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NPC Luncheon with Ray LaHood
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said passage of President Barack Obama's jobs bill is a "no brainer" in his Oct. 13, 2011 luncheon speech at the National Press Club. The jobs bill would create thousands of new jobs and allocate $50 billion for roads, bridges and transportation and $10 billion for an infrastructure bank, LaHood said.
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Press Club Rewind - 10.10.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: the October General Membership Meeting; GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul questions the constitutionality of drone attacks; Senator Dick Durbin attempts to curb anti-immigrant sentiment; Senator Susan Collins defends the potato; science reporters question the Obama administration's commitment to openness; and documentarian Ken Burns weighs in on Prohibition, alcoholism, and his own "research" on those subjects.
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Access Denied: Science News and Government Transparency
Has the Obama administration lived up to its promise to make science more transparent and accessible to the public? An investigation in the September/October 2011 issue of Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) finds that despite President Obama's early promise to create an open government, the nation's science reporters feel there has been little to no progress since the Bush administration. On Monday Oct. 3, 2011, the National Press Club hosted a panel of journalists and invited administration officials to critique what journalists and the government are (or aren't) doing to change that. The…
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NPC Luncheon with Ron Paul
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), candidate for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, discussed his strategies to deal with many of the nation's problems at a National Press Club luncheon on Oct. 5, 2011.
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Press Club Rewind - 10.3.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: The Family Research Council critiques the 2012 presidential candidates; Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels talks about why he's not in the running; Syrian Americans speak out against the regime in their homeland; fashion designer Mark Ecko tries to get kids interested in science and math; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reveals plans for a vertical take-off and landing spacecraft; and lobster is served at The Fourth Estate restaurant.
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NPC Luncheon with Ken Burns
Prohibition sent American progress reeling backward and led to new social ills, including bootlegging and organized crime, documentary film maker Ken Burns told a National Press Club on October 3, 2011. Burns' visit coincided with the airing of his exhaustive three-part series "Prohibition" on PBS.
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NPC Luncheon with Elon Musk
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and founder of PayPal, addressed a National Press Club luncheon on September 29, 2011. He spoke about the future of human spaceflight in advance of his company's planned Nov. 30 flight to the International Space Station, the first private mission to ISS for NASA.
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Press Club Rewind - 9.26.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: actor Denzel Washington, NBA star LeBron James, singer Ashanti and director Ron Howard boost the Boys & Girls Clubs of America; Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan promotes nutrition as part of her work on the President's Council on Fitness; novelist John Grisham accepts the first Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction; the Club's History & Heritage Committee hosts a forum on female journalists during the Civil War; and SEO expert Vanessa Fox teaches members how to best leverage Google News…
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How to Best Engage Readers Through Google News
Google's algorithms work to surface unique content that match searcher needs in both web search and Google News, but news-specific ranking takes into account additional facets such as spikes in interest, recency, and authority. Google faces additional hurdles in indexing news content. For instance, Google can't access content behind paywalls. What does that mean for syndicated and subscription content? Fortunately, Google has a number of options available for publishers, including source attribution tags, first-click free programs and more. Get the details on how Google News works and ranks…
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Press Club Rewind - 9.19.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Fiscal Commission chairs Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles urge Congress to "go big" on deficit reduction; aerospace industry leaders argue that their budget contributes to economic growth; an employment expert at Georgetown University says the national outlook is bleak for the coming years; Frank Mankiewicz, former president of National Public Radio and press secretary to Senator Robert Kennedy, opines on 24/7 news; and Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson celebrates her birthday at…
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