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Submit your best images for Club's annual photo exhibit
For the 25th straight year, National Press Club members can display their best print photos and digital images in the National Press Club's main lobby during the month of September. The Club's Photo Team began accepting entries for this year's show today, Aug. 1. Entries will be accepted through Aug. 16. Download the instructions for taking part in the exhibit, posted online.
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National Press Club Statement On Death of Ismail Al-Ghoul and Rami Al Reifi
WASHINGTON, July 31 – Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, on the death of two Al Jazeera journalists, Ismail Al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami Al Reifi following an airstrike today in Gaza. “Tragically two of Al Jazeera’s journalists were killed today while working in the field in Northern Gaza. Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al Reifi, were hit by what was believed to be an IDF airstrike. Both men had been working under very difficult conditions for months to bring the world important news out of Gaza. They worked through illness from lack of…
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Gershkovich, 32, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal held since March 2023, Kurmasheva, and the other Western prisoners landed in the Turkish capital, Ankara, at 11:20 a.m., The Wall Street Journal reported. Gershkovich had been wrongly convicted on baseless charges of espionage and sentenced July 19 to 16 years in a penal colony after a secret trial. Kurmasheva, 47, a Russian-American reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was detained at an airport in Tartarstan in July 2023 as she tried to return to her home in Prague after visiting her elderly mother. She was sentenced to six…
The National Press Club worked tirelessly to keep the plight of both journalists in the public eye and on the political agenda. As part of its press freedom mission, the Club had about a dozen events for Gershkovich over the course of his unlawful detention, including a 24-hour read-a-thon of his work, Club President Emily Wilkins said Thursday. The Club named Gershkovich its John Aubuchon honoree, its highest press freedom honor. “In the end, the charges against Evan were without merit because there was no crime," Wilkins said. "He is a journalist and journalism is not a crime. He has,…
Gershkovich, Kurmasheva freed in complex, multinational prisoner swap with Russia
Russia freed journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva as part of a complex, six-nation prisoner exchange on Thursday for Russian prisoners, including a convicted Russian hitman who murdered a former Chechen fighter in a Berlin park and two Russian spies held by Slovenia.
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A note of thanks from National Press Club President Emily Wilkins
To my fellow NPC members, On this tremendous day, we got a resounding win for press freedom. Evan is coming home. Alsu is coming home. They should have never been detained in the first place. They did nothing more than their jobs — and journalism is not a crime. There is more work to do to prevent Americans from being taken hostage and used as pawns. There is more work to do to ensure journalists are more quickly declared wrongfully detained. There is more work to do to bring Austin Tice home. There is more work to do, and the Club will continue to be a leader in this fight. But today,…
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Evan Gershkovich Free! National Press Club Statement
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 – Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, on the news that Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich has been released from prison in Russia. “We are overjoyed to hear the news that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been released from prison in Russia and is on his way to be reunited with his family. “We cannot forget the horror and unjust behavior by the Russian government who stole 16 months of Evan’s life and work through kidnapping him and putting him through a sham trail. But we choose today to celebrate…
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