NPC President Available For Interviews on Schiller Resignation

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Mar 09, 2011, 11:34 ET

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Press Club President Mark Hamrick is available for a quote or background for reporters and editors working on the story of today's resignation of Vivian Schiller, CEO of National Public Radio. Hamrick interviewed Schiller on Monday afternoon as part of the National Press Club's Luncheon Speakers series. The entire luncheon interview was covered by CSPAN and is available on the Press Club's website www.press.org.

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Hamrick, who was inaugurated as Press Club President in January, is a veteran AP broadcast journalist who has covered business and economic news from Washington for two decades.

The National Press Club, founded in 1908, is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. With nearly 3,400 members representing every major news organization, the Club hosts more than 2,000 events and is visited by more than 250,000 guests each year.

To arrange to interview Hamrick contact Bill McCarren at 202-662-7534 or [email protected].

SOURCE National Press Club