Press Freedom
National Press Club Announces that University of Michigan Awards Journalism Fellowship to Jailed Reporter
May 4, 2018
Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto, a Mexican journalist whom U.S. immigration officials are attempting to deport despite death threats against him in his home country, has been awarded a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Lynette Clemetson, executive director of the prestigious journalism…
Read MoreNational Press Club Statement On Deaths of Journalists in Afghanistan
April 30, 2018
Following is a statement by National Press Club President Andrea Edney on the deaths of journalists today in Afghanistan. "We were angered and saddened by the news from Afghanistan today that at least nine of our colleagues were killed in a bombing in Kabul. This is a tragic reminder of the real…
Read MoreNational Press Club: Homeland Security wants court to ignore journalism groups, evidence in asylum case
April 12, 2018
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants the Board of Immigration Appeals to dismiss 500 pages of evidence presented by The National Press Club and 16 other professional journalism organizations in the asylum case of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, an award-winning Mexican journalist. In a brief filed…
Read MoreNational Press Club and 19 press organizations join legal effort to free award-winning journalist from detention
April 9, 2018
The National Press Club, joined by 19 professional journalism organizations, on Monday asked a federal court to order the release of award-winning journalist Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto and his son, Oscar, from an El Paso detention center where Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have detained…
Read MoreBoard of Immigration Appeals accepts Press Club brief in support of Mexican journalist's asylum case
April 3, 2018
The Board of Immigration Appeals has agreed to allow the National Press Club and 16 other professional journalism organizations to intervene on behalf of a Mexican journalist who is seeking asylum in the United States. In a March 27 letter, the Board said it is accepting a 37-page “friend-of-the-…
Read MoreNational Press Club files friend-of-the-court brief in Mexican journalist's asylum case
March 19, 2018
Urging the U.S. government not to "break with this Nation's long and proud tradition of providing safe refuge to journalists, authors and commentators who criticize corrupt government officials," the National Press Club, its nonprofit Journalism Institute and 15 other professional journalism…
Read MoreNational Press Club award-winner Shawkan facing death sentence
March 8, 2018
The National Press Club and its non-profit Journalism Institute condemn Egypt’s effort to intimidate the press by threatening a photojournalist with death. A winner of the Club’s 2016 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as Shawkan, learned this week that prosecutors in…
Read MoreLawyers file writ of habeas corpus for National Press Club award-winner Emilio Gutierrez
March 6, 2018
Arguing that the U.S. government’s detention of a National Press Club award-winning journalist violates the Constitution and international law, human rights attorneys on Tuesday are filing writs of habeas corpus for Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son, Oscar. The move opens a second legal front in…
Read MoreNational Press Club and its Journalism Institute recognize Reuters journalists with press freedom award
February 27, 2018
In a year when journalists have been targeted by governments and forces who see freedom of information as a threat to their power, the National Press Club and its nonprofit Journalism Institute are recognizing Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Reuters journalists who have been on the front lines of the…
Read MoreHearing for detained Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez set for Feb. 26
February 9, 2018
An asylum hearing for detained Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez has been set for Feb. 26, although it could be pushed back to March. Gutierrez and his son Oscar have been confined at an El Paso, Texas, detention facility since Dec. 7 after an attempt by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to…
Read More