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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, the first woman to lead the labor federation in its 135-year history, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners event on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. Shuler is expected to address the pandemic's impact on the economy, the wave of collective action and strike activity, and legislative efforts that affect labor and the workplace. The AFL-CIO has thrown its support behind the Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package at the center of President Biden's domestic agenda. The 10-year spending plan would expand child care, invest in clean energy, and…
Type: Event
Andy Parker, father of slain journalist, to discuss FTC's complaint for him against Facebook at news conference, Oct. 12
The National Press Club will host a news conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, with Andy Parker, father of slain WDBJ-TV (Roanoke, Va.) reporter Alison Parker, to discuss the complaint Federal Trade Commission has filed on his behalf against Facebook. Attorneys from the Georgetown University’s Law Center Civil Rights Clinic, a small, nonprofit law firm which represents Parker on a pro-bono basis, also will appear. The complaint raises questions about Facebook’s role in allowing moment-of-death video of Alison Parker’s Aug. 26, 2015, murder to be posted and re-posted on the network. Parker…
Type: News
2020 Fourth Estate Award Gala - Maria Ressa Aubuchon Press Freedom Award
Named for a former Club president who fervently advocated for press freedom, the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Awards are given each year to one journalist in the United States and one journalist overseas who bravely pushes to disclose the truth in trying circumstances. The 2020 International honoree was Maria Ressa, CEO and president of Rappler, who was convicted in the Philippines on trumped-up charges of cyber libel. Ressa and Rappler have been the target of repeated efforts by the government of President Rodrigo Duterte to silence her. Ressa has emerged as one of the leading voices for…
Type: Media
About Georgetown Law Clinic
Georgetown University Law Center’s Civil Rights Clinic operates a small not-for-profit law firm representing individual clients who have suffered from discrimination, harassment, or other rights violations. The Clinic also represents several other clients who have been targeted by conspiracy theorists or whose privacy has been invaded by corporate entities.
About Andy Parker
After the murder of his daughter, Andy Parker has become known as a gun-control activist. He has appeared on all the major television networks and cable outlets. He has been a contributor to publications including: The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, Huffington Post and USA Today. He is a member of the National Press Club and author of "For Alison: The Murder of a Young Journalist and Her Father’s Fight For Gun Safety."
News Conference On FTC Complaint Against Facebook
Andy Parker, the father of slain television journalist Alison Parker has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook. The complaint raises questions about Facebook’s role in allowing moment-of-death video of Alison Parker’s August 26, 2015 murder to be posted and reposted on the network. The complaint was prepared by Georgetown Law Clinic. Parker will give details of the FTC filing and answer reporters questions at a news conference with details below. Last year, Mr. Parker and Georgetown Law Clinic filed a similar complaint against Google/Youtube, which is…
Type: Event
New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly to donate signed press freedom cartoon for Fourth Estate Award Gala
Advocates of the independent, free press can display their support with an exclusive signed print from renowned cartoonist and writer Liza Donnelly. Donnelly has generously contributed prints of her illustration commemorating the importance of the free press in democracy, in conjunction with this year’s Fourth Estate Award Gala. The gala will take place on Oct. 20, and tickets are available through Wednesday, Oct. 13. The artist’s live digital reporting and cartoons have been featured in The New Yorker, where she has been a staff artist since 1979; on CBS News, NBC, and CNN; and in Forbes,…
Type: News