Update-1 Podcast
Past Episodes
Report for America Helps Local Newsrooms Fill Gaps
November 19, 2020
Local news across the U.S. continues to struggle as the pandemic adds to the financial losses that newspapers, radio stations and other media have suffered for years. With declining revenue from advertising and subscriptions, news outlets have resorted to cutting deeply into the personnel in their…
Read MoreElection 2020 through the lens of a political analyst, historian and communicator
November 8, 2020
Every election cycle is rich in political communication with numerous lessons not just for ordinary voters, but also journalists and communicators. In this edition of Update-1, recorded while the final votes were still being tallied, NPC Broadcast/Podcast co-vice chair Adam Konowe speaks with…
Read MoreRemembering Chadwick Boseman And His Connection To D.C.'s Howard University
October 22, 2020
The late actor Chadwick Boseman left a void not only in the entertainment industry but for many young people in the country. Boseman died from colon cancer in August at the age of 43. In this edition of Update-1, Gemma Puglisi, a member of the National Press Club's Broadcast Podcast Committee,…
Read MoreNPC Annual Photo Exhibit Displays Online
October 8, 2020
The National Press Club’s 21st annual photo exhibit is on display virtually at https://technewslit.com/npc/photoex2020/. In this edition of Update-1, broadcast/podcast co-vice chair Adam Konowe spoke with photo team co-chair Alan Kotok about the evolution of the exhibit in a time of pandemic and…
Read MoreIt's Not Easy Winning An NPC Scholarship
September 25, 2020
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…
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