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Press Leaders Statement on Public Inquiry Report On Daphne Caruana Galizia Case

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Following is a statement from Lisa Nicole Matthews, president of the National Press Club and Angela Greiling Keane, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the news of the report on the public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia of Malta in October 2017.

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  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Following is a statement from Lisa Nicole Matthews, president of the National Press Club and Angela Greiling Keane, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the news of the report on the public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia of Malta in October 2017.
  • "We are pleased for the family of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and for all journalists that she appears to be getting a better version of justice.
  • The public inquiry produced a report released earlier this week that says the 'State (Malta) should be held responsible for the death of Daphne Caruana Galizia.'
  • This case is a reminder that journalism is often a dangerous business that needs public and community support."

Press release - The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism - call for submission of entries

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
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The aim is to support and highlight the importance of professional journalism in safeguarding freedom, equality and opportunity.

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  • The aim is to support and highlight the importance of professional journalism in safeguarding freedom, equality and opportunity.
  • The award ceremony will take place each year around the 16th of October, the date Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated.
  • The prize and the 20 000 prize money demonstrates the European Parliaments strong support for investigative journalism and the importance of free press.
  • Critical of failings in the investigation, in December 2019, MEPs called on the European Commission to take action.

Article - Parliament launches the Daphne Caruana Galizia journalism prize

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Friday, October 16, 2020
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The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism, launched on 16 October 2020, the third anniversary of her death, will reward outstanding journalism reflecting EU values.

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  • The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism, launched on 16 October 2020, the third anniversary of her death, will reward outstanding journalism reflecting EU values.
  • "The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize will recognise the essential role that journalists play in preserving our democracies and serve as a reminder to citizens of the importance of a free press.
  • This prize is designed to help journalists in the vital and often dangerous work they do and show that the European Parliament supports investigative journalists," said Parliament Vice-President Heidi Hautala.
  • Watch our Facebook live interview about the Daphne Caruana Galizia Journalism Prize.

Press release - EP launches Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism on anniversary of her murder

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Friday, October 16, 2020
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It will be led by the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Heidi Hautala (Greens, FI), and MEP David Casa (EPP, MT).

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  • It will be led by the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Heidi Hautala (Greens, FI), and MEP David Casa (EPP, MT).
  • They will be joined by the murdered journalists son, Andrew Caruana Galizia, from Malta.
  • The call for nominees for the prize will be launched around 03 May 2021 World Press Freedom Day.
  • Background

    Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese anti-corruption investigative journalist and blogger who was killed in a car bomb attack on 16 October 2017.