If you\u2019re looking to be inspired about the importance and power of the press, you may want to see \u201cThe Post,\u201d as a few VPC members recently did.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I loved about \u2018The Post\u2019 was the step back in time. I was very young when this story unfolded and it was history by the time I was aware of its implications,\u201d said Cherie Blazer, VPC\u2019s secretary. \u201cI loved the backstory and the insight into all the players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Added longtime VPC member Sande Snead, \u201c\u2018The Post\u2019 gave me a great appreciation for the difficult and possibly disastrous decision by\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>to move forward with printing news about the Pentagon Papers \u2014 classified documents that The\u00a0New York Times\u00a0leaked but were forced by the Nixon administration and judicial system to cease and desist.\u201d<\/p>\n The movie also resonated with those attending because the movie was largely told through the perspective of Post Publisher Katharine Graham.<\/p>\n \u201cShe found herself in a role that carried huge responsibility that she never was prepared for or expected, trying to be a \u2018lady\u2019 in a brutal Old Boy Network,\u201d Cherie said. \u201cHow she rose to the occasion and found her voice was an inspiration that was fascinating and beautifully executed by Meryl Streep.\u201d<\/p>\n And for those who came up through a newsroom back in the day, it was a way to see how much processes had changed. \u201cSeeing the desks with landline phones, lots of reporter notebooks and no computers brought back lots of memories from my newsroom days,\u201d said Cynthia Price, first vice-president for membership and immediate past president of VPC. \u201cI loved seeing the long sheets of copy paper, the pneumatic tube to transport pages from the newsroom to the composing room, and the metal type.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019re looking to be inspired about the importance and power of the press, you may want to see \u201cThe Post,\u201d as a few VPC members recently did. \u201cWhat I loved about \u2018The Post\u2019 was the step back in time. I was very young when this story unfolded and it was history by the time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"yoast_head":"\n