for National Press Club members and $75 for non-members. Register here. No previous experience with online security issues is required to attend the workshop. All that's needed is a laptop. The workshop's lessons include:…
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