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March 12, 2024
NPC Member Edward Segal Discusses Political Campaigning from a Bygone Era
Edward Segal talks about his new book, "Whistle-Stop Politics," discussing what it was like for reporters to live and work on campaign trains for days and weeks at a time, how these tours could be hazardous, and how one reporter impersonated a whistle-stopping presidential candidate.
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NPC Member Edward Segal Discusses Political Campaigning from a Bygone Era
Campaign trains were a major part of political campaigns years ago. Covering whistle-stopping candidates was considered one of the hardest jobs of journalism.
Former NPC President Judson Discusses Press Freedom, Gaza War
Award winning journalist Jen Judson, the 115th president of the National Press Club, is the land warfare reporter for Defense News. Before that she was a reporter at Politico and Inside Defense. In this edition of Update-1, Jen talks with Broadcast Podcast Committee member Lincoln Smith about her career and advocacy for press freedom around the world. She also discusses why the Israel Hamas war has been so deadly for the journalists covering it.
Emily Wilkins Details Priorities as 117th NPC President
CNBC Washington correspondent Emily Wilkins looks forward to progress on numerous fronts during her upcoming year as president of the National Press Club. In this edition of Update-1, Wilkins speaks with Broadcast/Podcast Team co-chair Adam Konowe about planned enhancements to the Club’s services and physical infrastructure, as well as its relentless commitment to press freedom, including the release of captured journalists around the world.