Bill McCarren
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Director, Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club @PFC_NPC
Washington, DC
Joined February 2011
Evan came over today to say hey and filled our hearts with joy @PressClubDC. His freedom is so inspiring. Plus he is one 😎 guy. Welcome home!
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National Press Club Statement On AP Reporter Blocked From The Oval Office
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Great news! As this happens is the Administration also pressing Kremlin on outcome of Putin’s meeting with Assad to provide information about Austin Tice? Putin said himself he would do this. Are we following up? #FreeAustinTice.
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz announces that "President Trump, Steve Witkoff and the President’s advisors negotiated an exchange" with Russia to secure the release of American Marc Fogel. Unclear what US gave to Russia as part of the exchange.
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NPC President Mike Balsamo, at inaugural, calls for defending free press in face of threats
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Well done! Now let’s add #FreeAustinTice to that very good list!
Since POTUS took office: - 9 Americans held hostage by Hamas, Taliban, and Maduro have returned to their families - Mexico agreed to send 10,000 troops to the border. - Canada agreed to send thousands of personnel to the border. - Colombia is now accepting repatriation flights. - Panama is ending its Belt & Road initiative deal with China. - Brokered a ceasefire extension between Israel & Lebanon. - Took out a major ISIS leader in Somalia. - Hosted two world leaders. Buckle up for the next three weeks.
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Nigel of the McCarren Bed & Biscuit team is once again a media star as Philly returns to the Super Bowl.
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RT @Edelstam: The Edelstam Prize 2024 Laureate, Dawit Isaak, the world's longest arbitrarily detained journalist in a horrific report from…
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A note on newsprint. The US imports about $1.8b of newsprint a year. Most of that, $1.7b, comes from Canada. Newspapers and their readers will feel the impact of tariffs.
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National Press Club Statement On Pentagon's Decision to Remove Media Organizations from Workspaces
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Coming up at 10a today @PressClubDC join us if you are interested in things #China or #PressFreedom or #JimmyLai
This is Jimmy Lai. He has been held in solitary confinement in Hong Kong for 4 years for publishing a newspaper. He is 77 and in poor health. He must be released. I will talk about Jimmy’s case with Mark Clifford, author of Troublemaker on Friday at 10a @pressclubdc. Join us.
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RT @SupportJimmyLai: Sebastien Lai shares the heartbreaking reality that his father, #JimmyLai, is suffering from deteriorating health and…
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This is Jimmy Lai. He has been held in solitary confinement in Hong Kong for 4 years for publishing a newspaper. He is 77 and in poor health. He must be released. I will talk about Jimmy’s case with Mark Clifford, author of Troublemaker on Friday at 10a @pressclubdc. Join us.
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RT @farnazfassihi: IDF soldiers raid a home of a freed Hamas member in Jerusalem. They beat up my colleagues @aboxerman1 and @natan_oden wh…
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RT @PressClubDC: Applications are open for the 2025 National Press Club Journalism Awards! Have you or someone from your organization produ…
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RT @W7VOA: New NPC President Mike Balsamo announces he has just sent a letter to US President Donald Trump asking that his administration d…
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RT @poonam_s: Austin’s story is our story, and we will not rest until he is home - @PressClubDC President @MikeBalsamo1 #FreeAustinTice #Br…
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RT @PressClubDC: .@PahlaviReza the heir to the late Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran and Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran, will speak at a National…
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RT @PFC_NPC: .@MarkLClifford, Author of “The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai became a billionaire, Hong Kong’s greatest dissident, and China’s…
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Video: Mother finds clue from her missing son Austin Tice in Syrian prison | CNN
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