National Press Club changes lineup for today's panel on Israeli press freedom concerns

A new speaker has been added to this morning's 11 a.m. ET virtual panel discussion on Israeli perspectives around press freedom and the war in Gaza.

Dr. Elana Newman, a clinical psychologist and the research director at Columbia University's Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, is filling in for Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the center, who was called away on travel.

Today's virtual panel discussion, organized by the National Press Club's Freedom of the Press Team, is the second in a two-part series organized to explore press freedom concerns in the Israel-Hamas war. A panel discussion featuring Palestinian journalists took place on Tuesday.

Newman trains journalists on interviewing survivors, trauma-informed news management, covering traumatic events in local contexts, and practicing self-care and occupational health.

Attendees must register in advance to receive a Zoom link and can do so here.

The other speakers for today's discussion are: 

• Talia Dekel-Fleissig, the CEO since February 2023 of the Jerusalem Press Club. She has also been the head of international press strategy at the U.S.-based media engagement group the Israel Project, an editor for The Jerusalem Post, and an officer with the Israeli Defense Force’s Liaison and Foreign Relations Division.
• Anat Saragusti, head of press freedom at the Union of Journalists in Israel. Saragusti is a documentary filmmaker, book editor, freelance journalist and commentator, focusing her work on state security, women’s participation in decision making processes, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She has also worked as the correspondent to Gaza for TV Channel 12 news.
• Hadas Gold (moderator), a correspondent on CNN’s media team. Previously, Gold was a correspondent in Jerusalem where she covered the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel as well as the 11-day conflict between Hamas and Israel in 2021, the alarming rise in violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, the future of the Palestinian Authority, and Israel’s internal political turmoil.