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Mike Balsamo - Candidate Petition
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National Press Club encourages members to sign open letter to keep Latin America's top investigative journalist free
The National Press Club and its Press Freedom Team is working to keep one of Latin America’s top investigative reporters, Gustavo Gorriti, out of prison and requests club members' help by signing an open letter supporting Gorriti and his colleagues at IDL-Reporteros. The letter can be found here. Supporters plan to present the letter to the Peruvian embassy and to key U.S. policymakers involved in allocating U.S. foreign aid to Peru. Gorriti has achieved global recognition for his groundbreaking work revealing political corruption in his home country of Peru. He had a leading role in the…
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Webinars this week explore coverage of Gaza conflict
The National Press Club’s Freedom of the Press Team this week plans to convene two online panel discussions to hear from Palestinian, Israeli and American journalists, and experts about coverage decisions, reporting realities, and the impact of hostile reactions from governments and the public. These virtual panels on Tuesday, May 21, and Wednesday, May 22, are free and open to the public, but registration is required. See the links below. The press freedom impacts of the Israel-Hamas war have been far-reaching over the course of the seven-month conflict. They include the appalling and tragic…
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Mediterranean cuisine, special drinks for next buffet night at the Reliable Source, May 23
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to indulge in the delicious Mediterranean seafood buffet coming to the Reliable Source Thursday, May 23. No need to fly to the Mediterranean for the best cuisine and music, it's coming to you here in Washington. A special selection of seafood and themed drinks will be available starting at 5:30 p.m. that evening. Come early, and then at 7 p.m. join the Jazz Night downstairs for your musical entertainment. The Reliable Source will have background music during your dining experience, but the live jazz performance, which is free and for…
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Jazz Night May 23 features book talk, Blues Alley musicians playing jazz
If it's May, it must be time for Jazz Night at the National Press Club! The Club is once again hosting an evening of music with Blues Alley, Georgetown’s home for jazz, for an evening of great music, and this year there's a literary twist. Larry Tye will be on hand Thursday, May 23, to discuss his new book "The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America." It looks mainly at those maestros' lives off their bandstands, and how they set the table for the civil rights revolution. The discussion starts at 6 p.m. in the First Amendment Lounge The talk will be…
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National Press Club: Shireen’s Death Showed IDF Indifference To Journalist Safety
WASHINGTON, May 11 – Following is a statement by Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, on the second anniversary of the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, while reporting from the West Bank in 2022. “It has been two years since Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by an IDF sniper while reporting on a military action in the West Bank. And in that time, we have seen – through excellent investigations by western media – more clearly what happened that day and a now greater meaning for where we find ourselves today. “Sadly, the US government, and its…
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Mark Walker - Candidate Petition
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Debra Silimeo - Candidate Petition
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Karen Naumann - Candidate Petition
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Elvina Nawaguna - Candidate Petition
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