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Panels say social media platforms pose quandaries for regulation and monitoring
Legal and media experts presented the quandaries social media platforms pose for government regulators, self- monitoring by the platforms themselves, journalists and third-party monitoring during a symposium at the National Press Club Thursday. The event, which included two panels, was co-sponsored by the Club’s Journalism Institute and the University of Missouri's schools of law and journalism. Keynote speaker Brian Stelter, chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide, identified the challenge, “The real world and the virtual world have merged.” Opening the legal panel’s discussions, David…
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Kudlow lauds economic expansion, says Trump policies will bring more growth
Larry Kudlow, director of the inter-agency National Economics Council in the Trump administration, cheered continued economic expansion since the 2008 recession with a stream of economic statistics and indicators at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Tuesday in the Holeman Lounge. Kudlow credited Trump administration policies for his expectation of continued good news on the economy and stuck by his prediction of 3% growth, while acknowledging many mainstream economists disagree. President Donald Trump is rebuilding the economy by changing psychology with his exuberance and…
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Earth Day’s founding organizer promises historic action on event’s 50th anniversary
Earth Day co-founder Denis Hayes expects next year’s 50th anniversary of the annual event will spur a record-breaking level of activism. “The 50th anniversary of Earth Day next year will be the largest, most diverse action, I believe, in human history,” Hayes said during a briefing Monday at the National Press Club. Pointing to the growing urgency surrounding the global threats posed by climate change, Hayes said that the Earth Day Network is prepared to engage with over 3 billion people in 190 countries through a series of mass events, digital canvassing and educational programs across the…
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Chung and Povich banter over careers, news evolution and celebrity at "Legends of Broadcasting" dinner series
Washington natives Connie Chung and Maury Povich bantered their way through a question-and-answer session as the latest guests in the National Press Club Broadcast & Podcast Team's "Legends of Broadcasting" dinner series on April 17. Perhaps hoping, unsuccessfully, to avoid questions from the 30 attendees in the Club's Winner's Room, each had brought questions to ask the other. He, a former WWDC Radio newsman and WTTG Sports Director and she, a former WTTG newsroom secretary, writer and reporter, married in 1984. The couple now lives in New York -- Povich refers to it as being "held…
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Kalb Report: Apollo 11’s Michael Collins reflects on the Earth and the Moon 50 Years after historic space mission
As he rocketed toward the moon in his epic flight 50 years ago, astronaut Michael Collins recalled that what beguiled him most was not the pale lunar surface getting nearer. He had seen that all his life. What captivated him, he told moderator Marvin Kalb at The Kalb Report on Monday, was “looking back over my shoulder at planet Earth.” He had spent his whole life on it, but seeing it afresh, glittering in the sunlight with the brilliant blue seas, the white clouds and the green and brown land masses gave him a new appreciation for home. “I don’t know why, but I felt that I was looking at…
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Photojournalist, freed from prison, describes repression in Bangladesh
The government of Bangladesh has created a “climate of fear” for reporters and concerned citizens, a renowned Bangladeshi photojournalist told a National Press Club audience Thursday. But, Shahidul Alam added, “While fear is contagious, so is courage.” Alam has earned international fame for his own bravery in the face of brutal conditions. He was named a Time magazine “person of the year” in 2018. Bangladeshi authorities imprisoned Alam last August and he remained in jail for more than 100 days. He was beaten in captivity, he said. The authorities have charged him with incitement to violence…
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RFK’s civility, eloquence a lesson for today’s politicians, daughter says
Robert F. Kennedy’s ability to win over hostile crowds and be civil during debates would serve politicians well in the present day, his daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said during a Book Event at the National Press Club Wednesday evening. Townsend said Kennedy’s willingness to take on difficult opponents, like mob bosses or hostile crowds calling for civil rights, showed he wanted to engage with everyone and use civility while doing so. Along with co-author and editor Rick Allen, she discussed their book, “RFK: His Words For Our Times,” which collates Robert Kennedy’s speeches and…
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Two figures in Virginia Tech shooting -- a survivor and a reporter -- revisit the massacre at NPC event
“I belong to a club no one wants to belong to,” said Kristina Anderson at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event April 4. She’s among the survivors of the mass shooting 12 years ago at Virginia Tech. As the anniversary of the massacre approaches, Anderson reflected on the shooting -- the largest in history at a college campus -- at the Club event along with former Richmond Times-Dispatch journalist Thomas Kapsidelis. Their lives intersected on April 16, 2007. Andersen was in French class in Norris Hall at the Blacksburg, Va., school when the shots rang out. The shooter wounded her three…
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U.S. must 'do better' to stop unjust detainment of Americans abroad, says panel
The United States must become more effective in holding foreign nations and groups accountable for crimes against Americans unjustly detained abroad, agreed panelists at a National Press Club Journalism Institute event Tuesday. “We must do better,” said Diane Foley, president and founder of the James W. Foley Foundation named after her murdered son. Foley appeared on a panel that included Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post journalist who was imprisoned 544 days in Iran, and Brett McGurk, the diplomat who negotiated his release. “We must find ways to have the backs of our brave Americans—as…
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For women journalists, the times are better, Cokie Roberts tells 'Kalb Report'
With all of the talk about sexual harassment in business and politics, veteran newswoman Cokie Roberts told host Marvin Kalb at Monday night's taping of "The Kalb Report" at the National Press Club that conditions for women in journalism are much improved now than they were when she launched her career in the mid-1960s. “It is night and day different from when I went into the news business,” said Roberts, a mainstay in National Public Radio since 1978 and ABC News since 1988, as well as a contributor to PBS NewsHour. “At that point you had men saying to you, ‘We don’t hire women to do that…
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