Press Freedom Week
The Georgetown Journalism Program in the College of Arts & Sciences will mark Press Freedom Week with a pair of public events examining the state of press freedom in the United States and around the world. These conversations, held just ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and World Press Freedom Day, will bring together journalists, advocates, and media experts to explore how press access, transparency, and safety are evolving at a pivotal moment.
State of White House Journalism
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | Event Listing
The State of White House Journalism will examine the experience of presidential coverage over the first year of the current administration. Led by award-winning NBC News Washington correspondent Yamiche Alcindor (C’09), the panel of presidential and national political reporters will discuss findings of a data journalism project on White House coverage produced by this year’s class of graduating seniors in Georgetown University’s Journalism Program. That project, which will include an original program survey of White House Correspondents’ Association beat reporters, will be released and featured on NPR the week of the live event, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. in Lohrfink Auditorium on Georgetown’s Hilltop Campus. This event is co-sponsored by Georgetown’s Free Speech Project, Institute of Politics and Public Service, Massive Data Institute, American Studies Program, Lannan Center, Film & Media Studies Program, Communications, Culture & Technology Program and the Center for Digital Ethics.
State of the World Press Freedom
Thursday, April 23, 2026 | Event Listing
The State of World Press Freedom will focus on emerging threats to journalists and independent media worldwide in a wide-ranging conversation with leading international journalists and experts, led by veteran New York Times correspondent Lulu Garcia-Navarro (SFS’94) and featuring journalists and leading voices in this space such as Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post’s Press Freedom Desk. The event, which will be held in Gaston Hall on Georgetown’s Hilltop Campus beginning at 10:30 a.m., will draw on themes and advance highlights from the annual Press Freedom Index produced by researchers at the international nonprofit Reporters sans frontières/Reporters Without Borders. The full index will be released the following week on World Press Freedom Day. This event is also co-sponsored by Georgetown’s Free Speech Project, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Lannan Center, Film & Media Studies Program, Communications, Culture & Technology Program and the Center for Digital Ethics.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Registration is required to attend. Click the individual registration links to register.
Donations to support Press Freedom Week programming are welcome here.