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Social Media Series Part 2 -- The Business Of Social Media
January 13, 2016
Update-1 examines the business side of social media and how it applies to journalism in part 2 of a five-part series on social media. Broadcast Committee member Jennifer Strong interviews Scott Talan, an American University social media professor, and Robinson Meyer, an associate editor who covers…
Read MoreSocial Media Series Part 1 -- The Increasing Need For Digital Platforms in Journalism
January 6, 2016
Update-1 begins 2016 by focusing on social media. In the first of a five-part series, National Press Club Board of Governors member Molly McCluskey discusses the role of digital platforms in journalism with another NPC board member, Evan McMorris-Santoro, the White House reporter for BuzzFeed News…
Read MoreWashington Press Corps Becoming More Digital And Specialized
December 4, 2015
NPC member Shannon Fisher interviews the Pew Research Center's Associate Research Director Jesse Holcomb about Pew's just-released report detailing the changing composition of the Washington Press Corps and the source of D.C.-based information that ultimately reaches local newspapers. The report,…
Read MoreTrying to Reverse Sexism In The World Of Science Journalism
November 5, 2015
Sexism is a major concern among science journalists. In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast Committee member Candace Smith interviews Deborah Blum, the director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, about gender bias and the challenges facing science writers who are women. Blum points…
Read MoreExploring The Growing Popularity Of Fair Trade Products
October 26, 2015
In this episode of Update-1, NPC member Shannon Fisher explores fair trade, a manufacturing and distribution process that closely monitors imported products and ingredients from farms to store shelves, with an emphasis on global human rights. Shannon interviews Rodney North, director of Marketing…
Read MoreCSPAN Founder Discusses The Broadcasting History That Was Made 35 Years Ago At The NPC
October 15, 2015
It was October, 1980 when CSPAN founder Brian Lamb, who was working out of the Press Club's first broadcast studio, took a call on the air from a viewer in Yankton, SD. That was the beginning of the first national regularly scheduled call in show in television broadcasting history. In this edition…
Read MoreVeteran Network Radio Reporter Talks About His New Book Highlighting A 40-Year Career
October 12, 2015
In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast Committee member Camille Bohannon talks with award-winning network radio news correspondent Bob Fuss. The 40-year radio veteran, now retired, has written a book called “Kidnapped by Nuns.’’ Born with birth defects and using crutches all his life, he…
Read MoreThe Latest In Multimedia Journalism
October 1, 2015
Many major news organizations are trying to increase, and in some case improve, their multimedia journalism ventures. This edition of Update-1 features the panel discussion held recently at the Press Club in which representatives from Reuters, McClatchy and al Jazeera discussed their latest…
Read MoreWhat Do Fashion Reporting And Political Journalism Have In Common? More Than You Think
September 17, 2015
In this edition of Update One, hosted by Broadcast Committee member Jennifer Strong, we explore the glamorous world of fashion reporting. As New York City wraps up Fashion Week, we meet two journalists helping shape the future of this beat. After 35 years of reporting for NPR News, Jacki Lyden's…
Read MorePolicy Makers Using Solution-Based Journalism To Effect Change
September 8, 2015
In this episode of Update-1, NPC member Shannon Fisher interviews award-winning journalist Daniel Heimpel about solution-based journalism. Heimpel created the Journalism for Social Change program at the University of California, Berkeley, which is a unique collaboration between UC Berkeley’s…
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