The New York Press Club, sometimes NYPC, is a private nonprofit membership organization which promotes journalism in the New York City metropolitan area. It is unaffiliated with any government organization and abstains from politics. While the club is headquarters in New York City, it serves as an association for journalists based in the United States. [1]
The organization in differing forms has been around since the nineteenth century. [2] In 1887, its members erected a 38-foot obelisk to mark the gravesite of a deceased reporter. [2] But during the Great Depression in the United States, the organization fell apart. A revitalized organization was founded in 1948 as the New York Newspaper Reporters Association, and its name was changed to its current one in 1972. [2]
In conjunction with its foundation, New York Press Club Foundation, the club focuses on furthering the interests of journalists and media people. It sponsors lectures and presentations relevant to journalism such as press freedom, investigative reporting, the relationship between the media and the government, the role of community newspapers, changes in media, topics in the news, [3] foreign press coverage of New York, and questions about how the press covers itself. For example, it spurred discussion on the subject of concussions in American football. [3] It sponsors debates among candidates for public office, provides support for journalists faced with media-related legal issues, and works with government agencies on issues such as issuing press credentials. For example, when New York mayor Bill De Blasio called for a closed-down session to exclude reporters, the Press Club's president Larry Seary criticized the decision, arguing for greater transparency. [4] [5] It sponsors an annual Conference on Journalism which is held at New York University, and it used to publish Byline Magazine which features topics of interest to journalists. [6] When prominent newspeople die, the organization issues statements about their contributions; for example, when news reporter Gabe Pressman died in 2017, the club issued a statement that Pressman "fought ferociously for journalists' rights". [7] [8]
The organization promotes the freedom of the press. [9] [1] It has criticized decisions to shut down news sites. [9] When U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions vowed to review "media subpoenas" as an attempt to quell leaks in government, the club criticized the remarks as "a not-so-veiled shot across the bow at the news media" and suggested that journalists must not be intimidated by such threats. [10] When CNN journalist Jim Acosta was singled out by then president-elect Donald Trump during a press conference, in which the reporter's questions went unanswered, the club wrote a letter to Trump in Acosta's defense. [11]
The current president is Jane Tillman Irving, who took office in 2018; she is retired from WCBS NewsRadio. The foundation also offers scholarships to local journalism students.
Awards are given in categories such as writing, editing, and video production. Its awards are often cited by publishers and newspapers and reporters. [12] They include:
| In Office | President | Employer |
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| 1948 | William J. Keegan | New York Post |
| 1949 | Anthony Marino | New York Daily News |
| 1950 | Alfred E Clark | New York Times |
| 1951 | Joseph Endler | New York Herald Tribune |
| 1952 | Rodney "Budd" Stahl | New York Mirror |
| 1953 | Frank Engle | Fairchild Publications |
| 1954 | Syd Livingston | New York Journal American |
| 1955 | Raymond Doyle | American Weekly |
| 1956 | James Ritchie | Associated Press |
| 1957 | Arthur Rosenfeld | New York Post |
| 1958 | James C O'Connor | New York Mirror |
| 1959 | Thomas D Zumbo | UPI |
| 1960 | Edward Kirkman | New York Daily News |
| 1961 | James Antone | Fairchild Publications |
| 1962 | Harry Singer | New York Mirror |
| 1963 | Robert Mindlin | Long Island Press |
| 1964 | Charles Grutzner | New York Times |
| 1965 | Harold Phelan | World-Telegram and Sun |
| 1966 | George Douris | Long Island Star-Journal |
| 1967 | Gus Engelman | WABC-AM |
| 1968-69 | Thomas Poster | New York Daily News |
| 1970 | John San Antonio | Long Island Press |
| 1971-72 | John Shanahan | Associated Press |
| 1973 | Pati Davis | UPI |
| 1973-74 | John Mulligan | Associated Press |
| 1975-76 | Patrick Muldowney | WABC-TV |
| 1977 | Joe Bragg | WHN |
| 1978-79 | Vincent Lee | New York Daily News |
| 1980-81 | Mark Lieberman | New York Daily News |
| 1982-83 | Len Buder | New York Times |
| 1984 | Jerry Schmetterer | CNN |
| 1985-86 | Marcia Kramer | New York Daily News |
| 1987 | Mitch Lebe | WYNY |
| 1988 | Larry Sutton | New York Daily News |
| 1989-90 | Larry Celona | New York Daily News |
| 1991-92 | Harry Ryttenberg | WNBC |
| 1993-94 | Phil O'Brien | NY 1 News |
| 1995-96 | Deborah Wetzel | WCBS-FM |
| 1997-2000 | Gabe Pressman | WNBC [8] |
| 2001-2003 | Carol Anne Riddell | WNBC |
| 2003–2005 | Rich Lamb | WCBS Newsradio |
| 2006–2008 | Stephannia Cleaton | Staten Island Advance |
| 2009-2012 | Glenn Schuck | Metro Networks |
| 2012-2015 | Larry Seary | WNBC |
| 2015-2018 | Steve Scott | WCBS Newsradio |
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