Press Freedom
Club welcomes Egypt’s overdue release of jailed journalist
February 8, 2021
National Press Club leaders expressed relief Saturday at news that al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has been released from prison after four years of unjust detention without trial. The following is a statement from National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and National Press Club…
Read MoreU.S. Press Leaders Welcome Egypt’s Overdue Release of Jailed Journalist
February 6, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2021--National Press Club leaders expressed relief Saturday at news that al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has been released from prison after four years of unjust detention without trial. The following is a statement from National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews…
Read MoreU.S. Journalists Laud Lawmakers’ Efforts for Press Freedom
February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2021--America’s leading professional organization for journalists applauded on Thursday efforts by U.S. lawmakers to advance press freedom. Legislation filed in the House Thursday would bar foreign aid for government entities that the U.S. government determines to have…
Read MoreClub leaders urge extradition for Daniel Pearl’s kidnappers after Pakistani court decision
January 28, 2021
National Press Club leaders expressed concern about the Pakistan Supreme Court’s exoneration on Thursday of four men accused of luring Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to his beheading in 2002. Pearl’s murder, which was videotaped, shocked the world and was soon followed by Islamic State…
Read MoreNational Press Club: Allow Journalists to Bring Protective Gear to Inauguration
January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON – Journalism leaders Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club and Angela Greiling Keane, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute issued the following statement on the discussion around how reporters and photographers may protect themselves while covering…
Read MorePress Leaders Call for Probes Into Jan. 6 Attacks on Reporters
January 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2021--Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute are calling for criminal investigations into those responsible for violence and threats against journalists during last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol. "Journalists are witnesses and…
Read MoreNews Leaders Call On China To Release Bloomberg’s Haze Fan
December 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, December 11 – Following is a statement from Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club, and Angela Greiling Keane, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the detention by Chinese security services of Haze Fan who has worked for Bloomberg News in…
Read MoreNational Press Club honors Maria Ressa with 2020 International Press Freedom Award
November 30, 2020
The National Press Club was proud to honor Maria Ressa, the executive editor of Rappler, with its International John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award at this year’s Fourth Estate Award Gala. Convicted in June on trumped-up charges of cyber libel in the Philippines, Ressa, who co-founded Rappler in 2012…
Read MoreDebra Tice, Mother of Journalist Austin Tice, Statement On Fox & Friends
November 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – Today Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, a journalist and Marine veteran being held in Syria appeared on the highly rated television program Fox & Friends and made the following statement in response to questions. “We are closer than we have ever been to having Austin…
Read MoreClub leaders denounce assault on Agency for Global Media
October 30, 2020
National Press Club leaders on Thursday, Oct. 29, denounced an attempt by the Trump administration to take away the independence of news outlets such as the Voice of America. Michael Pack, the chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VoA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other…
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