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Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards
After introductions, former President Ford presented the 1996 Gerald R. Ford Foundation journalism prizes. Each prize winner gave a short speech and former President Ford gave a short speech and took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
U.S.-British Relations
The foreign minister talked about talked about British politics, the European Community, the stability of Eastern Europe, U.S.-British trade and other topics.
Type: Media
Welfare Reform
After a brief statement about innovations and reforms of welfare programs in Wisconsin, Governor Thompson took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
U.S. Korea Relations
Ambassador Laney spoke reviewed the historic role of the U.S. in the Korean peninsula. He then spoke about the present and future relations among the U.S. and North and South Korea. He emphasized that U.S. and South Korean policy toward North Korea must move beyond deterrence of aggression to more constructive relations. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience of reporters.
Type: Media
Wall Street's Wisdom
Wearing fool's caps with bells, the Gardner brothers talked about their on-line investing and personal finance service called "The Motley Fool." They described creating this service, which is part of America OnLine, saying it is more personal than Wall Street investment counselors. They also have authored a book on personal investing. Following their prepared remarks, they took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
International Refugee Issues
Ms. Ogata talked about the issue of caring for the 27 million refugees worldwide. She described examples of successful repatriation, such as in Cambodia. She took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Human Rights Issues
High Commissioner Lasso spoke about his work in this office since 1994 and his recent trip to the former Yugoslavia to oversee the work of the war crimes tribunal there. He emphasized that there is an international consensus which makes his work possible. After his remarks, he took questions from the press.
Type: Media
Women in National Press Club
Ms. Freidan presented the Women, Men and Media Award to Ms. Thomas, who then discussed the 25th anniversary of women's admission to the National Press Club. Following her prepared remarks she took questions from the audience on various aspects of her career.
Type: Media
African-American Male Status in Society
After reading a passage from the Book of Isiah, Mr. Young spoke about the crisis within the African-American community, about which a commission, of which he is a member, conducted a survey. He outlined the complex nexus of interrelating factors in U.S. society, such as the breakdown of families, education and unemployment problems, that have fostered the anger and alienation so prevalent among African-American males. After his prepared remarks, he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Future of the Arts in a Downsized World
Ms. Sills, a former opera singer, spoke about the role of the arts in an era of government and corporate downsizing. She emphasized that the artistic community will always struggle to find talent, money and an audience, but that it will succeed as long as there are people and institutions who believe art is an integral part of the human experience. After her prepared remarks, she took questions from the audience.
Type: Media