OPC Press Freedom Committee Seeking Member Input

500_banner_visa_gettyimages-75241917By Azmat Khan

The Overseas Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee is working to develop member resources and impactful programming for the coming year – and we’d love your help.

The club sent out a survey last month and 21 members responded. Those results indicated members wanted help with information on obtaining journalist visas to North Korea, Iran, and China, as well as programming related to press freedom in Russia, India, China and Mexico.

Thanks to everyone who responded. But we need more input to help us better target our efforts. Please take a moment to click on the blue button at the end of this  article and answer the five-question survey below.

  1. If the OPC could provide you contacts and resources to help secure visas in any three countries, which three countries would you choose?
  1. In developing events and programs related to press freedom, list three countries that would you’d like to see OPC focus on this year:
  2. In the past, the committee has often organized panel discussions, petitions, and letter-writing campaigns in response to press abuses. What other kinds of press freedom activities would you like the committee to pursue?
  3. Would you like to become involved in OPC’s Freedom of the Press Committee?
  4. Do you have any questions or feedback about OPC’s Freedom of the Press Committee? of breaking news by Western organizations.”

Click here to begin answering the survey >>