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Historian Heather Cox Richardson calls present moment the most dangerous in American history
Club President Emily Wilkins reacts to a comment by historian Heather Cox Richardson. Photo by Peter West Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history at Boston College, writes the most successful newsletter on Substack, where three million people subscribe to her Letters from an American. She explained how her love of history begin, how her newsletter was born, and how current events can be better understood through the filter of history, at a Thursday event at the Club. In conversation with Club President Emily Wilkinson, Richardson emphasized that, as an historian, she cannot…
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Marvin Kalb links Cuban missile crisis, Ukrainian war in book talk at Club
Drawing on his 70 years of experience in reporting from and writing about Russia, Marvin Kalb was able, in an interview at the National Press Club Jan. 24, to link his experience with Nikita Khrushchev during the tense 1962 Cuban missile crisis with prospects of dealing with Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine War. The far-ranging interview with former Club President Emily Wilkins was part of a virtual Club Book Event event featuring the 94-year-old Kalb’s latest volume, “A Different Russia: Khrushchev and Kennedy on a Collision Course.” A scholar in Russian history and language, Kalb said he…
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Cousin of Menendez brothers seeks their release from prison
Anamaria Baralt, cousin of Lyle and Erik Menendez, the bothers who are awaiting a resentencing decision for the infamous murder of their parents in 1989, called for their release from prison at a National Press Club Headliners Coffee and Conversation event Jan. 23. "As we have come to understand the truth of what Lyle and Erik endured, we stand even more committed to seeing their release and to welcoming them home to our family," said Baralt, who appeared at the event with journalist Robert Rand, author of “The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the…
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Kalb talks Cuba missile crisis and Ukraine war in conversation with Wilkins
Drawing on his 70 years of experience in reporting from and writing about Russia, Marvin Kalb linked his experience with Nikita Khrushchev during the tense 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis with prospects of dealing with Putin to end the Ukraine War. He spoke Friday in a far-ranging interview with Club President Emily Wilkins Friday at a book-talk on the 94-year-old Kalb’s latest volume, “A Different Russia: Khrushchev and Kennedy on a Collision Course.” A scholar in Russian history and language, Kalb said he first met Khrushchev while he was a junior U.S. diplomat in Moscow in the late 1950s. The…
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Arthur E. 'Ted' Rowse, accomplished journalist, established Club's media criticism award
Journalist, author and longtime National Press Club member Arthur E. (Ted) Rowse, died Jan. 6 at the age of 104 -- a few months shy of his 105th birthday. He won numerous Club awards for excellence in consumer reporting through his business, Consumer News Inc. In 1997, he established the Club’s Arthur E. Rowse Award for Excellence in Examining the News Media. "His 57 years as a member left a major mark on so many at the National Press Club and in the journalism world." said former Club President Emily Wilkins. The first of two services honoring Rowse will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday,…
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Balsamo puts protecting journalists at top of Club agenda
Mike Balsamo spends much of his time as the national law enforcement editor at The Associated Press thinking about how to protect journalists on his team from the dangers they face every day on their beat. He’s bringing that same mindset – and applying it to the entire journalism profession – in his new role as president of the National Press Club. “Press freedom is under siege from physical threats to mental health challenges, from disinformation and legislative crackdowns,” Balsamo said at the Club’s Annual Membership Meeting on Friday, Jan. 24. “Journalists face unprecedented obstacles.…
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NPC President Mike Balsamo, at inaugural, calls for defending free press in face of threats
Mike Balsamo, Associated Press law enforcement news editor, is sworn-in as 118th NPC president by AP executive editor Julie Pace, left. 117th NPC president Emily Wilkins, CNBC correspondent, holds the AP Stylebook at Balsamo's inauguration on Feb. 7, 2025, at the National Press Club. Photo: Alan Kotok The National Press Club is increasing its commitment to defending a free and independent press in the face of escalating physical, legal and digital threats, according to 118th Club President Mike Balsamo. Balsamo, U.S. law enforcement editor at the Associated Press, said on Feb. 7 during…
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Baltic leaders make case for containing Putin, boosting military spending, restoring USAID cuts
Foreign ministers of three Baltic nations made their case for stronger U.S. and European engagement to shore up their ability to resist potential invasion from Russia, as part of a wide-ranging conversation during a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event Thursday, Feb. 6. All three also tiptoed around the delicate issue of President Donald Trump’s abrupt denunciation of and defunding for U.S. Agency for International Development programs, which provided millions in financial assistance to countries around the world. “This review is really logical. There are many projects that are…
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No Wire Monday, National Press Club closes for holiday
The National Press Club is closed on Monday, Feb. 17 for the President's Day Holiday. The Wire will not be published on Monday but expects to return on Tuesday afternoon. Please submit any items for Tuesday's Wire by 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.
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National Press Club Journalism Institute publishes Annual Report highlighting 2024 impact, accomplishments
The National Press Club Journalism Institute strengthened its impact in Washington, D.C., and beyond through its virtual and in-person programming, daily newsletter, and new opportunities for career support and skill-building in 2024. In a year marked by a dramatic presidential election, the rise of disinformation and distrust in information, and changes to the business of journalism, the Institute was a go-to resource for 8,378 journalists and communicators, as outlined in its 2024 Annual Report, released Feb. 14 on its website. The report includes: A look at the Institute’s 25 unique…
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