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Mayors Mitch Landrieu and Michael Nutter address National Press Club luncheon - Sept. 26, 2013
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter addressed the National Press Club at a September 26, 2013 luncheon. The big city leaders discussed their campaign to cut the nation's murder rates, reduce gun violence and address other issues affecting the urban community.
Type: Media
NPC Speakers Breakfast with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, addressed a National Press Club breakfast on Sept. 20, 2013.
Type: Media
2013 National Press Club Centennial Spelling Bee
Beltway politicians and reporters clashed onstage at The National Press Club's Centennial Spelling Bee on September 18, 2013. Marvel at the epiglottal dexterity of the contestants! Watch the press team take a circuitous path to victory! See Sen. Tim Kaine's nonpareil triumph over Politico's Rebecca Sinderbrand to win the trophy!
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with NAACP Chief Benjamin Jealous
If history is any guide, racial profiling is ineffective, inhumane and indefensible, Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), told an Aug. 29, 2013 National Press Club luncheon. The United States is a young country, so “we have no excuse not to know our own history,” Jealous said. “When we forget our history, we repeat it. And we do so at a great price.”
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma - Sept. 17, 2013
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, Chair of the National Governors Association, laid out her 2013/14 Chair’s Initiative, "America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow’s Jobs" at a National Press Club Luncheon on Sept. 17, 2013. The yearlong initiative is set to spotlight improving education and workforce training systems and aligning those systems with the needs of individual state economies.
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NPC Spelling Bee: Pols vs. Press - Sept. 18, 2013
Lawmakers and journalists are getting ready to take the stage for that most American of showdowns: a spelling bee. And the public may not get another chance to see such a spectacle for a century. One hundred years ago, the National Press Club organized a similar spelling bee, pitting members of Congress against Beltway reporters. In 1913, President Wilson attended, a member of his Cabinet moderated and an Ohio congressman won. Now the lawmakers have a chance to solidify their supreme spelling skills; the journalists have a shot at redemption. On Sept. 18, 2013, the Press Club is reprising the…
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NPC Luncheon with Thomas Frieden
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is worried about coughs. In his Sept. 10, 2013 talk at the National Press Club, Frieden cataloged the many types of health threats posed by the many new, deadly, sometimes drug-resistant pathogens loose in today's interconnected global environment. "A virus anywhere is just a plane ride away," Frieden said, and "most of our seafood, fruits and vegetables, and our medication supply comes from other countries."
Type: Media
Newsreel: Alfred Hitchcock visits The National Press Club in 1963
Legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock speaks about "The Birds" in this 1963 Universal-International News newsreel.
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NPC Panel - Government Public Affairs Offices: More Hindrance Than Help?
The National Press Club hosted a panel on August 12, 2013 to debate whether federal public-affairs offices hinder more than help the cause of open government. The panel included a number of experts from the fields of journalism, public relations and academia who can give voice to multiple perspectives.
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2013 NPC Journalism Awards Dinner
Full video from the 2013 National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner. Among the honorees: SCOTUSblog wins the Breaking News Award for its coverage of the Supreme Court's health care ruling, and Time Magazine's Michael Scherer wins a top award for political analysis.
Type: Media