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Operating as usual
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Journalist and author Michela Wrong joins Ian Williams, President of the Foreign Press Association USA to outline her current book Do Not Disturb - The Story...
https://mailchi.mp/foreignpressassociation/international-law-the-icc-the-us-and-israel-7219829
Attorney Dr. Frank Romano argued in the International Criminal Court (ICC) hearing that found that that it had jurisdiction over crimes committed in Israel-Palestine. The Prosecutor is now moving on the case of alleged war crimes. In the face of continuing US and Israeli opposition Dr Romano will ex...
Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
speaks of the JCPOA, Iran, the US, and impact on stability and peace in the Middle East.
Trita Parsi spoke to the FPA about the yawning gaps in the Gulf: the US, Iraq, Iran, the JCPOA. In wide ranging tour d’ horizon he covered nuclear weapons sanctions and many other issues.
#TritaParsi #QuincyInstitute #JCPOA
The Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi spoke to the FPA about the yawning gaps in the Gulf: the US, Iraq, Iran, the JCPOA. In wide ranging tour d’ horizon he co...
Craig Unger author of American Kompromat briefs the Foreign Press Association on Tuesday February 9th at 11AM EST, on Zoom.
Register here for your Zoom link invitation:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4LqWjYjUTjWjH7LNsX1h3A
Unger’s new book exposes how a relatively trivial targeting operation by the KGB’s New York station over forty years ago tried to recruit a prominent local property developer as an asset—and triggered events that morphed into the greatest intelligence bonanza in history. It recounts how this compromised coterie reached all the way into the office of the Attorney General, advancing themselves and their influence.
Based on exclusive interviews with dozens of high-level sources—Soviets who resigned from the KGB and moved to the United States, former CIA officers, FBI counterintelligence agents, lawyers at white-shoe Washington firms--and analysis of thousands of pages of FBI investigations, police investigations, and news articles in English, Russian, and Ukrainian, American Kompromat shows that from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, kompromat operations leveraged the murky secrets of some the most powerful people in the US into potent weapons for Moscow.
Craig Unger, author of American Kompromat briefs the Foreign Press Association on Tuesday February 9th at 11AM EST, on Zoom. Unger’s new book exposes how a relatively trivial targeting operation by the KGB’s New York station over forty years ago tried to recruit a prominent local property develo...
Press Conference today at 3:00PM EST
Mara Hvistendahl, investigative journalist for The Intercept
and Pulitzer Prizes finalist talks to the Foreign Press Association
at 3:00PM EST.
Mara Hvistendahl explains how to source investigative stories on China when reporters have to live outside the country because of restrictions on media there.
Hvistendahl will show how journalists have to be creative and courageous to investigate and report.
And her reporting on Hunter Biden as an example will show how to identify and counter disinformation.
Ian Williams, President of the Foreign Press Association and
Bill Holstein, President of the Overseas Press Club Foundation
join Mara Hvistendahl in conversation.
Bill Holstein is the author of eight books, most recently, "The New Art of War: China's Deep Strategy Inside the United States." (2019)
Register at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WvjnwRK8Sae9dlwhbor5cw
Mara Hvistendahl, investigative journalist for The Intercept and Pulitzer Prize finalist talks to the FPA on Thursday 21st January at 3:00PM EST.
Mara Hvistendahl explains how to source investigative stories on China when reporters have to live outside the country because of restrictions on media there.
Hvistendahl will show how journalists have to be creative and courageous to investigate and report.
And her reporting on Hunter Biden as an example will show how to identify and counter disinformation.
Register in advance:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WvjnwRK8Sae9dlwhbor5cw
Live Press Conference with John Bolton (ambassador)
Correspondents will be eager to hear Ambassador Bolton again as he reflects on this extraordinary and challenging period for the United States where the tenets of democracy are under extreme stress, and the challenge to the presidential election result leaves foreign policy particularly vulnerable. Across the world governments show signs of exploiting Washington’s distractions.
Ambassador Bolton will comment on these last days of the Trump administration, and consider the foreign policy challenges facing the incoming Biden administration.
10:00AM EST Today: Press Conference with
Ambassador John Bolton
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The Foreign Press Association invites the media to a press conference with Ambassador John Bolton on Tuesday 12th January at 10:00AM EST. Correspondents will be eager to hear Ambassador Bolton again as he reflects on this extraordinary and challenging period for the United States where the tenets of...
Statement from Committee to Protect Journalists
The disturbing displays of violence against the press in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday are concerning to CPJ, especially with regards to the safety of journalists covering civil unrest and political events.
