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National Press Club Gives VOA Journalists its Prestigious Press Award
ErikWemple RetweetedTake a moment to salute the reporters at Voice of America who did their job honorably in an impossible situation - covering the war the Trump administration waged on it & its parent agency - congrats
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@VOADirector
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National Press Club Gives VOA Journalists its Prestigious Press Award
In April 2020, Voice of America White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara was in the Rose Garden when a U.S. president called VOA reporting “disgusting.”
In April 2020, Voice of America White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara was in the Rose Garden when a U.S. president called VOA reporting “disgusting.”
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National Press Club Gives VOA Journalists its Prestigious Press Award
January 06, 2022
In April 2020, Voice of America White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara was in the Rose Garden when a U.S. president called VOA reporting “disgusting.” Thursday evening, Widakuswara and three colleagues accepted a prestigious award for their coverage of an administration’s attack on VOA journalism.
The National Press Club’s 2021 Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism cited the VOA journalists’ “thoughtful and deliberately in-depth coverage of how the former U.S. Agency of Global Media CEO, Michael Pack, a President Trump appointee, attempted to dismantle the organization’s editorial independence."
NPC President Lisa Matthews presented the award Thursday evening as part of the press club’s 48th annual journalism awards. “Courageous” is how Matthews described the work of VOA journalists in 2020 and 2021.
“Our reporting looked at attempts by a politically appointed CEO to try to breach VOA’s editorial firewall,” said Press Freedom Editor Jessica Jerreat in the National Press Club virtual awards ceremony. Jerreat was named the recipient along with three contributors – now-White House Bureau Chief Widakuswara, Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson and Silicon Valley Bureau Chief Michelle Quinn.
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In early 2021, Widakuswara was removed from the White House beat by then-VOA Director Robert Reilly – a Pack appointee – for aggressively questioning the secretary of state at an event in the VOA building hosted by Reilly. Days later, after Pack and Reilly departed, she was reinstated.
National Press Club Gives VOA Journalists its Prestigious Press Award
January 06, 2022
In April 2020, Voice of America White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara was in the Rose Garden when a U.S. president called VOA reporting “disgusting.” Thursday evening, Widakuswara and three colleagues accepted a prestigious award for their coverage of an administration’s attack on VOA journalism.
The National Press Club’s 2021 Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism cited the VOA journalists’ “thoughtful and deliberately in-depth coverage of how the former U.S. Agency of Global Media CEO, Michael Pack, a President Trump appointee, attempted to dismantle the organization’s editorial independence."
NPC President Lisa Matthews presented the award Thursday evening as part of the press club’s 48th annual journalism awards. “Courageous” is how Matthews described the work of VOA journalists in 2020 and 2021.
“Our reporting looked at attempts by a politically appointed CEO to try to breach VOA’s editorial firewall,” said Press Freedom Editor Jessica Jerreat in the National Press Club virtual awards ceremony. Jerreat was named the recipient along with three contributors – now-White House Bureau Chief Widakuswara, Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson and Silicon Valley Bureau Chief Michelle Quinn.
{snip}
In early 2021, Widakuswara was removed from the White House beat by then-VOA Director Robert Reilly – a Pack appointee – for aggressively questioning the secretary of state at an event in the VOA building hosted by Reilly. Days later, after Pack and Reilly departed, she was reinstated.