More than 100 protestors were arrested in an April 18 police sweep of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the Columbia University campus, authorized by university president Minouche Shafik. The university’s gates have been mostly closed to outside press, citing security, except for a few hours a day. Since then, the Columbia Daily Spectator’s student journalists…

The National Press Club Journalism Institute strengthened its impact in Washington, D.C., and beyond through its virtual and in-person programming, daily newsletter, and opportunities for career support and skill-building in 2023. In a year marked by an ever-changing media landscape, the rise of AI and disinformation tactics, and press freedom challenges, the Institute was a…

Kristen Welker, NBC News chief White House correspondent and incoming moderator of “Meet the Press,” will receive the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Award during a gala in her honor on Nov. 28 in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes journalists who have made significant contributions to the field and is the Club’s most esteemed prize….

The National Press Club Journalism Institute has appointed Beth Francesco, an experienced educator, press freedom advocate, and editor, as the organization’s next executive director.  Francesco was unanimously approved to lead the organization, which is the nonprofit affiliate of the National Press Club, as it redefines and expands its professional development offerings and press freedom initiatives…

This spring, the Journalism Institute welcomed its first interns: Nathaniel Liu and Alex O’Sullivan. The seniors at BASIS high school in Washington, D.C., assisted in producing programs and newsletters. That work included reporting and writing on several beats, including sports journalism, diversity and inclusion in newsrooms, press freedom, and photojournalism, that were incorporated into their…

WASHINGTON — The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Isidoro Rodriguez of Brooklyn, New York, as the recipient of its 2021 Shirley & Dennis Feldman Fellowship. The award for graduate students is a one-time scholarship of $5,000. Rodriguez, who is attending the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at…

The National Press Club Journalism Institute is starting a reading group for people who love journalism and books and want to discuss them both. The first book we’ll discuss is “Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR.” Be sure to register for an event on Thursday, April 29…

The National Press Club Journalism Institute expanded its programming, services and reach in 2020, a year marked for journalists by coverage of the global coronavirus pandemic, systemic racial inequities in and out of newsrooms, and an election cycle unlike any other.  The Institute seized opportunities to serve journalists, communicators and the public, as outlined in…

Throughout 2020, journalists across the country have shared their best practices for working through the pandemic. As we approach 2021, we’re asking what they learned this year and what they hope to learn in the year to come.  Name: Wesley S. WrightCurrent job: Freelance reporter and academic adviser at Florida State UniversityPrevious Institute Q&A: SPJ…

As we approach 2021, we’re asking journalists to share what they learned this year and what they hope to do better in the year to come.  Name: Jessica McAllister Current job: Executive editor, Centre Daily Times Previous Institute Q&A: What education reporting looks like now in a college town What are the main lessons you learned this…

Throughout 2020, journalists across the country have shared their best practices for working through the pandemic. As we approach 2021, we’re asking what they learned this year and what they hope to learn in the next year.  While the pandemic has eliminated some opportunities for journalists, says media writer Eric Deggans, it has created new…

A common misconception about Southern voters, says political reporter Patricia Murphy, is that they are “not informed and sophisticated.”  “They are voting in what they consider their best interests, even if that’s different from what an assignment desk in New York thinks it should be,” said Murphy, who joined the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s politics team after…

News consumption spiked as the pandemic hit the United States, but audiences have since fluctuated, their attention span tested by the incessant virus and the eruption of protests following the killing of George Floyd. Amid all that, news organizations have worked to expand and retain their readers, viewers and website visitors.  “A big challenge is…

When the coronavirus, an economic downturn, and the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing came to Ann Arbor, the only daily newspaper to capture its local impact was run by students at The University of Michigan, which has no journalism school. Last October, seemingly a lifetime of news cycles ago, The New York Times featured The…

A good interviewer prepares well, never forgets to ask “why,” and carefully listens — for tone, for key words or phrases, for follow-up questions.  Those were among the takeaways from a conversation between Terry Gross, host and executive producer of NPR’s Fresh Air, and Michael Barbaro, host of The New York Times’ podcast The Daily….