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Documentary chronicles Afghan war through eyes of a young boy
A documentary chronicling a boy's journey from childhood to adolescence in war-torn Afghanistan "represents the potential for Afghanistan's future," Anglo-American filmmaker Phil Grabsky told a Nov. 10 Newsmaker. Grabsky in his documentary film "The Boy Mir" follows a young boy for nearly a decade beginning in 2002 to the present. As Afghanistan convulses with war, Mir grows from an impish boy of 8 to an old-beyond-his-years teenager. Despite "the poverty, the slow recovery from war and the ever-present Taliban threat," Grabsky said Mir shows "a determination and resolve that offers a…
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CBS' Logan urges deeper coverage of foreign conflicts at Kalb Report
Reporters need to spend more time on the ground in conflict zones to get the real war stories, CBS New chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan in a wide-ranging conversation with Marvin Kalb at Monday's Kalb Report. Logan minced no words. Logan, who is also a correspondent for 60 Minutes, offered tough assessments of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the deterioration of international news coverage and the treatment Gen. Stanley McCrystal suffered at the hands of the news media. And she talked about the impact the near-fatal attack on her while covering the Arab Spring uprising in…
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French candidate Le Pen: World economic system needs reform
Without major reforms, the world's economies will plunge into at least a decade of instability, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Wednesday at a National Press Club Newsmaker. The world's largest economies, particular the Euro Zone, are “completely out of control,” Le Pen said. Le Pen said those economies should adopt a shared body of rules that would manage global financial markets, including establishment of a "poly-metallic standard" that would eliminate currency speculation. Countries should also legally separate deposit banks and investment banks by adopting laws similar…
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NBC icon Brokaw sees new journalism technology shaping America’s future
One of the forces shaping the future of the United States is today’s “extraordinary change in journalism,” retired NBC News legend Tom Brokaw said at a Nov. 3 National Press Club luncheon. The explosion of new journalistic technology “has created an entirely new universe,” said Brokaw, who anchored “NBC Nightly News” from 1982-2005 and also hosted ‘The Today Show” and “Meet the Press.” His new book is “The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation about America.” “I find it exceptionally exciting,” he said of journalism's evolution. “There is a richer menu of information out there than there ever…
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Tibetan leader urges U.S. to pressure China to resume dialogue
Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, urged the United States to pressure China to resume talks aimed at peaceful resolution of its issues with Tibet at a Nov. 2 Newsmaker. His appeal came in his first public appearance in Washington and on the eve of his testimony on Capitol Hill. He said he had been meeting with members of Congress. "We believe in non-violence," he said. When asked if he would accept an invitation to Beijing, he said, "We are willing to have dialogue anytime anywhere. We have envoys who met with the Chinese for seven years but none has been…
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Cain denies sexual harassment, touts tax plan, sings spiritual at Club luncheon
GOP presidential contender Herman Cain rebutted a sexual harassment allegation, asserted that his tax plan would revitalize the country and sang a spiritual a cappella at a sold out National Press Club luncheon on Oct. 31. Club President Mark Hamrick began the Q&A portion of the event by asking Cain about allegations that he sexually harrassed two staff members when he was chief executive of the the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Politico reported on Oct. 30 that the organization paid the former staffers to settle the claim. “I would be delighted to clear the air,” Cain…
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PBS NewsHour's Jim Lehrer roasted, toasted at emotional Fourth Estate Award Dinner
Legendary newsman Jim Lehrer of PBS' NewsHour, careening between tears of laughter and gratitude, accepted the National Press Club's most prestigious award Friday night, Oct. 28, with praise for his co-anchor of 38 years and the PBS staff. "It takes 18 people just to get me to say 'Good evening' and another 18 more to keep me from making a fool of myself," Lehrer said as he accepted the Fourth Estate Award at the gala dinner in his honor. The National Press Club honored Lehrer for his work on the NewsHour and his role as the most renowned moderator of 11 presidential debates in six elections…
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Levin declares broadcast news delivery ‘stale’ at Club luncheon
The news media needs to change the way it delivers content because the decades-old style of broadcast journalism is stale, Harvey Levin, creator of the celebrity news website TMZ.com, told a National Press Club luncheon Oct. 24. “I think there is a good chance that a lot of people here will be put out of work if the people who run this delivery system don’t change it and don’t change it quickly,” Levin said. Broadcast journalism doesn’t have to use the same formula devised 40 years ago with an anchor, reporter and a prepared package of sound and video footage, said Levin, executive producer…
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Times Square 'Eat In' launches nationwide push for healthier diets, sustainable food production
An "eat in" in Times Square at noon Oct. 24 will launch a nationwide campaign to promote healthy eating and an environmentally sustainable food industry, Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said at an Oct. 19 Newsmaker. The event, Food Day, will be proclaimed by mayors in more than 30 cities, including San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Louis and Seattle. More than 1800 events are scheduled for the day, which will become an annual event. Although Americans have an "extraordinarily abundant and affordable food…
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Natalie Cole leads battle against Hepatitis C
Nine-time Grammy winner Natalie Cole appealed to an Oct. 19 National Press Club luncheon audience to join her and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman in their battle against chronic Hepatitis C. The Los Angeles-born daughter of the late legendary musician, Nat King Cole, branded herself a victim of the hippie drug culture of the 1970s, which engaged in "doing things we thought were fun." She said it took more than 20 years before she learned from a medical examination that she had the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) that infects more than four million Americans. "I had no idea what I was…
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