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Why Media Literacy Is A Key Skill For Students To Learn
May 3, 2022
The group Media Literacy Now works to ensure that students learn the literacy skills they'll need to function as productive adults. The efforts of MLN in several states could impact more than 10 million children. In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast Podcast Committee member Gemma Puglisi…
Read MoreWhy Murrow Still Matters
April 20, 2022
A National Press Club Zoom event in early April that examined the career of broadcast legend Edward R. Murrow, who set the standard for broadcast journalism with his reporting from London during World War II, is the focus of this edition of Update-1. Murrow's son Casey Murrow, an honorary NPC…
Read MoreNew NPC Press Freedom Chair Highlights Threats Globally
March 30, 2022
Syria, Mexico, China and Russia are just a few of the countries where press freedom is already severely curtailed or under increasing threat, according to new National Press Club press freedom chair Rachel Oswald, who is also a reporter at CQ Roll Call in Washington, D.C. In this edition of Update-…
Read MorePutin's Control Of Russia's News Media
March 16, 2022
Lucian Kim has covered Russia and Eastern Europe since 1996 for the Christian Science Monitor and other publications. He recently moved to Washington after five years as Moscow correspondent for National Public Radio, receiving a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Interviewed by longtime…
Read MoreJournalism Institute President Gil Klein Discusses Press Freedom And Goals For This Year
March 3, 2022
The National Press Club Journalism Institute benefits not only club members but journalists and non-journalists throughout the country. The institute offers a variety of programs that enhance journalists' ability to inform the public and the public's ability to better understand what constitutes…
Read More115th NPC President Reports On Club Operations And Priorities
February 16, 2022
Highlighting press freedom, increasing media literacy and countering anti-democratic propaganda top the priorities list for Jen Judson, the 115th president of the National Press Club. In this edition of Update-1, Judson, a reporter for Defense News, spoke with Broadcast/Podcast Co-vice Chair Adam…
Read MoreAfghan Refugees Resettle in the U.S.
January 16, 2022
Tens of thousands of Afghans have been flown to the United States since the U.S. pulled its last troops out of Afghanistan at the end of August. The co-founder and chair of the Peace Corps Alliance for Cultural Understanding thinks the use of Afghan advisory groups is essential for the well-being…
Read More"House of Gucci" Author Discusses Her Book And Gucci Movie
December 8, 2021
The movie House of Gucci is off to an impressive start at the box office, taking in more than $33 million in North America in the two weeks since its release. It's based on a book written by Sara Gay Forden, the guest on the latest Update-1 podcast. Forden talks with Broadcast Podcast team member…
Read MoreVeteran Correspondent Discusses Afghanistan, Poland and The VOA
November 18, 2021
David Ensor spent three decades as a news correspondent for NPR, ABC, and CNN then turned to public service with a year at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan and then four years as director of the Voice of America. Among his overseas posts was that of ABC News Bureau Chief in Warsaw, when a Polish…
Read MoreNational Capital Radio & TV Museum Curator Discusses Collection Highlights And Lessons
November 5, 2021
The National Capital Radio and Television Museum (https://ncrtv.org/), located just east of the Capital Beltway in Bowie, Maryland, opened its doors in 1999 and contains an impressive collection of radio and television equipment, some roughly a century old. In this edition of Update-1, NPC…
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