Club welcomes 47 new members

Please welcome the following 47 new members of The National Press Club:

Journalist

Edward R. Ackerman – The Sunday Dispatch, Editor & Columnist; Donovan Slack – The Boston Globe, Staff Reporter; Shinichi Hisadome – Tokyo/Chunichi Shimbun, Bureau Chief; Maria Eden H. Gillen – The Associated Press, Broadcast Product Portfolio Director; Bariskan Unal Toroglu – Anatolia News Agency, Correspondent; Wendy C. Thompson – Clarity Digital Group LLC, dab Examiner.com, Reporter/Editor; Dionne C. Clemons, PhD – Towson University, Assistant Professor; Jodi Schneider – Bloomberg News, Editor

Journalist Young Member

Dennis John Baker – The Associated Press, News Production Specialist; Jack Gillum – USA Today, Database Editor; Ozkul Mehmet Toroglu – Anatolian News Agency, Reporter; Margaret Jane Howell – 44 Blue Productions, Writer/Web Blogger

Journalist Non-Resident

Roger Alan Labrucheire (Pineview, CA) – Imagenes Press, Photojournalist; Patricia Milton (New York, NY) – CBS News, News Producer Investigative Unit; Jeannett H.L. Wulff (Middlesex, VT) – Middlesex Newspaper, Correspondent/Photojournalist; Vanessa Fox (Seattle, WA) – Author; Kyu C. Yang (Irvine, CA) – News Spectrum, Publisher

Communicator

Richard M. Lobo – Broadcasting Board of Governors, Director, International Broadcasting Bureau

Communicator News Source

Laurie Ann Phillips – Consumer Electronics Association, Senior Director, Communications; Tsunehiko Yanagihaca – Mitsubishi International Corporation, SVP and General Manager; Allison Johnson – Northrop Grumman Corporation, Market and Business Development Director; Christine M. LaPaille – George Mason University, Vice President for University Relations

Communicator Young Member

Laura Osio – International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Press Officer

Communicator Non-Resident

Susan Cox (Eugene, OR) – Holt International, Vice President Communication; Amal E. Morcos (Linthicum, MD) – Freelance Writer; Bibiana Nertney (Boise, ID) Marketing & Communications Administrator; Alan B. Richmone (Monterrey, CA) – Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Defense, Director of Media-Marketing; James T. Blue III (Baltimore, MD) – Public Affairs Media Group, Executive Producer; Greg Marayan (Las Vegas, NV) Social Appetizer.com, Founder

Communicator Student

Alexandra Rice – Northwestern University, Student; Courtney C. McKay – George Washington University, Graduate Student; Hunter Pritchard – Social Driver, Intern; John Christopher Torrisi, George Washington University, Student; Phillips Swarts – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Courtney M. Subramanian – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Eric Skalac – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Kate Shepherd – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Kelsey Sheehy – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Delal Pektas – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Jacob Peklo – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Charles Mead – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Anna Lempereur – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Young Eun Lee – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Sylvia Hall – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Tania Chew – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Melissa Benson – Medill School of Journalism, Student; Andrew Theen – Medill School of Journalism, Student