Update-1 Podcast
Past Episodes
D.C. Councilmember Pinto Discusses Helping Business Recover From COVID-19
June 13, 2022
The coronavirus is in its third year, yet two subvariants are becoming more prominent in the U.S., and some health experts think there could be a surge in cases this fall. Washington, D.C. Ward 2 councilmember Brooke Pinto has ideas on how to help businesses that have suffered as a result of COVID…
Read MoreA Former Moscow Correspondent Discusses Putin and The Ukraine Invasion
May 15, 2022
What motivates Russian President Vladimir Putin? In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast Podcast team member Lincoln Smith discusses Putin and the Russian people with David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times and a former special correspondent on Soviet affairs for The Wall…
Read MoreWhy 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-…
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