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A Message From National Press Club President Michael Freedman
National Press Club Colleagues, As always, our top priority is the health and safety of our members, our dedicated staff, and our guests. To best protect us all in the midst of the escalating coronavirus pandemic, the National Press Club Board of Governors has voted unanimously to immediately suspend in-person services to Club members and guests for a minimum two-week (14-day) period (beginning Monday evening, March 16). During this time, staff members whose duties can be performed remotely will telework. All full-time employees will be paid. Controlled, limited access may be permitted for…
Type: News
Freedman: A new day dawns in Washington, across America
On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, the National Press Club will resume limited in-person services for the first time since March 16. We do so as a new day dawns in Washington and across America. The year, to date, has been one in which our nation has seemingly come apart and then come together, first to confront an unprecedented global pandemic and now, to face head-on, a two-fold plague as old as our nation -- racial inequality and social injustice. We can -- and should -- all take pride in the work of our journalistic colleagues on the front lines of these stories. In the first, reporters have…
Type: News
A Message from National Press Club President Michael Freedman
Dear Colleagues, On Tuesday, June 9, 2020 the National Press Club will resume limited in-person services for the first time since March 16. We do so as a new day dawns in Washington and across America. The year, to date, has been one in which our nation has seemingly come apart and then come together, first to confront an unprecedented global pandemic and now, to face head-on, a two-fold plague as old as our nation—racial inequality and social injustice. We can—and should—all take pride in the work of our journalistic colleagues on the front lines of these stories. In the first, reporters…
Type: News
Club furloughs nearly half of staff, cuts pay due to business slowdown caused by pandemic
The National Press Club furloughed 45 percent of its staff Thursday and reduced the salaries for those remaining on the job in response to declining levels of business due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Club board on Monday authorized Executive Director Bill McCarren to carry out a plan to furlough up to 50 of the Club’s 113 regular staff members. The professional staff who retained their positions took a 15 percent pay cut. McCarren informed staff about the plan on Thursday. “The financial reality of the coronavirus crisis, which has already affected many news organizations and other…
Type: News
A Message from National Press Club President Michael Freedman
Dear Colleagues, The financial reality of the coronavirus crisis, which has already affected many news organizations and other businesses across the country, has finally hit home for the National Press Club. There is no way to downplay the actions now necessary, including temporary furloughs and salary reductions, in order to maintain our financial stability. As many of you know, the Board of Governors voted to keep full-time staff at full pay and benefits for more than three months since in-person operations were suspended and telework initiated on March 16. Our top priority then, as now,…
Type: News
The following is a message from National Press Club President Michael Freedman
Dear Colleagues, At the top of the National Press Club homepage you will find two statements of fact: The first is: Black Lives Matter. The second is: Reporters are witnesses. To silence the press is to silence the people, silence accountability and silence truth. Today, our colleagues in the field are courageously engaging in double-crisis-duty in their coverage of the global coronavirus pandemic and the nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. As many Americans take a deeper look at our history and our values as a nation, the Club is…
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Black Lives Matter as a statement of fact
Two messages have been added at the top of the homepage of the National Press Club website. The first is: Black Lives Matter. The second is: Reporters are witnesses. To silence the press is to silence the people, silence accountability and silence truth. Both were posted at the request of Club President Michael Freedman, who has made as a hallmark of his tenure constant reminders to newsmakers, government and corporate leaders, and the general public why journalism matters. For its entire history, the Club has avoided being advocates for any cause, except press freedom. Freedman said these…
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Donnelly Praises Government Auditors, the "Unsung Heroes of Transparency"
When I became president of the National Press Club in January, I said I wanted our club members to become vocal advocates for open access to government information. Ensuring that our government continues to operate in the open, and allows reporters and the public access to government information is essential, both to our work as journalist and to our democracy. In that spirit, I’d like to share the wonderful and wise words of our colleague John Donnelly. John was recently honored by the National Press Foundation for his reporting on military spending on weapons systems. In his acceptance…
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Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak Inauguration Speech
It's really such an honor - and a little overwhelming - to be standing up here in front of all of you. A lot of amazing people have stood here - in this ballroom, behind this podium. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan each came here - to the National Press Club - to announce they were running for president in 1976. In 1939 Eleanor Roosevelt was the first woman to address the club. And The Reverend Martin Luther King spoke here in 1962. Which begs the question - what the heck am I doing here? But for tonight, let's just go with it. Before I start saying important things about journalism - I…
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National Press Club Statement on Shooting at Annapolis Capital Gazette Newspaper
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club, [email protected] WASHINGTON, June 28 – Following is a statement from Andrea Edney, President of the National Press Club, on the shooting today at the Annapolis Capital Gazette Newspaper. We stand with our colleagues at the Annapolis Capital Gazette Newspaper which reportedly today suffered an active shooter event where people were injured including a reported five fatalities. We are heartbroken for our colleagues and their families and the Annapolis community they serve. This shooting is a tragic reminder that reporters –…
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