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National Press Club Statement on Philippine Government Attempts to Shutdown Rappler
WASHINGTON, June 30 – Following is a statement from Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on this week’s actions by the Philippine government against the news site Rappler. “In a last gasp of power, the Duterte Administration did not go quietly this week, taking a final swipe at Rappler, the hard-hitting and celebrated news site founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa. The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed a prior order to revoke Rappler’s charter as a business.…
Type: News
National Press Club Statement on Murder of Mexican Journalist Antonio de la Cruz
WASHINGTON, June 29 – Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the murder of Antonio de la Cruz, a reporter for the Mexican newspaper Expreso, today in Tamaulipas. “We call on the Mexican government and law enforcement to bring to justice the killers of Antonio de la Cruz – the 12th journalist murdered in Mexico this year. Those who murder journalists must be arrested, prosecuted and punished. Because cases of violence against Mexican journalists are almost never solved, the state…
Type: News
Help judge Zimmerman Scholarship applications
Help us pick the winner for the Richard G. Zimmerman Scholarship! We plan to judge applications on Saturday, July 9 at 10:30am ET via Zoom. Judging is expected to take two hours. It is anticipated that judges will have the chance to review application materials prior to July 9th. The Richard G. Zimmerman Scholarship is named for a long-time National Press Club member who died in 2008 and endowed a scholarship to aid high school seniors who wish to pursue a career in journalism. Recipients receive a one-time scholarship of $5,000. Please contact Alexis Garcia ([email protected]) for…
Type: News
Press Club Communicators confront disinformation challenges
The National Press Club Communicators Team hosted a virtual “Candid Conversation on Combating Global Disinformation” on April 14 to discuss how public diplomacy, military, and intelligence community communicators can navigate increasingly complex and muddied information environments. Jen Judson, Club president and the land warfare reporter for Defense News, led a discussion on the topic in a virtual space with U.S. Army Lt. Col. Charles “Kip” Patterson, who leads the Public Affairs and Communication Strategy Directorate at the Department of Defense Information School (DINFOS), the primary…
Type: News
Up for Growth to Launch U.S. Housing Underproduction Report
First-of-its kind longitudinal study quantifies housing shortage at national, state, and metropolitan levels, tracks trends from 2012 through 2019 Up for Growth on July 14 will release its groundbreaking report, Housing Underproduction in the United States, a first-of-its-kind longitudinal study tracking nationwide housing underproduction by state and across 814 metropolitan and non-metropolitan units of geography – the most detailed analysis of America’s housing shortage ever produced. WHAT: Up for Growth Report Launch: Housing Underproduction in the United States Event is open press. WHERE…
Type: Event