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National Press Club Announces Winners of Annual Press Freedom Award
An Illinois reporter fighting prosecutorial pressure to disclose the identity of a confidential source and a Bahraini photographer sentenced to a decade in jail effectively because he did his job--these are the winners of the National Press Club's 2014 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. Each year, the club honors two recipients of the award, one foreign and one domestic, who have demonstrated through their work the principles of press freedom and open government. The award is named after the late John Aubuchon, a former NPC president who championed press freedom. For 2014, the Club has…
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National Press Club to Russian Authorities: Find Those Who Ordered Journalist's Murder
Following the sentencing this week of five men convicted of murdering a Russian investigative reporter in 2006, the National Press Club urged authorities in Russia to go further and uncover the individuals who ordered the contract killing. Anna Politkovskaya, known for her hard-hitting reporting that revealed Kremlin corruption and human rights abuses, was found shot to death in her apartment elevator in October 2006. In the ensuing years, the Russian government has been criticized by press freedom groups for moving too slowly in its investigation into her assassination. A Russian judge…
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National Press Club: Pressure on reporter shows need for shield law
In the wake of a court decision that could spell trouble for a New York Times reporter who is trying to protect the identity of a confidential source, the National Press Club urged Congress to quickly pass legislation that would enable journalists to protect their sources. The Supreme Court announced this week that it would not take up James Risen's appeal of a United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling that he must divulge the identity of a source for a chapter of his 2006 book, "State of War." "Government pressure to force James Risen to divulge a confidential source's…
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Afghan radio broadcaster undercuts Pentagon account of U.S. military assault on his station
An Afghan journalist who says he was detained and beaten by U.S. military personnel one night last February cast doubt this week on a senior U.S. military official's written defense of the actions of American commandos during the incident. Last March, the New York Times reported that U.S. special forces raided an Afghan radio station, Radio Paighame Milli, allegedly destroying equipment, detaining three employees, cutting off the station's broadcasts and, later, beating and threatening the station owner, Qazi Nasir Mudassir, while he was in detention. Ironically, the Times reported, the…
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More questions raised about U.S. commandos' alleged beating of Afghan journalist
The Pentagon and a New York Times reporter gave conflicting accounts this week of whether U.S. special forces beat and threatened to kill an Afghan journalist in late February. The Times reported on March 1 that U.S. special forces had raided a radio station south of Kabul, Radio Paighame Milli, allegedly destroying equipment, detaining three employees, cutting off the station's broadcasts and, later, beating and threatening the station owner, Qazi Nasir Mudassir, while he was in detention. Ironically, the Times reported, the station was known for airing U.S.-sponsored advertisements…
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National Press Club urges all sides in Ukraine to respect press freedom
The National Press Club voiced strong concern May 5 over a spate of recent physical attacks and kidnappings affecting journalists covering the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The rash of recent kidnappings includes the brief detainment and interrogation on May 2 of BuzzFeed correspondent Mike Giglio, his translator Olena Glazunova, and a CBS News team. The kidnappers reportedly were pro-Russian militants. In Giglio’s account of the kidnapping, he speculated that Western journalists were being targeted by local separatists as a result of news reports by Russian state-controlled media that had…
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National Press Club Condemns Recent Violence Against Journalists In Egypt
The National Press Club condemned the continuing violence against journalists in Egypt and called for the country's military-backed government to ensure news media aren't targeted for doing their jobs. Egyptian security forces killed Tamer Abdel Raouf, Beheira bureau chief for the newspaper Al-Ahram, and wounded Hamid al-Barbary, Beheira bureau chief of the Al-Gomhuria newspaper, at a military checkpoint on Aug. 19, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The two were stopped in a car, told to turn around, then fired upon when they drove away, according to al-Barbary. Raouf was the…
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National Press Club condemns killings of journalists in Egypt, demands probe
The National Press Club on Aug. 16 strongly condemned the Egyptian government-ordered violence that resulted in the killings during the week of at least four journalists and the shooting, beating and detainment of many others. The injured and killed journalists had been covering the Egyptian security forces’ attempt to break up protests by Egyptians allied with the deposed president, Mohamed Morsi. Violence continued in Cairo on Friday, and with it, the chance that even more harm would come to the journalists covering the clashes. Security forces raided and shut down the offices of Al-Jazeera…
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‘Hacks’ Square Off With ‘Flacks’ Over Federal Public Affairs Practices
Reporters and public affairs officers debated their roles Monday evening in the Club’s ballroom as part of a panel discussion entitled, “Are federal public affairs officers a help or hindrance to journalists?” The Aug. 12 event, sponsored by the Club’s Press Freedom Committee and the Young Members Committee, gave NPC members and others in an audience of about 100 a first hand-look at concerns expressed by many journalists covering government agencies that some public affairs officers, or PAOs, have too much control over the flow of information available to the public. Carolyn Carlson, a…
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Live webcast: Are federal public affairs offices a help or hindrance to journalists?
Full video: The National Press Club plans to webcast live a debate Monday evening over whether federal public affairs offices are crimping the flow of information about the U.S. government. The event, co-sponsored by the Club’s Press Freedom Committee and the Young Members Committee, can be viewed live here. Public affairs offices increasingly require that reporters conduct all interviews through the press office. U.S. departments and agencies often mandate or strongly suggest that their employees talk to reporters only through official channels and with communications staff present. Public…
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