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Jen Judson elected 115th president of National Press Club
This article was updated Dec. 15, 2021, to revise results in one contested election. Jen Judson, the land warfare reporter for Defense News, was elected the 115th president of the National Press Club. In her acceptance remarks Friday, Dec. 10, just after polling closed and vote tallying was completed, she urged members to “put your energy into the Club” as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions loosen.
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Critical Conversations series takes look at implementing diversity, equity, inclusion goals
A recent online panel in the National Press Club Communicators Team Critical Conversations series was focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the workplace, at school and in government. Participants discussed how they’re promoting and implementing DE&I, and how they’re telling those stories, both internally and externally. The goal for the session was to provide information for Club members – and the public – to learn more about what organizations are doing in this area so that they can implement – or enhance – DE&I in their own workplaces. One of the recurring themes…
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Leaders of theater interest groups make plea for funding, inclusion efforts for actors
NPC President Lisa Nicole Matthews, left, interviews Kate Shindle, president of the Actors' Equity Association, and Britton Smith, president of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, at a Headliners Newsmaker Dec. 14, 2021. Photo: Marshall H. Cohen Two leaders in the world of live theater pleaded before a National Press Club Newsmaker audience Dec. 14 for more funding, especially for actors and actresses, and one of the speakers urged theater-goers "to think of those workers while they're seeing them on the stage." The Club invited Kate Shindle, president of the Actors' Equity Association, and…
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Retired astronaut recounts rigors of enduring life on International Space Station
Carl Walz, a four-time NASA Space Shuttle traveler to the International Space Station (ISS), discussed his adventures during a virtual meeting of National Press Club American Legion Post 20 on Dec. 7. Walz, who was aboard the first night-time landing of the shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 22, 1993, at one time held the U.S. space endurance record at 196 days.
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First woman leader in largest Texas county describes challenges
Lina Hidalgo, the first woman elected chief executive of Harris County, Texas, told a National Press Club Newsmaker in-person and virtual audience Tuesday, Dec. 7, how change came to her state’s most populous community. “We started with looking under the hood,” the young Democratic leader and first Latina in that position said about leading a county that has a population larger than that of 26 states and is home to Houston. Elected in an upset three years ago, the then-27-year-old Hidalgo's first challenge was preparing her county budget, she told the audience after Axios news desk editor and…
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Reminder: Club maintains mask mandate
National Press Club members are reminded that they must wear masks when they're at the Club except when eating or drinking. Here is the statement Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews released last month regarding D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's order on indoor mask requirements: “Effective immediately, the Club is moving to a policy of masks required for entry in response to the mayor’s order of Monday, Dec. 20. The Club has until recently been following a policy of masks recommended but not required. We understand the mayor wanted to make this change because of the sharp rise in positive cases in…
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Panelists urge national voting regulations as states pass restrictive laws
National Press Club president Jen Judson (top left) introduces the panel on state voting laws: Diana Philip, chief of staff of the Democracy Initiative (top right), Taifa Smith Butler, president of Demos (bottom left), and Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause (bottom right). Screen shots by Alan Kotok. Congress must pass national voting rights legislation in the face of state laws that could make it harder to vote, panelists said during a virtual National Press Club Newsmaker on Thursday. After the 2020 election, several states either passed or are debating bills that panelists…
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As COVID cases wane, Aruba invites ‘high-value, low-impact’ investment
Aruba Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes speaks at a virual National Press Club Headliners event. Photo: Alan Kotok Aruba welcomes sustainable investment as its tourism-dependent economy rebounds two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began and now wanes, Aruban Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes said during a virtual Newsmakers event at The National Press Club Monday. The Dutch Caribbean island, known for beautiful beaches and hospitality, is moving to diversify its economy, preserve its heritage and address the threat of climate change – considering, among other things, a solar energy…
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Update-1 interview focuses on Afghan refugees in US
Tony Agnello Tens of thousands of Afghans refugees have arrived the United States since the U.S. pulled its last troops out of Afghanistan at the end of August. In the latest edition of Update-1, the National Press Club podcast, Broadcast/Podcast Team member Lincoln Smith talks with Tony Agnello, the president of Friends of Afghanistan, a committee working with veterans’ organizations to ensure all eligible Afghans receive immigration clearance. Agnello, the co-founder and chair of the Peace Corps Alliance for Cultural Understanding, thinks the use of Afghan advisory groups is essential…
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Despite pandemic, annual White House Correspondents Dinner still slated, its leader tells Club
The annual White House Correspondents Dinner is still set as an in-person event on Saturday, April 30, at the Washington Hilton. Organizing that event and countless other chores occupy about half of his working hours, White House Correspondents Association President Steven Portnoy told members of the National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast team virtually during the group's monthly meeting Feb. 3. CBS News Radio White House Correspondent and White House Correspondents Association President Steven Portnoy joins the Club's Broadcast/Podcast Committee meeting Feb. 3 from his home studio via Zoom…
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