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Freedman inaugural invokes Murrow’s journalism principles
National Press Club President Michael Freedman was sworn into office on credentials radio broadcasting legend Edward R. Murrow carried during World War II. Photo: Lorna Aldrich. Veteran broadcast journalist and professor Michael Freedman placed his left hand on the credentials Edward R. Murrow carried during World War II, raised his right hand and was sworn in as the 113th president of the National Press Club by Marvin Kalb, the last reporter personally hired by Murrow. The occasion was Freedman’s inaugural gala Jan. 18. The credentials included a pass permitting Murrow to leave the BBC…
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Member's book reveals exclusive story about National Zoo
Gorillas were one of the most sought-after species to exhibit for zoo communities and one of the most challenging to keep in captivity because not enough was known about how to raise them, National Press Club member Kara Arundel told a Book Rap on Thursday. The story of how a decades-old struggle by the Smithsonian's National Zoo to showcase gorillas and breed them in captivity met with a promising end had been unknown. In her book, Raising America's Zoo. How Two Wild Gorillas Helped Transform D.C.'s National Zoo, Arundel tells the compelling history that eventually helped 'America's Zoo' to…
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Journalism Institute’s first Annual Report shows year of growth, meaningful impact
New signature programs. Energized press freedom initiatives. An invigorated staff with big ideas. The National Press Club Journalism Institute released its first-ever Annual Report on Thursday, Jan. 16. The report highlights how the Institute aligns its activities to its mission — to promote an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press, and equip journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement. The report is available for download. The Institute’s staff and activities have grown under the leadership of executive director…
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Kodjak hands Club gavel to Freedman
The new National Press Club President, Mike Freedman, presents "10 Days in a Madhouse," a book by the first female investigative journalist, Nellie Bly, as a gift to the outgoing president, Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, at the Jan. 15 general membership meeting. Photo: Danny Selnick Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak wrapped up her National Press Club presidency and handed the gavel to Mike Freedman at the Club’s general membership meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Kodjak, investigations editor at the Associated Press, served for one year, as is typical for a Club president. Freedman, a longtime radio…
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Author shares benefits of writers’ conferences with NPC independent authors group
Austin S. Camacho, a mystery and thriller author, spoke at the Independent Authors Jan. 9 meeting at the National Press Club about the professional benefits authors gain by attending writers’ conferences. Camacho, author of the Hannibal Jones mystery series, is organizer of the annual Creatures, Crimes & Creativity (C3) Writers’ Conference in Maryland, to be held this year Aug. 28-30. He said there are two main benefits for authors and aspiring authors considering attending writers’ conferences -- improving their writing craft by learning from experienced, successful authors; and…
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NPC added to Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership
The National Press Club is one of two organizations added this year to the Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership, an ongoing initiative highlighting organizations that are working vigilantly to promote press freedom and raise awareness of the rights of journalists worldwide. In addition to providing recognition, the Press Freedom Partnership has provided support — including advertising — for the organizations' campaigns and messages. "The National Press Club has earned a reputation for spirited and effective campaigns in support of journalists detained or in trouble," said Bill McCarren,…
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Barbados prime minister presses action on climate change
Barbados PM Mia Mottley interviewed by National Press Club president Alison Kodjak Fitzgerald. Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley was interviewed by National Press Club president Alison Kodjak Fitzgerald and described what Mottley called the devastating impact of climate change: how the forecast 2.7 degree Fahrenheit rise in global temperatures in the near future will more deeply affect the island nation of Barbados and the 43 other small islands that make up the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). She described the ruinous effects of recent hurricanes, the tens of thousands who had…
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Legal panel says changes to immigration courts create barriers to justice and due process
Immigration judge Ashley Tabaddor, right, answers a question from National Press Club president Alison Kodjak. Photo: Alan Kotok An immigration lawyer, an immigration court judge and the president of the American Bar Association decried recent changes in the administration of immigration courts, calling them barriers to justice and due process, at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event Sept. 27. “Over the last three years, and in particular, the last few weeks, the Department of Justice has taken dramatic and revolutionary steps to dismantle the courts and strike at the very core of…
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Democratic candidate Williamson seeks change in budget allocations, mindsets
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson answers questions on Oct. 24th, 2019 at the National Press Club. Photos: Julie Ann Pixler Marianne Williamson, a Democratic candidate for president, advocated change in government budget allocations and mindsets at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event Oct. 24. Asked about her lack of political experience, she responded, “Experienced politicians brought us here and created Donald Trump.” She said she is advocating for the people in order to end poverty, hunger and violence. She cited three million abused children and more…
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Newt Gingrich tells audience he wrote book because he was wrong about China
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talks about his new book, “Trump vs China: Facing America’s Greatest Threat”, at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on Oct. 24. Photo: Ben Barber In conversation with National Press Club President Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak at the Club on Wednesday, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said he wrote Trump vs China: Facing America’s Greatest Threat because he was wrong thinking China would become a more open society through interaction with the democracies. Gingrich explained that China is expanding in the South China Sea, establishing control of…
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