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Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Radio and Television Correspondents' Association is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Radio and Television Correspondents' Association rather than just read about it. In short: The Radio and Television Correspondents' Association of Washington, D.C. (RTCA) is an American broadcast journalism group of news reporters from around the world who cover the United States Congress.

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Reference excerpt

The Radio and Television Correspondents' Association of Washington, D.C. (RTCA) is an American broadcast journalism group of news reporters from around the world who cover the United States Congress. Founded in 1939, RTCA is best known for holding an annual dinner in Washington, D.C., not to be confused with the higher profile White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

Chair of the Association 2008–2009: Heather Dahl, Feature Story News. 2009–2010: Linda Scott, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 2010–2011: Peter Slen, C-SPAN 2011–2012: Jay McMichael, CNN News Photographer 2012–2013: John Wallace, III, FOX News photographer 2013–2014: Lisa Desjardins, CNN 1998–1999: Jim Mills, Fox News

Awards David Bloom Award Jerry Thompson Award Joan Shorenstein Barone Award Lifetime Achievement Award

RTCA Dinners As is the case with the similar but more exclusive WHCA Dinner, the attention given to the Association's activities are far outweighed by the focus on the dinner's guest list and pre-dinner receptions and post-dinner parties hosted by various media organizations. Also as is true of the WHCA Dinner and Gridiron Club Dinner, the RTCA Dinner has been subject to criticism that it encourages journalists to engage in undue coziness with the political officials they are supposed to fairly cover, and also that the public spectacle of "playing footsie" with reporters' main subjects is bringing the political press into disgrace.

Notable RTCA dinners In 1983, the RTCA compiled a videotape of various bloopers made in the news, and even music videos about the news, entitled "Tapes of Wrath". A sequel, "Tapes of Wrath II", followed in 1991. In 1995, President Bill Clinton delivered a speech at the dinner. In 1996, speaker Don Imus made coarse jokes about President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, which White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry termed "tasteless". During the 2004 dinner, President George W. Bush mocked himself in a slideshow including images of him searching under furniture in the Oval Office for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, which liberal commentator David Corn termed a "callous and arrogant display". In 2007, President George W. Bush attended the event for the third time, and JibJab premiered its latest satiric animation, What We Call The News. In 2009, president Barack Obama and humorist John Hodgman were the headline speakers at the dinner. JibJab premiered its animated video "He's Barack Obama".

Brief timeline of recent dinners 1995: Bill Maher 1997: Darrell Hammond and Norm Macdonald 1999: President Clinton attends just six weeks after his Senate Impeachment Trial. Jackie Judd wins award for reporting on Monica Lewinsky. Jim Mills of Fox News MC's the event. 2001: President Bush makes fun of his own grammar. 2002: No one from White House attends. 2003: Vice President Cheney jokes about President Bush's flight suit. 2004: President Bush jokes about WMDs. Controversy erupts. 2005: Vice President Cheney talks about then recently deceased Pope John Paul II. 2006: Vice President Cheney jokes about hunting. 2007: "MC Rove" performs rap onstage. 2009 John Hodgman 2010: Comedian Joe Wong performs at RTC Dinner. 2011: Larry Wilmore 2012: Wayne Brady 2013: Nick Offerman 2015: Aasif Mandvi 2016: Hasan Minhaj 2017: Roy Wood Jr.

See also White House Correspondents' Association Gridiron Club National Press Club

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Radio and Television Correspondents' Association ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

In research: Radio and Television Correspondents' Association appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Radio and Television Correspondents' Association in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Radio and Television Correspondents' Association is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1939 establishments in Washington, D.C., Broadcast journalism, Journalism-related professional associations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Radio and Television Correspondents' Association outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Radio and Television Correspondents' Association in simple terms?

The Radio and Television Correspondents' Association of Washington, D.C. (RTCA) is an American broadcast journalism group of news reporters from around the world who cover the United States Congress.

Why does Radio and Television Correspondents' Association matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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