Press Freedom
Press Club teams with National Endowment for Democracy to discuss Internet freedom
April 8, 2013
Regulation of the Internet is expected to be the subject of a panel discussion on April 24 at the National Press Club. Just over a week ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee and the Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for…
Read MorePress Club: Judge should drop effort to compel reporter to reveal anonymous sources
April 5, 2013
The National Press Club on April 5 respectfully urged a Colorado judge to drop his push to force a reporter to reveal her confidential sources for a story about the alleged shooter in the last July’s shooting spree in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Jana Winter of Fox News reported days after the…
Read MoreVideo: How Post 9/11 Antiterror Laws are Being Used Globally to Crush Press Freedom
March 25, 2013
On March 12, 2013, the National Press Club's Freedom of the Press Committee held a moderated panel discussion on how laws enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are being used to crush press freedom. Following the Sept. 11 attacks and the opening of the United States' war on terror, dozens of…
Read MoreNational Press Club: Where Sunshine Happens
March 8, 2013
The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee has a full slate of activities planned for Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote a dialogue on the importance of open government and freedom of information. This non-partisan, non-profit initiative is celebrated in mid-March each year to…
Read MoreClub to mark Sunshine Week with panel on Freedom of Information Act March 14
March 1, 2013
During Sunshine Week March 10-16, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Professional Affairs and Freedom of the Press Committees plan to help journalists and others obtain information that the government might not want you to have. Reporters and watchdogs will offer tips on…
Read MoreNational Press Club asks President Obama to fulfill FOIA promises
February 25, 2013
The National Press Club joined a coalition of 49 groups writing to President Barack Obama last week to underscore concern that the administration isn't living up to its open-government goals. The president issued a memorandum on January 21, 2009 -- his first full day in office -- to all federal…
Read MoreOnline security workshop slated for Feb. 26 at the National Press Club
February 17, 2013
Are you a reporter who knows the need to protect yourself and your sources online but doesn't know where to start learning? We've got your answer. The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee and the National Press Club Journalism Institute's Professional Development Committee will host an…
Read MoreNational Press Club marks Sunshine Week with program on Freedom of Information Act
February 13, 2013
During Sunshine Week, March 10-16, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Professional Affairs and Freedom of the Press Committees plan to help journalists and others obtain information that the government might not want you to have. Reporters and watchdogs will offer tips on…
Read MoreNPC expresses outrage as Turkey becomes top jailer of journalists
February 12, 2013
The National Press Club expressed grave concerns Feb. 12 regarding reports that the government of Turkey is using anti-terrorism laws to jail more working journalists than any other country in the world. All told, 42 journalists and four media assistants are incarcerated in Turkey, more than in…
Read MoreNPC Offers Course in Online Security for Journalists
February 6, 2013
The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee and the National Press Club Journalism Institute's Professional Development Committee will host an online security workshop on Feb. 26. The workshop will be led by Mr. Stephane Koch, Reporters Without Borders' senior online security advisor. It will…
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