These attacks are antidemocratic and an existential threat to American values and all journalism.

Both journalists and other prisoners were freed following complex negotiations with the Russian government.

The four prisoners were part of the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War.

Journalists are in considerable danger in what is currently the deadliest place in the world for members of the press.

AFPC-USA joined such esteemed groups as Amnesty International USA and the Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Kurmasheva has yet to be declared “wrongfully detained” by the Department of State.

Gershkovich was the first American journalist arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War.

Kurmasheva was detained by Russian authorities last year on charges that she'd failed to register as a foreign agent.

Kurmasheva was detained by the Russians last October on charges that she'd failed to register as a foreign agent.

Navalny died in FKU IK-3, a faraway Arctic penal colony.

Kurmasheva stands accused of violating a law on "foreign agents.”

Hall commemorated journalists for their work and spoke about the "evil" he witnessed in Ukraine.

Smith has played a key role in spearheading Microsoft’s work on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society.

Todd said journalism is“pursuit of spurring thought [and] encouraging political engagement and discourse.”

Prager-Kamel stressed journalism's importance and corporate executives presented this year's awards.

McCarthy is an AFPC-USA board member.

AFPC-USA was invited to ring the opening bell at Nasdaq on December 19, 2022.

Thanos Dimadis learned first-hand the risks of independent journalism