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White House reporter describes covering campaign and mentoring during pandemic
McClatchy's Francesca Chambers Francesca Chambers, White House reporter for the McClatchy newspaper chain, is worried about this year's crop of aspiring journalists "doing their internships from home" because of COVID-19 restrictions. She's concerned that new graduates won't have opportunities to make contacts among seasoned pros. Chambers, who chairs the White House Correspondents' Association scholarship committee, is also concerned about raising tuition money usually gathered from the group's annual awards dinner ticket sales and related donations. If you can call the White House…
Type: News
Communicators' Roundtable dinner to go virtual, Aug. 11
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team invites Club members – both journalists and professional communicators – to a Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists. During COVID, our regular in-person dinners will be virtual and change to “Make Your Own Cocktail” Zoom sessions at no cost to Club members. The first dinner will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. RSVP to [email protected]. A Zoom link will be sent to those who responded on Aug. 10. Join us for another lively discussion on current topics that we all face in our…
Type: News
Scholarship Team seeks judges
The National Press Club Scholarship Team needs your help! We will be judging for the Zimmerman Award and the Award for Diversity in Journalism during the week of Aug. 17. These awards have been life-changing for past recipients, and you can be a part of that experience by helping review the terrific entries we have received for both awards. Because of the pandemic, we are going to decide winners virtually this year. We will judge the awards on two different days, using sets of Zoom groups. The judging will likely be conducted over a two-hour period either in the late afternoon or early…
Type: News
Runners, supporters needed for Foley Freedom Run on Oct. 17 to promote press freedom
Support press freedom and journalist safety by joining the National Press Club team for the 6th Annual Foley Freedom Run on Saturday, Oct. 17. Registration costs $40 and includes a t-shirt. Click here to register. Money raised by the event supports the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, and the Club has set a goal of raising $2,500. The foundation, named for Jim Foley, helps advocate for the freedom of all Americans held hostage abroad and promotes the safety of journalists worldwide. Foley, a freelance journalist and videographer who was kidnapped on Nov. 22, 2012 while covering the Syrian…
Type: News
Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team invites all NPC Members to our Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists. During COVID-19, our regular in-person dinners will be virtual and change to “Make Your Own Cocktail” Zoom sessions at no cost to NPC members. The first virtual event will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 - 5:30-6:30 p.m. Join us for another lively discussion with fellow senior communications leaders on current topics that we all face in our function and profession. By sharing our concerns, ideas, approaches and strategies, we help each…
Type: Event
Author Lesley M.M. Blume calls the Hiroshima bombing most covered and covered up stories ever
Journalist and author Lesley M.M. Blume outlines the generally supportive coverage in American media at the time given to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo by Alan Kotok. The U.S. Army took extreme steps to keep much of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima under wraps, journalist and author Lesley M.M. Blume said Wednesday at a National Press Club virtual book rap. “The Hiroshima bombing was heavily covered, but due to U.S. Amy control it was also one of the most covered up stories," Blume told Club President Michael Freedman, who moderated the…
Type: News
Enigmatic First Lady Melania Trump is fiercely independent, intensely private, biographer Mary Jordan says
Washington Post correspondent and author Mary Jordan reveals the influence Melania Trump played in the choice of Mike Pence as Donald Trump's running mate. Photos by Alan Kotok. Mary Jordan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The Washington Post, interviewed the head of the Japanese crime syndicate, the yakuda, when she was reporting from Japan. Stationed in Mexico, she spoke for hours with the head of a Mexican drug cartel. The one person she couldn't get an interview with: First Lady Melania Trump, the subject of her newest book, "The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania…
Type: News
Journalism Institute and PEN America offer program on equity and community in local news, Aug. 12
As news organizations and the nation respond to the coronavirus pandemic and the protests following the killing by police of George Floyd, journalists have increasingly confronted the need for newsroom equity and a truer relationship with the communities they serve. The National Press Club Journalism Institute and PEN America will co-host a program on “Equity and community in local news: Lessons learned in 2020” on Wednesday, Aug. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to share takeaways from pandemic and protest coverage and to look ahead toward election coverage. Registration is open for the…
Type: News
Advocacy Groups
Participants talked about the impact of campaign finance reform legislation on the 2004 presidential elections, the political process in general, and forms of issue advocacy. The panel focused on the operations and functioning of specific advocacy groups. They also talked about the initial stages of a study on the project. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
NPC Book Rap: Lesley M.M. Blume, "Fallout"
Bestselling author Lesley M. M. Blume discussed her book FALLOUT: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World, at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event on August 5, 2020.
Type: Media