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From Newsrooms to Boardrooms: The Mental Health Revolution Arrives
Just over a week from World Mental Health Day (October 10), the National Press Club and Project Healthy Minds, a Millennial and Gen-Z-driven non-profit, are convening one of the first ever discussions about mental health and wellbeing in journalism. Reporters face a barrage of challenging subjects day in and day out, including some that hit at the very core of their own identity. Despite these enormous challenges, it can feel as if the public expects reporters to tell the story regardless of the impact it will have on their own mental health. Journalists in the newsroom are joining a wider…
Type: Event
Press Club Communicators explore the intersection of business analytics and communications ROI
Communications team members explored the use of business analytics to demonstrate return on investment and glimpsed into the future of predictive analysis using artificial intelligence machine learning concepts during a virtual “Lunch and Learn” event hosted by the National Press Club Communicators Team on Sept. 21. Scholar-practitioner Professor Beth Egan, associate professor of advertising at the Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Communications, explained how business analytics is used to evaluate communications and how to best communicate such analyses to the C-suite. She also…
Type: News
The book tells the story of NYPD Patrolman Arthur Kenney, who was allegedly shot and killed in April 1926 by a burglar who specialized in stealing radios, which at the time were likely the most expensive item in a home. aA massive manhunt followed, and the killer was ultimately arrested on opening day at the Polo Grounds gates during a match between the Brooklyn Robins and the New York Giants with Mayor James J. Walker in attendance. Two detectives staked out the baseball stadium using deductions and undercover work that were at the time compared to that of Sherlock Holmes. A murder trial…
Club member publishes true crime book about about killer captured at Polo Grounds
Long-time National Press Club member John T. Aquino has published his second book this year, "The Radio Burglar: Thief Turned Cop Killer in 1920s Queens," which was just released by Exposit Books, a McFarland imprint.
Type: News
Rep. Joaquin Castro to release second GAO report on lack of Latinos in media at National Press Club Newsmaker, Oct. 5
WASHINGTON - September 27 - Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, will speak Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. at the National Press Club about the lack of representation of Latinos in media, both on screen and behind the scenes. Castro will release the second of two reports he commissioned from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) about the underrepresentation of Latinos in media, including Hollywood, news, and book publishing. The first report was released last year, and the second installment covers representation of Latinos in media during the past decade and efforts by media companies to…
Type: News
'Meme Wars' authors highlight online threats to democracy, Sept. 29
Joan Donovan, research director of the Shorenstein Center on Media Politics and Policy at Harvard, and Emily Dreyfuss, a senior writer at Wired, will explore how nefarious online activity threatens the U.S. political system at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Event on at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. Donovan and Dreyfuss will discuss their new book “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America,” which dives into how bad actors are using hate-based memes and social media to spread disinformation online and to organize various communities that…
Type: News
Journalists can dig up news gold in government's alphabet soup
Journalists can find surprising nuggets of news gold with a little determination and patience when they mine publicly available sources from the U.S. Agency for International Development, former Bloomberg News editor and Africa development consultant Ed DeMarco told National Press Club members in a recent online workshop. Reporters can learn, for example, that the U.S. government, even while at odds with the Ethiopian government over the war in Tigray, is planning a program to mitigate conflict and support peacebuilding. The planning suggests U.S. confidence that a peace settlement might be…
Type: News
Visitors' guide enhances Club photo exhibit experience through Sept. 30
The 23rd annual National Press Club members photo exhibit features record-level participation and an eye-popping display of print photos and electronic images in the Club's main lobby. If you've not yet seen the show or plan to see it again, here's a quick guide to make the most of your viewing experience before the exhibit closes on Sept. 30. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn watches testimony at a hearing of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. Photo: Christy Bowe The show offers 219 print photos and electronic images displayed across the length of the…
Type: News