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State of Civil Rights in America
Mr. Kemp discussed the current state of civil rights in America in 1992, and civil rights issues of concern during the Bush presidency and the upcoming Clinton presidency. He defended the work of the EEOC during the past administration, and the legacy of the civil rights movements of the 1960's. Following his remarks, Mr. Kemp responded to questions from the audience.
Type: Media
CVS plans to be a health care center
CVS is working on a transformation of how Americans get health care, starting with its drugstores. Larry Merlo, president and chief executive of CVS Health, outlined what he called the company's bold vision at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon Monday. At the center are CVS drugstores, soon to become destinations for patients to receive a range of health services, including monitoring for chronic conditions, lab tests, eye exams and hearing tests, said Merlo, who began his career as a pharmacist. "And we'll be able to do all of this, not in a fragmented way but seamlessly with…
Type: News
Inaugural: Club President Kodjak wants to increase access to government information
National Press Club President Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak told a soldout ballroom audience Saturday that she wants to widen the Club’s role protecting freedom of the press to include gaining greater access to government information so people can know what their government is doing. “Any journalist who covers government knows that for years now, it’s become harder and harder to get any good information from our government and to find out what our public servants are doing,” said Kodjak, who was sworn in as the Club’s 112th president. “We can’t have representative democracy, government by the…
Type: News
Don North, Vietnam war correspondent, 22-year National Press Club member
Don North, a member of the National Press Club for 22 years, died on Jan. 7 of complications from a heart attack, his son, Glen, said in a note addressed to the “Vietnam Old Hacks,” an informal association of correspondents who covered the Vietnam war. Don studied international journalism at the Columbia University graduate school, after graduating from the University of British Columbia. A young and adventurous Canadian, he headed for Hong Kong, and then for Vietnam as the war involved increasing numbers of American troops and news media. Don freelanced, with pen, pad and camera, and ABC…
Type: News
NPC in History: Eleanor Roosevelt breaks precedence
By 1938, in the four years that the National Press Club had been holding its regular luncheon speeches, it had never offered the podium to a woman. But Club President Harold Brayman of the Philadelphia Ledger decided to break that trend by inviting the most newsworthy woman in America: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Through the work of Maureen Beasley, a noted journalism historian and member of the Club’s History and Heritage Committee, the Club obtained facsimile copies of the correspondence between Mrs. Roosevelt and Brayman. Writing on July 1, 1938, Brayman said, “We have never yet had a…
Type: News
Membership meeting: Kodjak takes gavel as 112th National Press Club president
Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, the 112th National Press Club president, received the Club’s presidential gavel from President Andrea Edney at a General Membership Meeting Friday. “I think it’s incredibly important that we work together to make the Club a valuable place for our members and also make the Club a valuable voice in the world of journalism,” Kodjak said after taking office. The handover followed reports on the Club’s membership and financial status and a summary of 2018 highlights. Eileen O’Reilly, incoming membership secretary, reported a total membership of 2,831 members, including…
Type: News
Club member seeks sources who have covered campaigns on trains
National Press Club member Edward Segal, who is an author and freelance writer, is seeking to interview Club members who have covered presidential or other political candidates who campaigned by train. If you're willing to be interviewed, please contact Segal at [email protected].
Type: News
Long-time journalist, philanthropist Bernard 'BJ' Cutler, 94
Bernard Joseph "BJ" Cutler, a National Press Club member from 1970 until 2005, died Jan. 2. Following is an edited obituary from the Gridiron Club: Bernard Joseph "BJ" Cutler, one of the last of the post-WWII “old school” journalists, died Jan. 2 at Sibley Hospital in Washington after suffering a massive stroke a few days earlier. He was 94 year old. His 50-year illustrious career as a journalist included positions at the Pittsburgh Press, The New York Herald Tribune and Scripps Howard that took him all over the world including a 12-year assignment in Paris and a 3-year assignment in Moscow…
Type: News
Application deadline Feb. 3 for Columbia energy journalism program
The Feb. 3 deadline is coming up soon for the Columbia Energy Journalism Initiative's 2019 program for energy reporters in the U.S. and abroad. The program includes a seminar June 11-14 in New York City featuring experts in energy and the environment from academia, government and industry. National Press Club member Bill Loveless, director of the program, invites Club members and others who report on energy to apply. The program is conducted by the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University with financial support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. More information, including…
Type: News
Today: If you can't make membership meeting, catch it online
The National Press Club will hold its first General Membership Meeting of the year at noon Friday, Jan. 11, in the conference rooms. Lunch will be served at the meeting, which will be livestreamed on the Club website, www.press.org, for members unable to attend in person. The gathering will serve as an update to the membership from the Board of Governors and officially mark the transfer of power from President Andrea Edney to her successor Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak. Members will hear from the Club leadership on new developments at the Club, how the Club has fared over the past year and…
Type: News