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The National Press Club and an Al Jazeera newsroom leader Thursday called for an independent investigation of the death of one of the network’s reporters who was covering an Israeli military action in a Palestinian city. The statements were made during an event at the Club that included a moment of silence for Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot in the head and killed while reporting on an Israeli raid in Jenin in the northern West Bank.
Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American, was wearing a vest marked “press” and a helmet. She was with a group of four journalists who were similarly identified as working reporters. “Today, the National Press Club stands with our colleagues in calling for an independent and impartial investigation of the killing of Shireen,” Club Treasurer Emily Wilkins said before beginning the moment of silence. “While we are still learning the details of the shooting, we do not need an investigation to tell us that her death is, in the words of Pentagon spokesman Ned Price, ‘an affront to media freedom…
Photographer to discuss photos revealing three generations of dioxin effects, May 19
Photojournalism often tells a story in a compelling way that other media cannot. National Press Club member Ben Sarao, who created, collected, and published a set of images visually documenting birth defects from the toxic chemical dioxin, will share and discuss those photos at a Photography Team meeting on Thursday, May 19, at 10 a.m. in the Cosgrove Lounge. The event is open to all Club members. Children's nursing home in Chicago, Illinois suburbs, site of Ben Sarao's 1972 photos displayed in Shared Tragedy. (Copyright 2021 Ben Sarao) Sarao is executive director of Primary Image, a…
Type: News
Inauguration of Jen Judson, 115th President of The National Press Club - May 6, 2022
The National Press Club inaugurated Jen Judson, as its 115th President on May 3, 2022. She pledged in her address to work to restore public trust in the media and advocate for press freedom around the world. Judson, the land warfare reporter at Defense News, said that after four years of attacks on the press from former President Donald Trump, the growth of fake news and disinformation campaigns and the plunging approval ratings of the press, restoring that trust is crucial.
Type: Media
Former Attorney General Holder says doing big things is what makes USA exceptional
This country is defined by doing big things, like the FDR-era New Deal, the interstate highway system, and the Great Society, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a National Press Club Headliners Book Event May 12, 2022. "We do big, that is what makes us exceptional," he said. Some people even say the ideas in his co-written book, Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote, are too big, he told the audience in the Fourth Estate room at the Club. Eric Holder and Sam Koppelman at NPC May 12, 2022. Photo: D.J. Caulfield Holder co-wrote the book with New…
Type: News
TODAY: Communicators Lunch and Learn virtual event explores How to Publish a Book
Two Communicator members who are also successful authors will provide advice on book publishing based on their recent experiences, during a “Lunch and Learn” hosted by the National Press Club Communicators Team on Thursday, May 19, at 12 p.m. This is an online/virtual program and is free for Club members ONLY. Click here to register. The session will feature Ed Barks and Edward Segal, who are longtime NPC members and government and media relations and business management experts. They also have written books for professional communicators. Ed Barks Barks is a communications strategy…
Type: News