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Head of Washington News Bureau, The Christian Science Monitor Cora Rigby (11 Feb 1865 – 11 Jun 1930) [ 1 ] was an American journalist who was the first woman at a major newspaper to head a Washington News bureau and was one of the founders of the Women's National Press Club .
In 2006, The Journal's editor won Best Feature Writer and Best Editorial Columnist honors from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association and the Washington Press Association. Beginning in 2000, the Journal had a new competitor in SanJuanIslander.com, which took its name from the late 19th century/early 20th century newspaper.
The University of Washington Press is an American academic publishing house.The organization is a division of the University of Washington, based in Seattle.Although the division functions autonomously, it has worked to assist the university's efforts in support of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and the Center for ...
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States.The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a United States congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson.
In 1919, female journalists founded the Women's National Press Club, when the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. [5] [6] In December 1970, members of the Women's National Press Club voted to allow men into their club and renamed it the Washington Press Club. The next month, the National Press Club voted 227 to ...
In the summer of 1881, three correspondents of Washington, D.C. frequently met in council to discuss plans for the organization of a press club. So earnest were their convictions, that they called a meeting of the writers of the city, which, by the courtesy of Jane H. Spofford, was held in the parlors of the Riggs House, July 10, 1882.
The White House press corps is the group of journalists, correspondents, and members of the media usually assigned to the White House in Washington, D.C., to cover the president of the United States, White House events, and news briefings. Its offices are located in the West Wing.
Barr and her work have been recognized with numerous awards and honors. These include The Xeric Grant in 2000, The Bruce Brown Foundation Grant in 2004, San Diego Comic-Con's Inkpot Award in 1996, [7] Seattle's Cartoonists Northwest's Toonies in 1998, London Comics Creators Guild's Best Ongoing Humor Series in 1992, and the Washington Press Association's Communicator of Excellence for Fiction ...