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November Board Minutes Posted Online
The minutes of the Nov. 22 Board of Governors meeting are at: http://cfc.press.org/members/secureDocument.cfm?docID=445 -- Myron Belkind, Club secretary, [email protected]
Type: News
National Press Club Cheers Reports That Imprisoned Iranian Blogger Was Freed
The National Press Club today is cheering reports that Kouhyar Goudarzi, an Iranian blogger imprisoned for the last year in Teheran's notorious Evin Prison, has been released. Goudarzi was the international winner of the Club's 2010 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. According to Iran's Committee of Human Rights Reporters and other sources, Goudarzi was set free after being jailed since last December. He had been charged with "heresy," a capital crime, "propagating" against the regime and "congregation and mutiny with intent to disrupt national security." Goudarzi was reportedly put into…
Type: News
Swing Dance Dec. 31; $125 Includes Open Bar, Snacks, Bubbly Toast
Come to dance the night away at the New Year's Eve Swing featuring Doc Scantlin and His Imperial Palms Orchestra at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31. The cost is $125 for NPC members; $150 for non-members. The night includes an open bar, hors d'oeuvres, party favors, midnight champagne toast and a $15 discount on New Year's Eve dinner at the Fourth Estate Restaurant. If you would like to have dinner in the Fourth Estate before, it’s only $50 more for three courses and a glass of champagne See the menu here - http://press.org/restaurants/fourth-estate/new-years-eve. For discount codes, contact Josh Funk…
Type: News
Hoyer Says House Will OK Tax Cuts with Amendments
Out-going House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the House will pass President Obama’s tax compromise bill, but Democrats will offer amendments to reduce breaks for estates and the wealthy. At a Newsmaker press conference Dec. 13, Hoyer said that while the middle-class tax cuts will help the economy, breaks for the rich will have minimal value. He was particularly critical of raising the estate tax break to $5 million, which he said exempts “just the 39,000 wealthiest Americans” who “do not need” tax assistance. Hoyer called recent tax negotiations mixed, adding that “an issue we…
Type: News
USAF Public Affairs Restrictions to Hinder Press Coverage
New training requirements for U.S. Air Force public affairs officials and their commanders could have a chilling effect not just on investigative journalism, but on more benign coverage as well. In this edition of Update-1, NPC Broadcast/Podcast Team member Adam Konowe interviews Jill Aitoro, executive editor of Defense News about this development, one in a series undertaken by the Defense Department in the last year and a half. Aitoro also addresses the potential development of a stand-alone military space corps, as well as the evolution of trade and mainstream journalism over the past…
Type: Media
Official NPC Election Results
Following are the official results of the NPC elections held on Dec. 10: Journalist members cast 176 votes, of which 87 were absentee. For president: Mark Hamrick, 172 votes, and 1 write-in For vice president: Keith Hill, 164 votes, and 5 write-ins For secretary: Joel Whitaker, 162 votes, and 1 write-in For treasurer: Myron Belkind, 166 votes, and 0 write-ins For membership secretary: Angela Greiling Keane, 165 votes, and 1 write-in For Board of Governors (Journalist) (three-year terms, top two elected):Patrick McGrath, 123 votes; John Hughes, 107 votes; Ken Mellgren, 98 votes; 9 write-ins.…
Type: News
NPC Board Meets 6:30 pm Dec. 13
The NPC Board of Governors will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13, in the Zenger Room. The main item on the agenda will be approval of the Club's 2011 budget. Board meetings are open to NPC members. -- Myron Belkind, Club secretary, [email protected]
Type: News
Mark Hamrick, AP Broadcast Journalist, Elected Club President
Associated Press broadcast journalist Mark Hamrick was elected the National Press Club's 104th president Dec, 10. He will take office during the annual membership meeting Jan. 21, 2011, succeeding Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg News correspondent, for a one-year term. Club members also elected Keith Hill, BNA, vice president; Joel Whitaker, Kane's Beverage News Daily, secretary; Myron Belkind, retired Associated Press foreign correspondent who now teaches journalism at George Washington University, treasurer; and Angela Greiling Keane, Bloomberg News, membership secretary. All were elected for one-…
Type: News
NPC Elections Today, 8 am to 7 pm
Vote for Club leadership candidates from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, Friday, Dec. 10. Polling is in the Bloomberg classroom between the Library and the First Amendment Lounge on the 13th floor. The elections are for president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, nembership secretary, two three-year terms on the Board of Governors representing the Journalist membership category (members must designate two choices), and one three-year term on the Board of Governors for the Communicator membership category. If you requested an absentee ballot, make sure it arrives at the NPC by mail, messenger or…
Type: News
WaPo Foreign Editor, Panel to Discuss Mideast Coverage, 6:30 pm Dec. 14
Washington Post Foreign Editor Douglas Jehl will will discuss reporting on hot spots in the Muslim world as the keynote speaker at an event on news coverage of the Middle East from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, in the First Amendment Lounge. The evening also will include a panel discussion, “Teaming Up: How Joint Reporting Projects are Enriching Coverage of the Middle East,” with Ruth Eglash, social affairs reporter for The Jerusalem Post, and Hani Hazaimeh, senior reporter for the Jordan Times. They paired up in a project designed to bring more perspective and sophistication to…
Type: News