Washington D.C. – The National Press Club, September 25, 2024
Registration for the 2024 Run for Austin Virtual 5K on November 9th has opened. The run is a fundraiser for the Austin Tice fund and part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness. Join hundreds of journalists and press freedom supporters by lacing up for this virtual 5K.
Register to run here: https://runsignup.com/Race/DC/Washington/RunForAustin5K
“Austin is always on our mind and hearts; his absence is deeply felt every day by our whole family,” said Austin’s mother Debra Tice. “The National Press Club organized the first Run for Austin in 2021. The run serves as a time for people to think about Austin and share his story with those who may not have heard it. It also creates a way for people to support the effort to get him home. Each year we hope Austin is home to run with us and share his own story.”
Austin is a Marine combat veteran, a seventh-generation Texan from Houston, a graduate of Georgetown University, and an award-winning journalist who has been unjustly detained in Syria since 2012. After seeing reports of the refugee crisis unfolding in Syria, Austin picked up his camera and headed straight to the front lines as a freelance reporter. He delivered important dispatches to The Washington Post and McClatchy before he was detained at a checkpoint near Damascus on August 14, 2012.