The press reported threats amid the chaos on Wednesday that included intimidation of news crews and destruction of equipment. The words “Murder the Media” were etched on a door inside the building, The New York Times reported, and individuals in the crowd repeatedly threatened and harassed journalists covering the protests.
Late Thursday, CPJ published a feature on our website that highlights interviews with several journalists who reported on Wednesday’s events.
Meanwhile, CPJ continues to offer safety information to journalists covering protests in the United States. Our Emergencies team’s safety guide includes resources for risk assessment and contact information to report any violations.
If you have any questions about journalist safety, feel free to reach out to our safety experts and sign up for CPJ’s safety email alerts here: www.cpj.org/emergencies
John Weis
Director of Development and Outreach
Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ's Emergencies Response Team provides comprehensive, life-saving support to journalists and media support staff working around the world through up-to-date safety and security information and rapid response assistance to journalists at risk. Safety Advisories
Friday 8th January, 6pm Eastern Time:
The Foreign Press Association would like to draw our members attention to an upcoming event of the Overseas Press Club of America on Friday 8th January 6pm Eastern Time.
Past President of the OPC David A. Andelman will discuss his book A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen as part of this event which we fully recommend to all our members.
Andelman concludes that more red lines—political, diplomatic, social, military—exist today than at any other single moment in history, many utterly indefensible and destabilizing.
A longtime columnist for CNN and a veteran correspondent for
The New York Times and CBS News, Andelman combines history and global politics to help us trace the origins and better understand the exploding number of military, political, and diplomatic crises around the globe.
Questions Andelman will address include: When and how can such lines in the sand help preserve peace rather than tempt conflict? What mistakes were made during the four years of Donald Trump that must urgently be corrected in the early months of Joe Biden?
Deborah Amos, international correspondent for NPR will moderate.
RSVP in advance:
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ehh0rr7714253f86&llr=5wqitddab
On January 15th 2021, International Crisis Group is hosting a Zoom panel about hostage negotiation and diplomacy, in honor of Gianni Picco.
Gianni Picco came to the rescue of Foreign Correspondents abroad, and we should honor his legacy now. We encourage all FPA members to support.
Gianni served as Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs at the United Nations from 1973 to 1992. Gianni is best known for his skill as a hostage negotiator, particularly in the case of the Lebanese hostage crisis throughout the 1980s. Some of the accomplishments he has been credited with include playing a key role in negotiating the end of the Iran-Iraq war, helping facilitate the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, and engineering the release of 13 Jewish Iranians, accused by the Islamic Republic of spying for Israel.
A few years ago, Gianni was diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia, and all proceeds from this event will go toward providing for his care. Gianni’s legacy as a negotiator and diplomat is also an excellent framework to use for a discussion of vital import today. Now, with the world even more divided and deadly, a role like Gianni’s is more crucial than ever: someone who will talk to everyone; who is beholden to no government or political actor; but will work with any of them to create a little more peace on our troubled planet.
Please join in honoring Gianni and discussing how such a rich legacy of peacemaking should be carried on.
We encourage all members of the Foreign Press Association to support this event.
Moderated by Christiane Amanpour, speakers include:
• Robert Malley, President and CEO of International Crisis Group
• Terry Waite co-founder of Hostage International
• Terry A. Anderson former bureau chief for the AP
• Chris Voss CEO and founder of The Black Swan Group
All proceeds will go towards the care of Gianni Picco.
This event is to honor the career of Giandomenico Picco, a skilled diplomat and hostage negotiator.
For auld lang syne.. Happy New Year everybody!
Facebook just popped up with this pic from wayback of three Foreign Press Association members doorstepping then primary candidate President Bill Clinton in New Hampshire, with the current President FPA Ian Williams looking on disbelievingly in the centre!
Wishing all a very Happy New Year!
Live press conference with @GyariD_official
Tibet’s Global Presidential Election: Briefing with Candidate Kasur Gyari Dolma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AZnA0beP8g
Foreign Press Association Press Conference with Tibetan Presidential Candidate Kasur Gyari Dolma, Monday December 7th, 4PM EST. Pre-register for event on Zoom here:
The Foreign Press Association will hold a press conference with Kasur Gyari Dolma, on Zoom on Monday December 7th at 4PM EST.
Webinar Replay:
FPA / Overseas Press Club of America joint press conference today with Chris Yeung, Chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association to discuss China's consolidating control in HK and its impact on coverage.
