New York Press Club

History

The organization in differing forms has been around since the nineteenth century. 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.

Activities

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, 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.{{cite web | access-date= March 19, 2018 | access-date= March 19, 2018 | access-date= March 19, 2018

The organization promotes the freedom of the press. It has criticized decisions to shut down news sites.{{cite web | access-date= March 19, 2018 | access-date= March 19, 2018 | access-date= March 19, 2018

The current president is David Cruz of Newsday, who took office in 2024. The foundation also offers scholarships to local journalism students.

Award programs

Awards are given in categories such as writing, editing, and video production. Its awards are often cited by publishers and newspapers and reporters.{{cite web | access-date= March 19, 2018

• Gold Keyboard Award for excellence in investigative journalism. This award has been described as the association's most prestigious award.{{cite web | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170605214110/https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/06/05/voice-writer-wins-2017-ny-press-club-award/ | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 5, 2017 | access-date= March 19, 2018
• The Reverend Mychal Judge Heart of New York Award for reporting about New York City.
• The Nellie Bly Cub Reporter Award, given to reporters with less than three years of experience. This award has been given annually since 1978; past recipients include investigative journalists such as Mina Kimes and Jonathan Kanterman. The award was named after crusading journalist Nellie Bly, who was employed by Joseph Pulitzer in the 1890s who, according to one account, went to great lengths to get material for her stories; for example, she got herself committed to an insane asylum for ten days in order to report on what happened within the institution. H. Claire Brown is another recipient of the Nellie Bly award.{{cite web | access-date= March 19, 2018
• The New York Journalism Hall of Fame Award for journalists whose careers in New York media characterized by long tenure, integrity and achievement.
• The New York Press Club President's Award in recognition of careers which have had a salutary impact on journalism.

Past presidents

References

References

1. In 1887, its members erected a 38-foot obelisk to mark the gravesite of a deceased reporter.David W. Dunlop, November 27, 2011, The New York Times, [https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/in-cypress-hills-a-little-known-monument-to-journalisms-short-memory/ Known], Retrieved March 19, 2018, "...In 1887, The New York Press Club rallied its members, dug into its pockets and erected a 38-foot obelisk to set the place apart, staking out the ground with granite markers. Nearly 2,000 people attended the dedication..."
2. Katie Honan, May 28, 2015, DNA Info, [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150528/rockaway-beach/aclu-new-york-press-club-decry-de-blasios-free-speech-zone NYCLU and New York Press Club Decry De Blasio's 'Free Speech Zone'] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-03-20 , Retrieved March 19, 2018)
3. ISUUU, [https://issuu.com/byline/docs/byline/8 Byline is the annual magazine published by the New York Press Club], Retrieved March 19, 2018
4. Note: formerly ''The Gold Typewriter Award''
5. Michael Hudson, August 24, 2015, ICU, [https://www.icij.org/blog/2016/08/columbia-university-honors-icijs-world-bank-probe/ Evicted and Abandoned], Retrieved March 19, 2018, "...the New York Press Club’s highest accolade, the Gold Keyboard Award for enterprise or investigative reporting...."
6. Sue Macy, Linda Ellerbee, National Geographic Books, 2009, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jJHXi_riwMAC&dq=%22Nellie+Bly%22+%22Cub+Reporter%22+award&pg=PT60 Bylines: A Photobiography of Nellie Bly], (see page 59), Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...In 1978, the New York Press Club erected an elegant memorial stone at her gravesite ... Nellie Bly Cub Reporter Award ... given to the best journalistic effort by a reporter who has been at the business less than three years..."
7. Chris O'Shea, April 27, 2015, Adweek, [http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/new-york-press-club-award-winners-announced-2/340576 New York Press Club Award Winners Announced], Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...The New York Press Club Awards ...NELLIE BLY CUB REPORTER (Single Award) Best journalistic effort by an individual with three years or less professional experience...."
8. Dean Starkman, Martha Hamilton, Ryan Chittum, Felix Salmon, Columbia University Press, May 21, 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hy5Wd13KKBYC&dq=%22Nellie+Bly%22+%22Cub+Reporter%22+award&pg=PA536 The Best Business Writing 2013], Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...Mina Kimes ... Received the Nellie Bly Cub Reporter Award..."
9. WFUV radio, 90.7, [http://www.wfuv.org/awards AWARDS], Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...Nellie Bly Cub Reporter Award ... Scott Detrow* (best journalistic effort by an individual with three years or less overall experience)...."
10. CHRIS ROUSH, OCTOBER 18, 2012, Talking Biz News, [http://talkingbiznews.com/1/covering-finance-and-learning-on-the-job/ Covering finance and learning on the job], Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...In 2009, she received the Nellie Bly Cub Reporter award from the New York Press Club for her story, “The End of Oil.”..."
11. "NYPC Journalism Awards – The New York Press Club".
12. Kim Todd, Smithsonian Magazine, November 2016, [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-reporters-undercover-most-important-scoops-day-180960775/ These Women Reporters Went Undercover to Get the Most Important Scoops of Their Day: Writing under pseudonyms, the so-called girl stunt reporters of the late 19th century played a major role in exposing the nation’s ills], Retrieved November 24, 2019, quote= "...After Nellie Bly, whose 1887 series “Ten Days in a Mad House” had been a windfall for Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World ... In little more than two years after Bly got herself committed to New York City’s notorious Blackwell’s Island insane asylum,...."
13. Staff writers, June 27, 2017, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, [https://www.jta.org/2017/06/27/news-opinion/united-states/gabe-pressman-pioneer-of-television-reporting-dies-at-93 Gabe Pressman, pioneer of television reporting, dies at 93], Retrieved March 19, 2018, "...served as president of the New York Press Club from 1997 to 2000...."