WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- National Press Club President Mark Schoeff Jr. today issued the following statement:

"The National Press Club is heartbroken by the deaths of aerial reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, killed while covering breaking news for NBC4 and Telemundo 52.

Eliana and George took to the sky to help their community understand the tragedy unfolding below. They never came home.

Journalism depends on people willing to go toward the news and bear witness when others cannot. Today, our profession mourns two of them. We hold their families, their colleagues and the entire Los Angeles journalism community close in our hearts."

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Contact: Dan Griffin, Communications Director of the National Press Club, media@press.org

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