jim i posted a new subject but don't know if i highlighted it this way it's about the national press club and prsa here's part of it with four tildes at the end jack odwyerpr com hi jim thanks for your help in posting crucial material on wp the national press club the largest most prestigious press club in the world which has about pr communications members in addition to thousands of journalists on oct issued a formal statement asking public relations society of america to withdraw its ban against o'dwyer co reporters at the national assembly of the society oct in florida this ban had been stated in writing in a page document of prsa which npc examined and rejected whatever was in those pages was not enough to bar o'dwyer reporters from the assembly for the first time in years said the npc statement which was signed by mark hamrick president of npc and a longtime reporter for the associated press npc does not want the lesson going out to the regular and student members of prsa and other pr people that the way to deal with critical press is to ban it from the group's meetings the npc did not agree with any of the charges against the o'dwyer co or its employees that were in the pages it only noted that prsa had made such charges to underscore its condemnation of the prsa boycott npc sent its statement to national and international media with offices in washington d c that list is available if you wish it below is the full text of the statement if additional verification is needed call executive director bill mccarren at or e mail him at wmccarren press org at least one news medium published the statement cordially jack o'dwyer jack odwyerpr com npc statement