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NPC Newsmaker: Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin President
Mary Lou McDonald, president of the Sinn Féin political party, will speak at a National Press Club’s in-person Headliners newsmaker on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Fourth Estate. McDonald will discuss Brexit’s effect on the island nation’s economic and political stability, the rise of Sinn Féin and the prospects for reunification of Ireland. McDonald in 2018 assumed the top post after long-time Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams retired after 34 years as president. McDonald made history in June 2020 when she became the first woman to lead the opposition in the Irish parliament…
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NPC Newsmaker: Judge Lina Hidalgo, Harris County, TX
Lina Hidalgo, county judge of Harris County, Texas, will speak at a National Press Club in-person Headliners newsmaker on Tuesday, December 7 at 10 a.m. Hidalgo will deliver a speech entitled, “Deep in the Heart of Texas: How Texas’ Largest County Is Leading on Progressive Change.” Hidalgo was elected at 27 to lead the state’s most populous county, home to Houston, and oversee its $5 billion budget. She is the first woman and the first Latina to hold this office. Hidalgo, a progressive Democrat, is frequently at odds with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, clashing with him over mask mandates…
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NPC Newsmaker: Leaders of Actors’ Equity and Broadway Advocacy Coalition on challenges of reopening theater and creating more diversity onstage
Actors’ Equity Association president and actor Kate Shindle and actor Britton Smith, president of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, will discuss the challenges of reopening live theater amid the COVID-19 pandemic and progress toward making American theater more diverse and inclusive at National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. Actors’ Equity will also release a new report on how state and local grant policies and weaknesses in the National Endowment for the Arts guidelines affect efforts to increase diversity at arts organizations. Arts and cultural productions…
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NPC Newsmaker: West Virginia Attorney General Morrisey and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita to discuss Republican AGs' challenge to Clean Air Act
Update: Speakers include West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey will explain the arguments behind his state's legal challenge to the Clean Air Act at a Headliners Newsmaker event on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. Joining Morrisey is Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case, West Virginia, et al., v. Environmental Protection Agency, on Feb. 28. Several Republican-led states and coal companies have joined West Virginia to question how much authority the EPA has to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. A federal appeals court on Jan. 19, 2021 struck…
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NPC Newsmaker: Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica
Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica will address opportunities for U.S.-Jamaica cooperation at a Headliners Newsmaker on April 1 at 10:30 a.m. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jamaican independence and 60 years of diplomatic relations with the United States. Holness will discuss the development of a socio-economic model of cooperation with the U.S. to promote prosperity for the island nation while also establishing a secure "third border" for the U.S. This National Press Club Headliners event will be live in-person. To submit a question via email, put JAMAICA in the subject line…
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NPC Newsmaker: Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on Tuesday, April 19 at 2 p.m. Kendall will address the Air Force’s FY23 budget request and his vision for the department’s transformation to face future threats around the globe. As leader of both the Air Force and the Space Force, established in 2019, Kendall will also provide an update on the prospects for the newest branch of America’s Armed Forces. The U.S. Air Force this year marks its 75th anniversary. Kendall, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, previously…
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Trust Us?
News sources proliferate just as trust thins out for traditional media. What we are doing about it. Join us on June 30 for this town hall.
We’re told that lies travel faster than the truth. If that is so, what are journalists doing to prove to audiences that what they read, see and hear is based on verifiable facts? In a world of conflicting media standards, practices and ethics, news organizations must cope with more challenges to more facts by more people than ever. Journalists Sam Fulwood (Dean, School of Communication, American University) Elahe Izadi (media reporter, The Washington Post) and Terence Samuel (VP News, NPR) join PBS Public Editor Ricardo Sandoval-Palos in exploring, before a live audience, how politics and mis…
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NPC Newsmaker: Major League Baseball Players Association’s Tony Clark, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to discuss MLBPA’s growing role in the labor movement
Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), will speak at a National Press Club-sponsored Headliner event on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m., in the club’s Holeman Lounge. Clark will be joined by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. The two labor leaders will discuss recent initiatives and alliances that have thrust the MLBPA to the forefront of sports news this year. This week, the MLBPA, which represents the 1,200 players on the rosters of all 30 Major League Baseball teams, distributed union authorization cards that would allow the nation’s 5,000 minor…
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NPC Newsmaker: Ambassador Masood Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Ambassador Masood Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker event on Friday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. in the Holeman Lounge. He will discuss the recent flooding in Pakistan. The world has seen shocking video of the recent record flooding in Pakistan but the impact on the country is far greater than even these videos suggest. The number of people who are displaced, missing or dead are high and climbing rapidly. Ambassador Khan will provide a briefing on what is now known of the situation and what is projected in the short and longer term. He will discuss…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: New York City Mayor Eric Adams
New York City Mayor Eric Adams will address gun control and manufacturers at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. A former captain in the New York Police Department, Adams has been an advocate for tougher gun laws. In June testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, he called for a ban on assault weapons, among other reforms. “It is high noon in America,” Adams said in written testimony. "Time for every one of us to decide where we stand on the issue of gun violence. Time to decide if it is more important to protect the profits of gun…
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