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'Shocking the Conscience': Simeon Booker raps about book at National Press Club
Simeon Booker, the second African-American to become a National Press Club member, a Fourth Estate winner, a Golden Owl, the first African-American reporter for the Washington Post and Jet Magazine's White House correspondent for a half-century, discussed his book Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement at at an NPC Book Rap on April 9. Booker and his wife and co-author, Carol McCabe Booker, were interviewed about their book by Joe Madison, known to listeners of SiriusXM radio as “The Black Eagle.” Booker was one of the great reporters of the civil-rights…
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Tennis great Chris Evert plans address at National Press Club Luncheon May 7
Tennis great Chris Evert, ranked the world’s number one tennis player for seven years, will explain how tennis can have a positive impact on communities at a National Press Club Luncheon May 7. Tickets may be purchased by clicking here. Tickets cost $21 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase two tickets at this price) and $35 for all other non-member tickets. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. For questions, please e-mail [email protected] or call (202)662–7501. Evert, the publisher of Tennis Magazine and lead tennis anchor for ESPN’s coverage of top tennis…
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Scottish First Minister predicts independence from United Kingdom at Press Club Newsmaker
While Scotland -- if it achieves independence from the United Kingdom following the 2014 referendum on that issue -- "will never be a global superpower, it will be a good global citizen," Alex Salmond, the first minister of Scotland, told an April 10 National Press Club Newsmaker. An independent Scotland will carry with it far-reaching economic, legal, political and security consequences for all of the U.K., Salmond said Scotland, he said, would have to review its relationships with the rest of the world, including its priorities in foreign and diplomatic affairs and its memberships in…
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Successful innovators have Ninja qualities, CEA president says at National Press Club event
Today's most successful business innovators embrace the same qualities that defined the historical and mythical Ninja clans, including discipline, mission-oriented strategy, adaptability, decisiveness and a will to win, said Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association. Shapiro discussed his new book, Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses on April 3 at the National Press Club. As head of the Consumer Electronics Association and its influential annual trade show, the International Consumer Electronics Show, Shapiro has worked…
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Mayo Clinic CEO calls for reimbursement reforms at National Press Club Luncheon
Dr. John H. Noseworthy, president and chief executive officer of the Mayo Clinic, called for scrapping the current federal reimbursement system for Medicare and Medicaid patients at a National Press Club Luncheon address April 9 and replacing it with one that rewards health care providers who use the most effective and cost-efficent treatments. The U.S. "faces perhaps the most profound challenge in its history" regarding health care as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," Noseworthy said. Congress and the administration should repeal the…
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NPC President plans to moderate FOIA panel on Wednesday, April 17 at noon
National Press Club President Angela Greiling Keane plans to moderate a panel on the Freedom of Information Act on Wednesday, April 17 at noon in the NPC's Reliable Sources' McClendon Room. No reservations are required for the free and open to the public event. The panel is sponsored by the American Women Writers National Museum.org. Appearing with Greiling Keane is Lucy Dalglish, dean of the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, and Angela Canterbury, public policy director at the Project on Government Oversight. Canterbury has testified on FOIA issues before a…
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Actor Richard Belzer plans Press Club Book Rap on deaths of JFK assassination witnesses
Actor Richard Belzer, also known as Detective John Munch on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, plans to discuss and sign copies of his co-authored new book Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination on May 6, 6:30 p.m. at the National Press Club in the Ballroom. Registration is required at here. Tickets are free for NPC members and $5.00 for non-members. The author will only sign copies purchased through the National Press Club so no outside books are allowed. This event is a fundraiser for the National Press Club Journalism…
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Learn how to navigate campaign finance filings Friday, April 12 at 9 a.m.
Just before a big week of campaign finance filings at the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the National Press Club plans to host a panel of political-data experts offering tips on navigating the records and story ideas to be culled from them. The panel is scheduled for Friday, April 12 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. The cost is $5 for Press Club members, $10 for non-members. Register here. Representatives of the FEC, the Center for Responsive Politics, Bloomberg News and the Sunlight Foundation will lead the discussion. During the week of April 15, the FEC will receive…
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NPC member raps about 'Color Blind: The Forgotten Team that Broke Baseball’s Color Line'
Well before Jackie Robinson took to the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 becoming the first African-American to play Major League Baseball since a ban on black players had been imposed in 1880s, a semi-professional baseball team was integrated. National Press Club member Tom Dunkel appeared at an April 4 Book & Author Committee Book Rap to discuss his just-published first book, Color Blind: The Forgotten Team that Broke Baseball's Color Line. In Color Blind, Dunkel tells the story a baseball team in Bismarck, N.D., that was integrated during the 1930s. The book opens the door to a…
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Nestle executive forecasts growth in bottled water despite environmental concerns
The consumption of bottled water will overtake that of carbonated soft drinks in the next five or six years, according to Kim Jeffery, chairman of Nestle Waters of North America, at a National Press Club Newsmaker April 4. “The ascendancy of a water-drinking generation is one of the biggest things to happen in this country in the last 50 years, beginning now, ”Jeffery said. “Over 73 percent of America drinks bottled water.” Jeffery added, “while the percentage of Americans drinking soft drinks continues to decrease." “Bottled water is the only packaged beverage which has negatively affected…
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