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Jane Seymour Wilson, 95, dies after contracting COVID-19
Jane Seymour Wilson, a pioneering consumer journalist, businesswoman and 48-year member of the National Press Club, died May 29. She was 95, had suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and died after contracting COVID-19 at the Arlington nursing home where she had lived for two years. Wilson was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Cumberland, Maryland. She graduated from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, in 1946 with a bachelor of science degree in home economics. Hood later awarded her an honorary doctorate for her accomplishments as a journalist and businesswoman.…
Type: News
Learn how to use PACER at June 10 program
Court records are filled with untold stories, but PACER, the federal court records system, is antiquated and hard to navigate. Join Seamus Hughes, deputy director of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, for a National Journalism Institute workshop on using PACER to source articles related to the pandemic, protests and more. Registration is open for this event, which will take place on June 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, on Zoom. Seats will be limited and this session will not be recorded, so grab a spot while you can. The first part of this program is expected to be a…
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10 Years of National Service
In 1994, the Corporation for National and Community Service awarded its first grants. Since then, its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America volunteers have provided more than 1.5 billion hours of service, meeting local needs in education, public safety, health, and disaster relief in thousands of communities across the U.S. National service began its second decade with significant accomplishments, record funding, new reforms, and strong bipartisan support. In this address, Mr. Eisner talked about the lessons learned and future directions for national service, and unveil a major…
Type: Media
Student member gives first-person account of being injured
Author and Member Don Dike-Anukam I am an African American male born and raised in America. I have experienced first-hand the barriers, issues, and challenges race has caused me. On May 30, I was covering an event in downtown Reno that started peacefully and tragically turned into something else. The main event, Black Lives Matter Protest/March concluded in the late afternoon in front of the Bruce Thompson Federal Courthouse. After the event some of the crowd stayed and others proceeded to other sites throughout downtown Reno then defacing property and other public/private items…
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Freedman: A new day dawns in Washington, across America
On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, the National Press Club will resume limited in-person services for the first time since March 16. We do so as a new day dawns in Washington and across America. The year, to date, has been one in which our nation has seemingly come apart and then come together, first to confront an unprecedented global pandemic and now, to face head-on, a two-fold plague as old as our nation -- racial inequality and social injustice. We can -- and should -- all take pride in the work of our journalistic colleagues on the front lines of these stories. In the first, reporters have…
Type: News
Reservations required to visit Club, other rules for resuming in-person services on June 9
National Press Club Executive Director Bill McCarren outlined policies, procedures and guidelines for the resumption of in-person services on Tuesday, June 9. McCarren emphasized that advance reservations, which can be made online, are required to enter the Club. Members are encouraged to review this information page before coming to the Club. Here is McCarren's full statement: On Tuesday, June 9, the National Press Club will resume limited in- person services under Phase I of Washington, D.C.’s reopening plans. All members are asked to follow the rules and best practices listed below, in…
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A Message from National Press Club President Michael Freedman
Dear Colleagues, On Tuesday, June 9, 2020 the National Press Club will resume limited in-person services for the first time since March 16. We do so as a new day dawns in Washington and across America. The year, to date, has been one in which our nation has seemingly come apart and then come together, first to confront an unprecedented global pandemic and now, to face head-on, a two-fold plague as old as our nation—racial inequality and social injustice. We can—and should—all take pride in the work of our journalistic colleagues on the front lines of these stories. In the first, reporters…
Type: News
Upcoming Journalism Institute programs
Find untold stories: How to use PACER with Seamus Hughes (11:30 a.m-12 p.m. June 10) Design hacks: How to create visuals when it’s not usually your job with Beth Francesco (11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. June 17) Working through: Revising your emotional story with Elizabeth Flock and Lori Gottlieb (1-1:30 p.m. June 24) Recordings of previous programs are available: Writing through: Focusing in short bursts with Lane DeGregory, Deborah Netburn and Marla Broadfoot Writing through: The power of detailswith Jessica Contrera & Kelley Benham French Writing through: A personal pandemicwith Sarah…
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Hear inside stories of Trump's White House June 10
Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker will discuss "A Very Stable Genius," their behind-the-scenes account of President Donald Trump's White House at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Rucker and Leonnig will share some insights into their research and writing and how Trump has changed Washington with National Press Club Board member Del Wilber. To get on the list of Zoom participants, contact Wilber at [email protected]. You also need to buy the book.
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Space program broadcaster calls Dragon spacecraft 'natural follow on to Apollo'
Retired space program broadcast coverage veteran Jim Slade called the new Dragon spacecraft launch of American astronauts "a natural follow on to Apollo." Slade told the National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team members Thursday that the SpaceX manned launch to the International Space Station, the first one ever by a private company, was "an achievement, a new tool in an ongoing program." "The spacecraft is designed to carry up to seven astronauts to the space station," he said. "A version of it can be used as a cargo craft. In both cases, it can -- and has been -- used automatically to get…
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