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NPC Luncheon with Goldie Hawn
Oscar-winning actress and children's advocate Goldie Hawn speaks about a science-based education program to address emotional stress among children at a National Press Club luncheon on November 5, 2013. Hawn, disturbed by increases in school violence, youth depression and suicide, founded The Hawn Foundation in 2003 to help children develop the social and emotional skills they need to lead smarter, healthier and happier lives. The foundation, working with neuroscientists, educators and psychologists, developed MindUP, a curriculum and teaching model for primary school children aimed at…
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Where Were You When Kennedy Was Shot?
Four journalists who went on to prominent careers share their experiences in Dallas on Nov. 22 1963 when Lee Harvey Oswald's shots changed their lives -- and the life of the nation -- forever. CBS News Senior Correspondent Bob Schieffer was a cub reporter on the Fort Worth Star Telegram when he answered a phone call from Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, asking for a ride to Dallas to see her son. PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer covered the arrival of Air Force One for the Dallas Times Herald before being plunged into the day's events that took him to Parkland Hospital and the Dallas police…
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NPC Luncheon with Sally Jewell
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, in the aftermath of the federal government shutdown, discusses the economic value of our nation's national parks and other public lands at a National Press Club luncheon on October 31, 2013.
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The Saturday Night Massacre - A 40-year Retrospective
The 'Saturday Night Massacre' that shook the national and started President Nixon's slide to resignation pitted power against rule of law, several of the key players said Oct. 17, 2013 at a National Press Club panel commemorating the 40th anniversary of the event. Panelists included: Bob Woodward William Ruckelshaus Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Philip Heymann Jill Wine-Banks Jim Doyle
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George Takei speaks at NPC Luncheon - Oct. 18, 2013
Actor and gay rights advocate George Takei spoke about LGBT issues at a National Press Club luncheon on October 18th, 2013. Takei, who became famous playing Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu on the Star Trek TV series and in the franchise's films, has become and outspoken advocate for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and has also been an advocate for the rights of Japanese-Americans.
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NPC Panel - Double Exposure
An October 10, 2013 National Press Club panel discusses how a mid-size city newspaper was able to unearth the extraordinary story of how an iconic photographer of the civil rights movement led a double life as an FBI informant. The panel brought to light how the Commercial Appeal newspaper in Memphis used a precedent-setting Freedom of Information Act lawsuit--and years of reporting--to piece together the facts about Ernest Withers. Withers was a photographer to whom Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders had given close access. But, it turned out, he was at the same time…
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NPC Professional Development Event - Seth Goldman, "Mission In a Bottle"
Seth Goldman, TeaEO of Honest Tea, discusses his book, "Mission in a Bottle: The Honest Guide to Doing Business Differently – and Succeeding." Gary Hirshberg, co-founder and chairman of the board of Stonyfield Farm, Inc., joined Goldman for an engaging discussion examining the challenges faced by mission-driven enterprises in a profit-driven world.
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Helen Thomas Memorial Service
Several hundred people attended the National Press Club on Oct. 5, 2013 to pay tribute to the late, groundbreaking journalist Helen Thomas. They were treated to humorous and poignant stories from a host of her prominent friends -- among them ABC News reporter Sam Donaldson, PBS "News Hour" anchor Judy Woodfuff, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, actress Diane Ladd and present "Dear Abby" columnist Jeanne Phillips.
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2013 Fourth Estate Award Gala Honoring Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell, veteran NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and host of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports, was honored as the 2013 recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, the National Press Club's most-honored prize at a gala dinner Friday, October 4. She is the 41st recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, which recognizes a journalist who has made significant contributions to the field through a lifetime of excellence.
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NPC Speakers Newsmaker with Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses annual education priorities at a Sept. 30, 2013 National Press Club Speakers' event.
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