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Expert to outline threats to photographers' freedom at noon Wednesday
Mickey H. Osterreicher, an attorney and award-winning photojournalist, will discuss "The Ongoing Assault on the Right to Photograph/Record in Public" at noon, Wednesday, June 27, at a joint luncheon meeting of the Club's Photography and Press Freedom Committees in the McClendon Room. Osterreicher will discuss the tension between the press and government regarding news coverage of matters of public interest. His talk will be an update of events since his presentation at the Club on Jan. 25, 2012. Osterreicher will also discuss recent developments in the field of copyright as it pertains to…
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Podcast features NPC President Hughes discussing press freedom
The National Press Club has taken its fight for press freedom to a new level. In the most-recent edition of Update-1, NPC President John Hughes explains to NPC Broadcast Committee Vice Chair Adam Konowe why press freedom is under attack and why the Press Club is uniquely positioned to fight for freedom of the press. Attacks on the press can impede journalists from getting the necessary information to inform the public and prevent citizens from getting public information from elected officials, Hughes said. Update-1 is the podcast of the National Press Club. All podcasts are available to the…
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S.C. reporter plans to join fellow ‘jailbird’ journalists in calling for greater press freedom
A South Carolina reporter who went to jail due to his reporting in one the largest corruption prosecutions in U.S. history plans to discuss the need for stronger legal protections for journalists at a National Press Club forum tonight at 6 p.m. in the Murrow Room. Tickets are $5 for Press Club members and $10 for nonmembers and can be purchased by clicking here. The historic event, involving a large majority of American reporters who have gone to jail in protection of their sources, is open to the public and is sponsored in part by the Club’s Journalism Institute and the NPC's Freedom of the…
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Court reporters jailed for refusing to testify in criminal cases to speak at Club June 1
Journalists Libby Averyt and David Kidwell both found themselves behind bars in the 1990s for refusing to testify after conducting jailhouse interviews. On Monday, June 1, the two reporters will discuss their experiences going the distance for First Amendment rights at a Club event timed for the start of International Whistleblowers Week. Averyt and Kidwell, currently with the Corpus Christi Caller Times and the Chicago Tribune, respectively, will be part of a group of nearly a dozen jailbird reporters participating in a first-of-its-kind symposium sponsored in part by the Club’s Journalism…
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Federal shield law most needed for local, freelance journalists, reporters to say on June 1
While a federal shield law would benefit all journalists, those with the most to gain are freelancers and reporters for smaller news organizations, according to two journalists with direct experience in the matter. Lisa Abraham and Josh Wolf will join with nearly a dozen other journalists who have been jailed for insisting on their rights under the First Amendment at the National Press Club on June 1 to call for national shield law. The historic two-hour symposium starts at 6 p.m. in the Murrow Room. The event is open to the public and is sponsored in part by the Club’s Journalism Institute…
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Roxana Kopetman, who refused to testify, to join June 1 event on jailed journalists
In the 1980s, Roxana Kopetman spent time in jail in defense of the principle that journalists should not be compelled to testify just for being witnesses to an event, particularly when there are other bystanders. Kopetman will be part of a panel of fellow jailbird journalists at 6 p.m. Monday, June 1, in the Murrow Room. The two-hour landmark symposium will focus on the need for stronger legal protections for reporters. The event is open to the public and is sponsored in part by the club’s Journalism Institute and Freedom of the Press Committee. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for…
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State Department official commends Club for freedom of the press advocacy
The State Department's assistant secretary for public affairs commended the Press Club and President John Hughes for making press freedom a major theme this year and outlined steps the State Department is taking to protect journalists in increasingly hostile environments at a meeting of American Legion Post 20 on May 18. Douglas Frantz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and editor before entering government service, said press freedom is an issue that is "professional and personal for me," after having covered conflicts from the first Gulf war to the fighting in Afghanistan.…
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TV producer who helped expand shield protections in Michigan to speak at Club
In 1986, TV producer Bradley Stone spent nearly 48-hours behind bars in Detroit for flouting a subpoena to turn over tapes of interviews with gang members. Stone, who now works at WSB-TV in Atlanta, will discuss his experience when he joins a panel of fellow "jailbird" journalists at 6 p.m. Monday, June 1, at the Club for a landmark symposium on the need for stronger legal protections for reporters. The two-hour event in the Murrow Room is open to the public and is sponsored by the Club’s Journalism Institute and Freedom of the Press Committee. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the…
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National Press Club to Honor Azerbaijani Journalist
The National Press Club announced that it will honor an Azerbaijani reporter, Khadija Ismayilova, with one of its 2015 press freedom awards. Ismayilova, who has reported for Radio Free Liberty/Radio Free Europe and other news organizations, has been jailed since December 2014 on a variety of charges that independent observers such as the Committee to Protect Journalists have called bogus. Ismayilova is well known for hard-hitting reporting, including on the financial dealings of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and alleged corruption in his government. She is one of nine reporters known to…
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U.S. journalists jailed for reporting to gather at National Press Club, 6 pm June 1
Most of the U.S. journalists who have been jailed defending the First Amendment will gather at 6 p.m. Monday, June 1, at the National Press Club to support protecting whistleblowers and journalists from retribution and prosecution. Nearly a dozen speakers at the event will be members of the media who have been fined, detained or jailed for protecting the identity of confidential sources. The session will take place in the Murrow Room, and registration is required. “The men and women who’ve defended the First Amendment with their sacrifices represent newspapers, television stations, bloggers…
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