Press Freedom
National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute Issue Joint Statement in support of CNN Reporter Manu Raju
January 17, 2020
The National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute issued the following joint statement this morning in support of CNN congressional correspondent Manu Raju, in response to an incident that took place Thursday, January 16 involving the reporter and Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) in…
Read MoreNational Press Club Named to The Washington Post's Press Freedom Partnership
January 6, 2020
The Washington Post announced today that the National Press Club would be one of two organizations added this year to its Press Freedom Partnership, an ongoing initiative that aims to highlight organizations working vigilantly to promote press freedom and raise awareness of the rights of…
Read MoreEthiopian journalist to discuss press freedom tonight
November 25, 2019
Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian journalist imprisoned repeatedly for his reporting, will talk about press freedom in his country and around the world at the National Press Club on Dec. 9 at 6 pm. The event is jointly sponsored by the Club and its nonprofit affiliate National Press Club Journalism…
Read MoreNational Press Club Decries Trump Supporters’ Offensive Video
October 14, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 14, 2019—The National Press Club and its non-profit affiliate, the National Press Club Journalism Institute, issued the following statement condemning a video shown last week at a meeting of American Priority, a group of Trump supporters, at the Trump National Doral Miami…
Read MoreLetter signed by 173 members of Congress delivered to White House in bipartisan bid to secure the freedom of journalist Austin Tice
September 27, 2019
Debra and Marc Tice. Photo Credit: Melissa Lyttle WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan letter was sent Friday morning to President Donald Trump, signed by 173 members of Congress, asking him to work urgently toward the safe return of veteran U.S. Marine Corps captain and award-winning journalist Austin Tice…
Read MoreNational Press Club announces 2019 press freedom honorees
August 22, 2019
The National Press Club will give its annual John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award this year to a journalist in Kashmir jailed for nearly a year for his reporting and to a U.S. reporter who has doggedly produced important accountability journalism despite harassment from powerful people. Each year, the…
Read MoreClub and Institute launch special campaign toward freedom for journalist held in Syria
August 13, 2019
Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of democracy, and the foundation of our work at the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This month we are launching a special press freedom campaign to support the only American journalist being held overseas: Austin Tice, the…
Read MoreWife of Princeton grad student jailed in Iran to speak Thursday
August 6, 2019
Marking the third anniversary of Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang’s imprisonment in Iran, his wife, Hua Qu, will comment on his case and its status at a National Press Club Newsmaker event Thursday, Aug. 8, at 10 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. In August 2016, Xiyue was conducting…
Read MoreIf shield laws can’t protect SF reporter from police raid, where are they working?
May 23, 2019
Media shield laws, designed to protect journalists from revealing confidential sources, can be a reporter’s legal body armor. Too often, however, courts and law enforcement officials act as if those safeguards provide no more protection than a piece of frayed cloth. Take Bryan Carmody, a San…
Read MoreNational Press Club celebrates belated release of journalists in Myanmar
May 7, 2019
Leaders of the National Press Club expressed joy late today upon seeing news reports that two Reuters journalists who had spent more than a year in prison in Myanmar had been released. The journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, had received the Club’s John Aubuchon Award for Press Freedom in 2018.…
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