Women's Press Club of New York State

09/15/2021

The members of the Women's Press Club of NYS mourn the death of our friend, journalist Kris Smith.

08/16/2020

This.

The Daily News office was a joyous place, filled with oddballs and brilliant people.

08/10/2020

Technology writers... this is a good opportunity to work remotely.

Online misinformation undermines democracy. Digital surveillance and predictive policing reinforce structural racism. Opaque user agreements make a mockery of data privacy. Algorithms conceal bias in healthcare, sentencing, hiring, lending, and more. AI enables deep fakes, government spying, and cen...

07/31/2020

Freedom of the press is protected by the Constitution of the United States. Misuse and misdirection of power to limit freedom of the press is of grave concern.

Homeland Security analysts used a system for disseminating information about terrorist threats to document the work of reporters covering unrest in Portland, Ore.

07/21/2020

The WPCNYS regretfully announces that this year's Annual Awards and Scholarship Dinner is canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hope to celebrate excellence with you again in 2021.

07/21/2020

We see some familiar faces here (like Bernadette Hogan and Josefa Velásquez).
Congrats to all of the Rising Stars!
From City and State NY

Someone once said that youth is wasted on the young – but one needs to look no further than New York’s next generation of political players to know that the tired old saying simply isn’t true. This year’s rising stars in New York state politics are brimming with optimism and taking the initi...

06/26/2020

Join WMHT Public Media, the League Of Women Voters of NYS, and Women's Press Club of NYS for a lively discussion and screening of clips from the upcoming American Experience | PBS documentary "The Vote".
RSVP here: https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/qp9s7

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.
WMHT's screening will consist of two clips from the American Experience's upcoming documentary, "The Vote".
An informative discussion, Q/A opportunity will follow the screening.
Laurie Kozakiewicz, Ph.D., Lecturer of History at University at Albany and the History Liaison for University in the High School Program, as well as leadership with the League of Women Voters of New York State will be our panelists.
The conversation will be moderated by Barbara Lombardo, journalism teacher at University at Albany and former executive editor of The Saratogian and The (Troy) Record.

06/05/2020

At least 63 professional journalists were killed doing their jobs in 2018, a 15 percent increase over last year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF USA) said.

At least 63 professional journalists were killed doing their jobs in 2018, a 15 percent increase over last year, Reporters Without Borders said.

02/14/2020

We see a couple friends of the Women's Press Club on this week's New York NOW - including two of our panelists from our recent A Look Back & A Look Ahead with the Women's Press Club of NYS. 👋 Hi, Casey Seiler & Bernadette Hogan! 👏

We have an all-star show for you this weekend. We'll see you soon!

https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/this-week-lt-gov-kathy-hochul-gig-economy-bail-reform/

01/28/2020

What happened to freedom of the press?!?!?!

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appears to be escalating his criticism of NPR — this time not just with words but with actions.