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NPR's "All Things Considered" Co-Host Talks About Reporting From North Korea
What challenges do journalists face when reporting from a secretive regime like North Korea? National Public Radio's Mary Louise Kelly recently visited North Korea to cover the 70th anniversary of the country's founding. She referred to her official guide as a "one-man journalism prevention service." Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Tom Young spoke with her about practicing journalism in a country that tries to place strict controls on all information going in and out.
Type: Media
The International Center For Journalists In The Digital Age
The International Center for Journalists was founded in 1984 by three veteran editors who sought to help jump start an independent press in emerging nations, including those emerging from home-grown dictatorship. Joyce Barnathan, the organization’s president for the last 12 years. is a former Moscow correspondent for Newsweek, and Hong-Kong-based Asia editor for Business Week. Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Irv Chapman interviews her on ICFJ's work around the world, from South Asia to South America. They discuss how the organization has changed its focus since the digital age dawned, how…
Type: Media
First Defence Media Dinner Presents Journalism Excellence Awards At NPC
The inaugural Defence Media Dinner (Defence with a C due to the event’s British organizer) was held this year at the National Press Club on Sunday, October 7, the eve of the annual Association of the U.S. Army trade show at the Washington Convention Center. NPC Broadcast/Podcast Team member Adam Konowe, head of the judging panel, was at the event founded by aerospace and defense industry veteran Peter Bradfield. Konowe interviewed Bradfield, along with journalism judge and communications executive Chris Stellwag of CAE, right after the awards concluded.
Type: Media
Head Of Ukraine’s Independent Association Of Broadcasters Discusses Press Freedom Threats
Ukrainian journalists trying to deliver news about their country’s existential struggles with aggression from Russia and corruption at home are facing their own battles: oligarchic control of media, increasing restrictions on press freedom and even attacks on journalists. In this episode of Update-1, NPC member Viola Gienger, a journalist who has trained and consulted for independent media in Ukraine and across the region, interviews Kateryna Myasnikova, executive director of the Independent Association of Broadcasters (IAB), to discuss the state of media and press freedoms in a Ukraine at…
Type: Media
The 50-Year History Of "60 Minutes"
It's one of the most successful programs in television history, and on March 27 the 50-year history of "60 Minutes" was recognized at the National Press Club. "60 Minutes" Executive Producer Jeff Fager and Correspondent Bill Whitaker discussed the show's past and future in a discussion that was moderated by former CBS Radio Network News General Manager and NPC Board member Michael Freedman. This episode of Update-1 features part of that conversation.
Type: Media
USAF Public Affairs Restrictions to Hinder Press Coverage
New training requirements for U.S. Air Force public affairs officials and their commanders could have a chilling effect not just on investigative journalism, but on more benign coverage as well. In this edition of Update-1, NPC Broadcast/Podcast Team member Adam Konowe interviews Jill Aitoro, executive editor of Defense News about this development, one in a series undertaken by the Defense Department in the last year and a half. Aitoro also addresses the potential development of a stand-alone military space corps, as well as the evolution of trade and mainstream journalism over the past…
Type: Media
A Conversation With Former NBC Reporter and White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen
After serving as war correspondent for NBC News during the Vietnam conflict and later as the network's Washington D.C. correspondent in the 1970s, Ron Nessen moved on to become press secretary for President Gerald Ford from 1974-1977. In this edition of Update-1, NPC Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Lincoln Smith interviews Nessen about his books, “It Sure Looks Different From the Inside” and “Making the News, Taking the News.” Whether discussing his near fatal wounding while in Vietnam or serving the president of the United States, Ron highlights his storied career, amidst two of the most…
Type: Media
Update-1 Reaches 100 Episodes
In October, 2013 the first Update-1 podcast was published. Since then it has been an integral part of the National Press Club, giving a voice to issues pertaining to press freedom, journalism and communication. Now, a little more than four years later, we're celebrating our 100th episode. IN this edition Broadcast/Podcast Committee co-vice chairs Mike Hempen and Adam Konowe look back at ten podcasts that exemplify what Update-1 has become. Since the beginning of Update-1, committee members often have come up with the podcast topic, researched the subject, booked the guest and conducted the…
Type: Media
South Korea: A conversation with Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies At The Council On Foreign Relations
In his most recent book, South Korea at the Crossroads, Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers, Scott Snyder charts a course for America and South Korea in the years ahead. In this episode of Update-1, NPC Broadcast/Podcast Team member Lincoln Smith interviews Snyder about the essentials of his new work, which spotlights South Korea’s complex relationships with both the United States and China. Interpretive and in-depth, the book also explores South Korea’s significance as a nation, seemingly possessing an often conflicting desire to be independent, yet maintaining a deep need for…
Type: Media
A Career In Writing: From Journalism To Fiction
Tom Young is a former Associated Press broadcast editor and reporter who has leveraged an accomplished military and commercial aviation career to write fiction and non-fiction. In this episode of Update-1, NPC broadcast/podcast team member Adam Konowe asks Tom about making the jump from journalism to fiction, as well as his perspective on media coverage of global conflicts and commercial airline incidents. Tom also shares his approach to writing fiction and what would-be authors should know before they try their hand at it.
Type: Media