Club to mark 8th year of journalist Austin Tice's captivity with "freedom clock," Aug. 14

The National Press Club will mark the anniversary of the abduction and detention of Award-winning journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice on Friday, Aug, 14, with the launch of a Freedom Clock that will display a dynamic record of Tice's captivity in Syria. 

The commemoration will be held at the staircase in the Club's lobby at noon on Aug. 14. Club President Michael Freedman will unveil the clock, make brief remarks, and renew the Club’s call for Tice’s release. The event will be webcast. Tice’s parents Marc and Debra Tice of Houston are expected to attend via webcast. Click here to access the webcast. 

Reservations are required for contact tracing reasons. Email Lindsay Underwood at [email protected] to reserve.   

The clock will remain in the Club's lobby, where as many as 250,000 visitors, club members and dignitaries pass through in a typical year. Recent visitors to the Club included Second Lady Karen Pence, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams. 

Tice, the 2015 John Aubuchon Press Freedom honoree and a National Press Club member, was abducted eight years ago this week. No journalist has been held as long as Tice, including Terry Anderson of the Associated Press, who was detained in Lebanon.