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The Kalb Report - The Fight for Freedom of the Press
Livestream will begin April 8 at 12:00pm ET. About the Program: The White House has launched an all-out war against the press terming several news organizations, including CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, and The New York Times, the “enemy of the American people,” and their work, “fake news.” The president’s chief strategist has called the press “the opposition party” and has said the media should “keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while.” On Saturday, April 8, CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Washington Post political reporter David Fahrenthold join Marvin Kalb to discuss coverage of the new…
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Cyber Security for Journalists - Panel Discussion
Cyber Security for Journalists - Panel Discussion
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DC Open Government Summit and Reception
"A Woman's Job" with Noor Tagouri
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NPC Newsmaker with Democratic Congressional Leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer
A day before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer will offer a prebuttal to the President’s speech at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 2 p.m., Mon., Feb. 27, in the Club’s First Amendment Lounge. National Press Club President Jeff Ballou will serve as the moderator.Pelosi has led the House Democrats since 2003 and was the first woman elected to be Speaker of the House; Schumer became Democratic leader in January with the retirement of Sen. Harry Reid.The two top Democrats have supported…
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NPC Luncheon with Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will deliver a major speech entitled “Lessons from the New South” at a National Press Club Luncheon on Weds., Sept. 2.Haley is the youngest governor in the country and the first female and first minority governor in South Carolina history. Last year she was re-elected by the largest margin of victory for a South Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 24 years.Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $23 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase two…
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NPC Breakfast with NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Terry Virts
NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Terry Virts will discuss their mission work aboard the International Space Station at a National Press Club newsmaker breakfast on Monday, Sept. 14. Terry Virts is the most recent U.S. astronaut to return from the station.The astronauts will discuss their work, which includes a nearly year-long twins study with astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly, ongoing cooperation with other countries and the road to a possible 2030 mission to Mars. The event will be, in part, a “breakfast from outer space,” as the Club has arranged for a videolink with astronaut Scott Kelly –-…
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Editors & Digital Journalists
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NPC Luncheon with Rev. John Richard Bryant, Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Right Rev. John Richard Bryant, senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will discuss the Charleston, S.C., church shootings at a National Press Club luncheon on Aug. 12.At a prayer vigil after the shootings, Bryant invoked the African-American legacy of resilience, saying the shooting suspect, Dylann Roof, had ‘picked the wrong place and the wrong crowd.’ He then railed against gun violence in American society.In addition to serving as senior bishop, Bryant is the presiding prelate of the AME church’s Fourth Episcopal District.Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with…
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Jason Rezaian Case
One year ago, on July 22, 2014, Iranian Security Forces swarmed Jason Rezaian’s home with no warning and took him to prison where he was held without charges. For months he was interrogated and kept in solitary confinement with inadequate medical care and no access to a lawyer. Jason has been held in Iranian prison for nearly a year – three times longer than any other Western journalist. Jason was not allowed to select his own attorney or see his case file. His lawyer is forbidden to discuss the case and has only been allowed to meet briefly with Jason to review the case. The trial session…
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NPC Luncheon with Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and nearly wiped out New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu will report on New Orleans’ emergence as a model of urban renewal and economic recovery at a National Press Club luncheon on August 18. Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005, is the costliest disaster in United States history. When the levees failed, 80 percent of the city was flooded and hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and more than 1,800 persons died. Today, New Orleans is one of the fastest growing major cities in the nation. “We are…
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