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Club weathers pandemic by staying engaged with members, continuing to sponsor news events
The National Press Club has remained vibrant and maintained full employment of its staff throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Club officials said Wednesday during a General Membership Meeting. The Club, which suspended in-person activities on March 16, received a $1.515 million loan on April 30 through the Paycheck Protection Program. The loan facility, established by the CARES Act, provides low-interest loans to small businesses that can be forgiven, if certain conditions are met, such as avoiding layoffs. The PPP loan, combined with a $300,000 line of credit from the Club’s bank, has…
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NPC in History: V-E Day and the Club Canteens
Seventy-five years ago today, on May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman – just three weeks after taking office – announced to reporters that Germany had accepted unconditional surrender, ending hostilities in Europe. V-E Day was declared in front page banner headlines in the afternoon newspapers across the country. National Press Club President Michael Freedman had planned to commemorate the day this weekend by recreating the legendary National Press Club WWII canteens that entertained servicemen every Saturday. As this is not a normal year, this article will explain what happened on May 8, 1945…
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Books on resilience deliver special resonance in time of coronavirus crisis
Stories of individual strength and serenity in the midst of upheaval have special resonance today, writers Connie Schultz and Jon Mooallem said Wednesday. In a video chat organized by the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the two veteran journalists described how the protagonists in each of their new books share common ground with the journalists and essential workers of the current pandemic. Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, will be out in June with "Daughters of Erietown," the story of a family facing adversity in an Ohio town. Mooallem’s book, "This is Chance," is a…
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Amie Parnes, Jonathan Allen say Democrats don’t realize how close their car was to being flipped by Trump train
Former NPC President Jeffrey Ballou, left, asks a question of authors Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen at a National Press Club Headliners Virtual Book Rap on March 10, 2021. Parnes and Allen were promoting their new book, "Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency." Photo by Alan Kotok President Joe Biden needed only 43,000 votes spread across Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin to win the last presidential election, Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen told a National Press Club Headliners Virtual Book Rap on Wednesday. Parnes, senior correspondent for The Hill, and Jonathan Allen, senior…
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Celebrations planned for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Plant a rose, ring a bell, and observe a moment of silence this year to honor those who gave their lives in defense of the United States. That’s the request from a group representing current and former guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Tomb was established at Arlington National Cemetery a century ago. The Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, asks Americans to mark the anniversary. The Society’s president, Retired Army Sergeant Major Gavin McIlvenna spoke Monday evening with the National Press Club’s American Legion Post 20 virtually outlining the history of…
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Lead impeachment manager believes Senate would have convicted Trump in secret vote
Rep. Jamie Raskin, lead House manager in former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, said Monday that the trial showed how very close the nation came to becoming like a “Banana Style Republic” and that a secret Senate vote would have come close to 100-0 conviction. Rep. James Raskin, D-Maryland, the lead impeachment manager, gave his perspective of the recent trial of former President Donald Trump to NPC President Lisa Nicole Matthews at a National Press Club Virtual Headliners Newsmaker event on March 8, 2021. Photo image: Marshall H. Cohen Raskin spoke at a National Press…
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VOA White House chief reflects on changes on his beat
Veteran broadcaster Steve Herman spent a quarter century covering Asia and faced "reverse culture shock," when he returned to the U.S. to continue his career, he told the National Press Club Broadcast & Podcast Team meeting March 4. Herman was "unhappy with the lack of news literacy" among Americans, different from when he left for his foreign postings, he said. "If I had been here, I might not have noticed," Herman said, comparing that thought to the fable of the frog in a pot of water having the temperature creep up and not know he was being boiled to death. Teaching news literacy "is…
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Aviation editor opines on safety issues, post-COVID travel, technical journalism
Veteran aviation editor, pilot and flight instructor Joy Finnegan has seen and experienced a lot, from the cockpit to the editor’s chair. But, arguably, nothing in her extensive training could have totally prepared her for the events of the past 18 months. In this edition of Update-1, she speaks with National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Committee Co-vice Chair Adam Konowe about the challenges of editing three print and digital trade media titles, covering travel-related events from the Boeing 737 MAX grounding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the prospect for the aviation industry to recover as…
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Leader of U.S. Space Force says ability to move quickly sets newest military branch apart
Launched just over a year ago, the United States Space Force has been moving at warp speed to build an innovative and agile organization that will leverage allies and partners to accomplish its mission, said Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, chief of Space Operations, during a National Press Club Headliners Virtual Newsmaker event on March 3. Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, chief of Space Operations for the Space Force, appears virtually at a Headliners Newsmaker on March 3, 2021. Photo by Alan Kotok “We have to go fast. People ask me what keeps me awake at night. That would be the one thing that I…
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New book by National Press Club member documents Black women who fought for justice
National Press Club member Gloria Browne-Marshall, a writer, civil-rights attorney, playwright and professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College, offered an account of Black women who fought racial prejudice and gender oppression throughout the centuries at a Virtual Book Rap sponsored by the Book & Author Group on Thursday, Feb. 18. Browne-Marshall was promoting her latest book, She Took Justice, The Black Woman, Law, Justice and Power, 1619 - 1969 at the event. By researching colonial statutes and case law, and compiling information for more than 10 years, Browne-Marshall asserts…
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