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2011 NPC Journalism Awards Ceremony
The Washington Post won two first-place awards, while The Seattle Times, The Salt Lake Tribune, McClatchy Newspapers and The Wall Street Journal won one apiece in the annual National Press Club journalism awards competition. PBS was among the broadcast winners. MSNBC.com and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting won for their online journalism and outstanding multimedia reporting. In a special tribute, NPC President Hamrick presented a lifetime achievement Presidential Citation to Richard C. Hottelet. He is the last surviving member of the "Murrow Boys", part of the legendary CBS News crew…
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Press Club Rewind - 8.15.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Students for Concealed Carry on Campus host a debate on second amendment rights, and The 2011 National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner celebrates a pioneer of radio broadcasting, a new generation of TV war correspondents, foreign correspondents, political analysts, local TV reporters, columnists, web journalists, investigative reporters, and budding student journalists.
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Lara Logan and Dorothy Parvaz Accept The 2011 John Aubuchon Award
Each year, the National Press Club confers its John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award on two people whose actions contribute to the cause of press freedom and open government. Aubuchon was a late NPC president and an ardent advocate of press freedom. This year's honorees both covered the uprisings in the Mideast and both faced horrific repression. The international winner of the Aubuchon prize was Dorothy Parvaz of al Jazeera, who was detained in brutal prisons filled with political detainees in Syria and Iran. The domestic winner was Lara Logan of CBS News and 60 Minutes, who was attacked by a…
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Press Club Rewind - 8.8.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Syrian-American activists brief reporters about their meeting with Secretary Clinton; Former NPR host Juan Williams reflects on the backlash of "expressing his personal fears"; Ray Suarez joins The Abu Dhabi Gallup Center to release a report documenting that American Muslims are patriotic; and former Senator Bob Graham talks about how his time on the 9/11 Commission inspired his new novel that examines Saudi Arabia's part in the attacks.
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NPC Newsmaker: WTC Redevelopment
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Executive Director Chris Ward discussed the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and previewed what the future holds for the new symbol of national resilience. Ward detailed the critical decisions made to ensure the National 9/11 Memorial will open by the 10th anniversary, the major developments over the past year and what to expect on the 10th anniversary and in the future.
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NPC Luncheon with Jim Nicholson
Jim Nicholson, former Secretary of Veteran Affairs, spoke about improvements being made to services provided to veterans returning from combat at the National Press Club on April 24, 2007.
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NPC Luncheon with Charles Rangel
New York Representative, Charles Rangel, visited the Press Club on April 17, 2007 to speak on the issue of restoring bipartisanship in a divided Congress. He also discussed issues that his committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, was facing at the time dealing with a split Congress. He focused on members of Congress developing working relationships with those of the opposite parties. During the question and answer session, Rangel also touched on topics such as military spending, trade, and the budget.
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NPC Luncheon with Edward Whitacre
Former Chairman and CEO of SBC Communications Inc., Edward Whitacre, spoke at the National Press Club on May 16, 2001 about competition in the broadband industry. He discussed the introduction of broadband technology and the condition of the competition in the telecommunication industry. Among the topics he talked about: Potential introduction of legislation to encourage competition in the broadband industry, consumer access to broadband communication, and the impacts of regulation on competition.
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NPC Luncheon with Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston, television series Law & Order actor, came to the Press Club on April 25, 2007 to discuss his support of Unity08, a political movement to elect a bipartisan president. He also talked about the convention by which the candidates would be considered.
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Press Club Rewind - 8.1.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann speaks at a luncheon event; Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with PTSD win a class action lawsuit; The Rand Corporation issues a report criticizing America's reaction to terror post-9/11; Port Authority Director Christopher Ward outlines plans for the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center; Dr. Lisa Anderson, President of the American University in Cairo, gives her first-hand account of the Egyptian uprising; and "K Street…
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