Under cover of the US election, the PRC has been consolidating control in Hong Kong, removing elected representatives. Ominously, when we approached legislators to speak to us, they demurred because of new laws penalizing foreign contacts.
Yeung discusses how the new, harsher, regime affects reporting in Hong Kong.
The Panel:
Ian Williams - Foreign Press Association
Chris Yeung - Hong Kong Journalists Association
Bill Holstein - The Overseas Press Club of America
#HongKong #PressFreedom #HongKongJournalism
Foreign Press Association USA / Overseas Press Club of America joint press conference with Chris Yeung Chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Monday ...
Joint press conference today 10:00AM EST / 11PM HKT with @opcofamerica and Chris Yeung, Chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, to discuss China's consolidating control in HK and its impact on coverage - Register for link here:
FPA will host a joint FPA / Overseas Press Club of America press conference with Chris Yeung Chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Monday November 23rd at 10AM EST The Disturbing Sound of Silence from Hong Kong! The Foreign Press Association will hold a joint press conference with The Overs...
FPA will host a joint FPA / Overseas Press Club of America press conference with Chris Yeung Chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association
Monday November 23rd at 10AM EST
The Disturbing Sound of Silence from Hong Kong!
Under cover of the US election, the PRC has been consolidating control in Hong Kong, removing elected representatives. Ominously, when we approached legislators to speak to us, they demurred because of new laws penalizing foreign contacts.
Yeung will discuss how the new, harsher, regime affects reporting in Hong Kong.
Pre-register on the link below:
We will also send a reminder with link this weekend.
If you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact us
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FPA will host a joint FPA / Overseas Press Club of America press conference with Chris Yeung Chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Monday November 23rd at 10AM EST The Disturbing Sound of Silence from Hong Kong! The Foreign Press Association will hold a joint press conference with The Overs...
CPJ’s 30th International Press Freedom Awards
8PM EST / 5PM EST TODAY:
CPJ’s International #PressFreedom Awards honor courageous journalists from around the world.
The 2020 International Press Freedom Awards will honor journalists from Bangladesh, Iran, Nigeria, and Russia. All four have been arrested or faced criminal prosecution in reprisal for their reporting.
Lawyer and human rights advocate Amal Clooney will receive the 2020 Gwen Ifill #PressFreedom Award, presented by actor Meryl Streep.
Join the Committee to Protect Journalists on November 19 at 8 p.m. EST to celebrate their bravery.
#IPFA
Committee to Protect Journalists
www.ipfa2020.org
FPA Press Conference yesterday with Professor Jacob Mundy and the FPA's Ian Williams.
Polisario in the Western Sahara has declared the decades old ceasefire to be over after Moroccan troops broke the ceasefire in the buffer strip near the Mauritanian frontier. This comes after decades of Morocco’s refusal to hold the referendum it agreed to on independence for the territory which UN resolutions mandated.
Will the UN act? Outcomes range from guerrilla war against Morocco to war with Algeria, and yet another blow to the UN’s prestige.
Professor Jacob Mundy traces the origins and outcomes of an obscured but important struggle that calls the UN Charter into question.
#WesternSahara #Morocco #Mauritanianfrontier
Ian Williams, President of the Foreign Press Association is joined in conversation by Professor Jacob Mundy, an expert on the Western Sahara. Polisario in th...
Western Sahara ceasefire over after 40 years.
FPA Press Conference today with Professor Jacob Mundy and the FPA's Ian Williams.
Polisario in the Western Sahara has declared the 40 yr-old ceasefire to be over after Moroccan troops broke the ceasefire in the buffer strip near the Mauritanian frontier. This comes after decades of Morocco’s refusal to hold the referendum it agreed to on independence for the territory which UN resolutions mandated.
Will the UN act? Outcomes range from guerrilla war against Morocco to war with Algeria, and yet another blow to the UN’s prestige.
Professor Jacob Mundy traces the origins and outcomes of an obscured but important struggle that calls the UN Charter into question.
#WesternSahara #Morocco #Mauritanianfrontier
Ian Williams, President of the Foreign Press Association is joined in conversation by Professor Jacob Mundy, an expert on the Western Sahara. Polisario in th...
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The Foreign Press Association of New York is a nonprofit, independent, professional body of foreign correspondents based in the United States. Founded in 1918, the Foreign Press Association represents more than 400 members from 50 different countries. Although the bulk of its members come from Europe, there is not a single region in the world which is not represented among the membership. Membership not only includes exclusive member benefits and discounts but it provides unique professional opportunities to expand your network and help establish you in New York City. Visit our website to learn how to become a member.
