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National Press Club awards Chloë Clark with the inaugural Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship

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Monday, September 27, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Chlo Clark of Seal Beach, Calif., as the winner of its inaugural Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Chlo Clark of Seal Beach, Calif., as the winner of its inaugural Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship.
  • The Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship, started this year by Mr. Vernon's family, provides $5,000 annually to a student who demonstrates a commitment to a career in broadcast journalism.
  • The National Press Club's Journalism Awards celebrate the best in American broadcast and print journalism.
  • Scholarship winners and runners-up are also awarded one-year complimentary membership to the National Press Club.

Pride Montrose Block Party - Bringing it Back to Where It All Started

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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However, in light of the pandemic, the event sans parade, which usually takes place in June, has been scheduled as a block party in Montrose for October 2, 2021.

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  • However, in light of the pandemic, the event sans parade, which usually takes place in June, has been scheduled as a block party in Montrose for October 2, 2021.
  • Attendees are encouraged to present a negative COVID-19 Test within 72 hours of the Montrose Block Party or wait in line for limited onsite testing at the event.
  • Pride Houston might have had to pivot during this pandemic but has found a way to bring back the old-school Pride jubilee.
  • Pride Houston needs the community to buy tickets in order to help support the nonprofit organization's scholarships for LGBTQIA+ Youth.