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March 12, 2024
NPC Member Edward Segal Discusses Political Campaigning from a Bygone Era
Edward Segal talks about his new book, "Whistle-Stop Politics," discussing what it was like for reporters to live and work on campaign trains for days and weeks at a time, how these tours could be hazardous, and how one reporter impersonated a whistle-stopping presidential candidate.
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It's Not Easy Winning An NPC Scholarship
As part of the National Press Club’s efforts to support the careers of future journalists, the club awards three annual scholarships to college students who plan to study journalism. Two of the awards, the Richard G. Zimmerman Journalism Scholarship and the Julie Schoo Award for Diversity in Journalism, are awarded to freshmen, while the Feldman Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Journalism is awarded to first year graduate students.
An Inside Look at Ike's Leadership Style
President Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House during a transformational time, and his granddaughter says his goal was to unite the country with "middle road" ideas that would allow people to resolve their differences and compromise. In this edition of Update-1, NPC Broadcast Podcast team member Irv Chapman talks to Susan Eisenhower about her latest book, "How Ike Lead." She discusses how the president always listened to dissenting points of view and took responsibility for his decisions. She also talks about the closeness of her family allowing her to get to know her grandfather very
Retired AP Reporter Discusses Covering More Than 400 Executions
Retired Associated Press reporter Michael Graczyk may have witnessed more executions than any journalist in American history. Working at the AP’s Houston bureau, one of Graczyk’s assignments was to cover the Texas Department of Corrections.