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Labor leader predicts government shutdown
A national labor leader predicted that the government will shutdown at the end of the week at an April 5 Newsmaker. John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, and a 25-year veteran of the labor movement, said shuttering the government could be a good thing. "If it takes a government shutdown for a serious discussion, maybe that’s what needs to happen," he said. He also accused certain members of Congress of imposing their beliefs on targeted government agencies. "It is a hoax. It has not thing to do with the deficit, it’s an ideological victory game,"…
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Hospital executive says academic medical centers contribute breakthroughs
Academic medical centers have produced breakthroughs in medicine but could be threatened by the health care reform law, Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and chief exeuctive of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, said at a March 31 Newsmaker. The centers are the “jewels in the crown of American medicine,” he said, referring to a quote by the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. They “reach profoundly into the lives of millions of people, with lifesaving treatments.” Academic medical centers “hold the promise of tomorrow’s medical advances,” Pardes said. “Often, academic centers pierce frontiers and try…
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Jim Lehrer of PBS wins 2011 Fourth Estate Award
Jim Lehrer, who has set a standard of broadcast excellence at PBS for more than 35 years, has been selected as the winner of the National Press Club’s 2011 Fourth Estate Award, the highest honor presented by the world’s leading professional organization for journalists. “Jim Lehrer has embodied the time-tested core values of journalism dating back to when many people had only black and white screens and continuing through today's era of high definition television and social media,” said Club President Mark Hamrick, after the Club’s Board of Governors chose Lehrer for the honor. “Amid the…
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Please Welcome 16 New Members
The Board of Governors approved 16 membership applications at its meeting Dec. 13. JournalistBruce Edwards – Canadian Broadcasting Corp., producer and manager, U.S. operations; Merrill Goozner – The Fiscal Times, senior correspondent; Liz Skinner – Crain Communications, reporter Journalist Non-ResidentChristopher Deliso (Plymouth, Mass.) – Balkanalysis.com, online news provider; Peter Ennis (Syosset, N.Y.) – Weekly Toyo Keizai, U.S. correspondent and columnist; William Nojay (Avon, N.Y.) – WYSL, 1040 AM, Radio Livingston LP, partner, reporter and show host Journalist Young MemberNicolas Bock…
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Hoyer Says House Will OK Tax Cuts with Amendments
Out-going House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the House will pass President Obama’s tax compromise bill, but Democrats will offer amendments to reduce breaks for estates and the wealthy. At a Newsmaker press conference Dec. 13, Hoyer said that while the middle-class tax cuts will help the economy, breaks for the rich will have minimal value. He was particularly critical of raising the estate tax break to $5 million, which he said exempts “just the 39,000 wealthiest Americans” who “do not need” tax assistance. Hoyer called recent tax negotiations mixed, adding that “an issue we…
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Mark Hamrick, AP Broadcast Journalist, Elected Club President
Associated Press broadcast journalist Mark Hamrick was elected the National Press Club's 104th president Dec, 10. He will take office during the annual membership meeting Jan. 21, 2011, succeeding Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg News correspondent, for a one-year term. Club members also elected Keith Hill, BNA, vice president; Joel Whitaker, Kane's Beverage News Daily, secretary; Myron Belkind, retired Associated Press foreign correspondent who now teaches journalism at George Washington University, treasurer; and Angela Greiling Keane, Bloomberg News, membership secretary. All were elected for one-…
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Bjerga Featured in Alumni Magazine
Club President Alan Bjerga was the featured alumni profile in this month's issue of Minnesota magazine, the alumni publication of the University of Minnesota. Bjerga, who received a master's degree in mass communication from the university in 1998, discusses Lutheran church potlucks, former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, and the growth and vitality of journalism and the National Press Club. Click here to read it.
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Club Welcomes World Press Freedom Day May 3
The National Press Club is honored to be the central site of the global observance of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Club President Alan Bjerga said. The program, under the theme, "21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers," will be held May 1-3, 2011 in Washington, with events on May 3 -- when World Press Freedom Day is officially observed -- centered at the National Press Club. More than 20 organizations working to advance free expression worldwide are collaborating with the United Nations and the U.S. State Department to plan the events. "The National Press Club is excited and…
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Coca-Cola CEO Sees Bright Future for His Company, U.S.
As Coca-Cola Co., an American corporate icon, approaches its 125th anniversary, its best days are ahead, said chairman and CEO, Muhtar Kent, at a Luncheon Dec. 1. And the same goes, he said, for the United States. Calling himself “an unabashed optimist,” Kent predicted “unprecedented levels of growth and prosperity for years to come” for the U.S., which in turn provides “an incredible opportunity” for Coke to build upon its already-entrenched position one of the world’s best-known brand names. A main reason for his bullishness, Kent said, is the U.S.’s population growth; the nation has…
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China Threatening to Outpace U.S. in Scientific Innovation, Energy Secretary Says
The U.S. faces a major crisis in its ability to provide scientific innovation, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said at a Club Luncheon Nov. 29. He described the agency’s efforts to give the nation an edge through investments in clean energy innovation. Noting rapid advances in research and development spending and trends by other nations, especially China, Chu said America’s technological leadership -- the key to its prosperity -- is at risk. “When it comes to innovation, Americans don’t take a back seat to anyone, and we certainly won’t start now,” he said. But China, in particular, and other…
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