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Press Freedom Center to host lunch in support of detained journalist Austin Tice as part of slate of World Press Freedom Day events
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534, [email protected] for the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club News Advisory On Thursday, May 1, Debra Tice, mother of Austin Tice — a journalist abducted in Syria in 2012 and still held captive — will speak about the latest efforts to bring her son home. She will be joined by Matt Murray, the Executive Editor of the Washington Post. The event will take place from 12-1pm. Tickets, which include a banquet lunch, cost $35. It is the first event in a two-day series put on by the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club in honor of world Press…
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Press Freedom Center at National Press Club Petitions UN Working Group for Arbitrary Detention on Behalf of RFE/RL Reporter Nika Novak Held in Siberia
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Following is a statement from Mike Balsamo, president of the National Press Club, on an important legal action taken by the Club’s Press Freedom Center in the case of Nika Novak, a reporter for Radio Free Europe currently being held in jail in Siberia: “Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we are announcing that the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club, with the support of its pro bono attorneys at Covington & Burling LLP, have submitted a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Nika Novak calling for her immediate release. Miss…
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Press Club Statement on Air Force One Flying Without Wire Services
WASHINGTON, May 12 – National Press Club President Mike Balsamo issued the following statement today after President Trump’s first overseas trip without wire service reporters aboard Air Force One. “Wire service reporters are central to a free and independent press—providing fast, fact-based reporting that millions of people around the world rely on every day. Their absence from Air Force One today breaks with decades of precedent and limits access to critical information about the president’s actions abroad. Democracy depends on transparency. The National Press Club joins the White House…
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National Press Club to Honor Imprisoned Chinese Journalist Dong Yuyu With President’s Award; Renews Call for His Release
WASHINGTON — The National Press Club announced today it will present its distinguished President’s Award for 2025 to Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, a respected editor and columnist who has been imprisoned in Beijing since February 2022 after being convicted on espionage charges he is appealing. “Journalism is not espionage. Dong Yuyu is being punished for his work and his words. We call on Chinese authorities to release him without delay and to end the practice of criminalizing normal newsgathering and professional contact with foreign colleagues,” said Mike Balsamo, President of the National…
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National Press Club: Journalists Must Not Be Targets After Five Killed in Gaza
WASHINGTON, August 25 – The National Press Club is gravely concerned by reports that five journalists were killed today in Gaza when Israeli airstrikes struck Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. According to health officials and press organizations, those killed included: Mariam Abu Dagga, 33, a freelance journalist who worked with The Associated Press and The Independent (Arabic). She is survived by her 12-year-old son. Mohammad Salam, a journalist for Al Jazeera. Hussam al-Masri, a contract photographer for Reuters. Moaz Abu Taha, a journalist. Ahmed Abu Aziz, a freelance journalist. Earlier…
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National Press Club: Update on Appeal In Case of Journalist Dong Yuyu
WASHINGTON, July 18 – Following is an update on the case of Chinese Journalist Dong Yuyu, provided by his family. “After being sentenced to seven years in prison for espionage at the trial level in November, Dong has appealed his wrongful verdict to the Beijing High Court. The Beijing High Court heard his appeal on March 31, with a deadline for a decision in early May. In early May, however, the Court asked the procuratorate for additional evidence in Dong’s case. Chinese law gives the procuratorate one month to complete this step. However, it only took one week for the procuratorate to…
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National Press Club Statement on Death of Al Jazeera Journalist in Gaza
WASHINGTON, August 10 – The National Press Club is saddened and troubled by reports from Al Jazeera that its correspondent, Anas al-Sharif, was killed today in Gaza. The network says al-Sharif, 28, died after a tent for journalists outside the main gate of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City was struck. Al-Sharif, a respected Arabic-language correspondent, had reported extensively from northern Gaza throughout the current conflict. His death is among more than 200 journalists reported killed since the war began. “The killing of a journalist while working to inform the public is a loss felt far…
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