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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…
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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,…
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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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Journalism Institute program to focus on how pandemic, protest reporting affect journalists’ emotional lives, June 24
Many journalists are covering a physical and mental health crisis while they also may be struggling to cope themselves so the National Press Club Journalism Institute is planning a conversation to examine how to work through this moment, by looking at the stories we’re telling ourselves about it, how these stories affect our emotional lives, and consequently, the stories we are reporting and writing. Registration is open for this discussion on Zoom on June 24 at 1 p.m. eastern, featuring writers Elizabeth Flock and Lori Gottlieb. The first part is expected to be a conversation, followed by a…
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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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Time to enter your best political stories in Press Club contest
If you write about politics and have some good analysis stories from 2019, please enter them in the contest for the National Press Club's Lee Walczak Award for political analysis. The cost of an entry is free for Club members and $75 for non-members.The deadline is June 30. Send your entry in online, or if you prefer, it can be mailed in to the Club, as long as it is mailed by the deadline This award is named in memory of Lee Walczak, a Washington editor, bureau chief and White House correspondent who worked for Bloomberg News and Business Week, and recognizes excellence in political…
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Michael D. Max, 78, dies from cancer
Michael D. Max, an eminent geologist, author and a six-year member of the National Press Club, died May 31 of cancer. He was 78 and lived in D.C. Max authored more than 300 scientific papers and three textbooks, and at the time of his death was with Hydrate Energy International, a consulting company specializing in unconventional natural gas, particularly natural gas hydrate. His expertise included geology, geophysics, chemistry, acoustics, and information technology. Max had worked for the Geological Survey of Ireland on nearshore underwater exploration; the Naval Research Laboratory,…
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Social Security Reform
Labor leaders talked about proposed plans to partially privatize Social Security and potential transition costs for the program. They also talked about the importance of a stable Social Security system to various interest groups and the current means of administration of the system. Following their remarks they answered questions from the reporters.
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Federal Reserve bank president advocates health, education, digital investments to boost post-COVID economy
Mary C. Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, advocated public investment in health, education and digital infrastructure, as well as emergency policies aimed at expanding employment, to boost an equitable economic recovery from COVID-19. "Three crises – health, economic and social – have converged to create one difficult moment in American history,” she said. The crises have hit disadvantaged groups - the disabled, people of color and those with the least education - disproportionately, she said during an online National Press Club Newsmaker Monday, June 15.…
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Rep. Swalwell to give inside account of the Trump impeachment at NPC Headliners Book Rap June 25
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) plans to discuss what it was like inside the investigation and impeachment of President Donald Trump and what he believes is at stake for the American people at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on Thursday, June 25 at 1 p.m. A live feed of the event will be available for all who wish to watch and participate virtually. Please click here to register for the online event. Swalwell, whose book Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump was released Tuesday, was elected to Congress in 2012 to represent the East Bay of California, near San…
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