Press Freedom
National Press Club concerned about charges against filmmakers
October 24, 2016
National Press Club President Thomas Burr expressed concern Monday about reports that independent filmmakers have been arrested for documenting environmentalists’ protests of oil pipelines across four states. Filmmakers Deia Schlosberg and Lindsey Goodwin-Grayzel and cameraman Carl Davis, who were…
Read MoreNational Press Club President Thomas Burr criticizes Trump campaign for 'journalist intimidation'
October 17, 2016
For months The National Press Club has repeatedly expressed concern for U.S. Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump's treatment of our colleagues reporting on the campaign. After lifting an ill-advised access ban on colleagues who wished to cover Mr. Trump during the primaries, as the…
Read MoreNational Press Club encouraged by end to Trump's media blacklist
September 7, 2016
National Press Club President Thomas Burr welcomed reports Wednesday that Donald Trump's campaign has ended its blacklist of certain news organizations, though Burr noted the ban should have never existed in the first place and its removal was long overdue. For almost a year, the Republican…
Read MoreNational Press Club expresses concern for American held in Turkey
September 2, 2016
The National Press Club expressed concern Thursday for the well-being of an American freelance journalist who has reportedly been detained for more than three weeks in a Turkish jail. The reporter, Lindsey Snell, has worked for news organizations such as MSNBC, Yahoo News, ABC News and Vocativ,…
Read MoreNational Press Club Expresses Concern for American Held in Turkey
September 1, 2016
The National Press Club expressed concern Thursday for the well-being of an American freelance journalist who has reportedly been detained for more than three weeks in a Turkish jail. The reporter, Lindsey Snell, has worked for news organizations such as MSNBC, Yahoo News, ABC News and Vocativ,…
Read MoreNational Press Club alarmed by Turkey's purge of journalists
July 26, 2016
The National Press Club on Tuesday voiced alarm that the Turkish government was moving to arrest dozens of journalists following the recent attempted military coup. Official Turkish news agencies report that detention warrants have been issued for 42 journalists, with five journalists already…
Read MoreNational Press Club wants justice after killing of journalist in Ukraine
July 20, 2016
The National Press Club urged Ukrainian authorities to swiftly solve Wednesday’s murder of a prominent journalist in that country. Pavel Sheremet, 44, was killed by a car bomb in Kiev as he prepared to head to the Vesti radio station, where he was to have anchored his morning talk show, according…
Read MoreNational Press Club honors two photographers with Press Freedom Awards
June 27, 2016
The National Press Club is honoring two photographers, one of them American and the other Egyptian, with its annual Press Freedom Award, the Club announced Monday. The winners of the 2016 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award are Tim Tai, a U.S. student photographer who stood up last fall to an angry…
Read MoreJailing of press group's rep in Turkey alarms National Press Club
June 21, 2016
National Press Club leaders expressed concern Monday about the reported arrest of a press freedom group’s representative in Turkey. Reporters Without Borders, an independent advocate for journalists worldwide, reported Monday that a Turkish court had ordered pre-trial detention for Erol Onderoglu,…
Read MoreNational Press Club decries death penalty for Egyptian journalists
June 20, 2016
The National Press Club expressed deep concern Monday over the Egyptian government's decision to uphold death penalties for three journalists. On June 18, a Cairo court confirmed Egypt's Grand Mufti had upheld the May 7 verdicts for the three journalists who had been accused of passing state…
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