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Please Welcome 32 New Club Members
The Board of Governors approved 32 member applications Nov. 22. JournalistChristopher M. Boots-Faubert – Cape Cod Times, columnist; Younghae Choi – Dong A Ilbo Daily Newspaper, Washington bureau chief; Matthew Friedman – The Associated Press, online video producer; Paul D. Gale* (Marathon, Ontario, Canada) – The Marathon Mercury, Editor; Robert R. Heironimus* (Owings Mill, Md.) – self- employed, host, producer, author and speaker; Mehdi Jedinia – Tehran Post, Editor; Miles M. O’Brien* (New York, N.Y.) – PBS Newshour, science correspondent; Kristin Roberts – Thomson Reuters, news editor;…
Type: News
Press and Presidents: Sometimes a Stormy Mix, Panelists Say
Did any president really like the news media? That was the question host Marvin Kalb put to his panel at the Nov. 16 “The Kalb Report” as they considered the often stormy relationship between the press and the president during more than 200 years of American history. President Gerald Ford seemed to like reporters, all of the panelists – ABC’s Sam Donaldson and historians Douglas Brinkley and Martha Joynt Kumar -- agreed. “Ronald Reagan sort of liked us,” said Donaldson, who gained a reputation for bellowing questions at Reagan as he boarded the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn. “He…
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Club Member Silimeo Named Washington PR Woman of the Year
Club member Debra Silimeo was named 2010 Washington PR Woman of the Year by Washington Women in Public Relations. WWPR presents the award annually to a senior-level Washington area female public relations practitioner who has provided dedicated service to the profession. It also honors the recipient for mentoring others in the field and serving as a volunteer and leader in the community. Silimeo is senior vice president at Hager Sharp, a public relations firm in Washington. She participates in Camp CEO, which connects Girl Scouts to women who are business and community leaders. She is a…
Type: News
Jeff Bridges Says Campaign to End Hunger is His Most Significant Act
Working to end hunger "is the most significant thing I have done," an emotional Jeff Bridges told a sold-out NPC luncheon audience Nov. 10 as he helped kick off a national campaign to end childhood hunger in the U.S. by 2015. The Oscar-winning actor, still sporting the long hair and beard from his role as gritty country-Western singer Bad Blake in "Crazy Heart," choked up when asked what has been his biggest challenge in being a famous person. "We can do this...come on, this is our country," said Bridges, a long-time advocate of feeding the poor. He was joined by Maryland Gov. Martin O'…
Type: News
Kazakhstan Working on Human Rights Shortcomings, Speaker Says
Kazakhstan is aware of criticism that it is not paying enough attention to human rights in the central Asian country and is working to improve conditions, an advisor to the Kazakh president said at an Oct. 29 Newsmaker press conference. Yermukhamet Yertsybayev said laws making libel no longer a criminal act were passed specifically with the media in mind. Kazakhstan is the current president of the Office of Security and Cooperation in Europe, the first former Soviet republic to hold that position. OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization with 56 member countries. Its human…
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Stewart/Colbert Talk Sanity/Fear
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Advocate Says Islam Not a Religion of Tolerance
Islam is not a religion of tolerance, but one that defines peace as total Islamization of the world, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, said at an Oct. 25 NPC luncheon. She identified three groups of actors she said are working toward that end: One is the revolutionaries, such as Al Qaeda, who have short- term, violent goals. Another set of groups, such as the Egyptian Brotherhood, renounce violence and take a long-term "termite" approach. A third set of state actors, specifically the Organization of Islamic Conference, take both long- and short-term approaches…
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Club Members Showcased at Book Fair, Nov. 9
NPC members Thomas Allen, Maurine Beasley, Paul Dickson, Kristie Miller and Amy Henderson will join 100 nationally known writers autographing and selling their books at the Book Fair & Authors' Night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9. For a contribution of $25, you can join fellow patrons in promoting a love of books and reading at this year's Book Fair. As a Friend of the Book Fair, members will receive a complimentary raffle ticket (a $10 value) for a chance to win one of a group of exciting prizes, including round-trip Amtrak Acela tickets to New York City and a golf outing in…
Type: News
Please Welcome 35 New Members
The Board of Governors approved 35 member applications Oct. 18. They are listed according to the newly approved membership categories. Journalist*Kristie Ann Avery (Texarkana, Texas) - Texarkana Gazette Newspaper, business reporter; Samuel P. Bonfante - Chronicle of Higher Education, associate publisher; *Stephen Grey (London, England) - PBS Frontline, Channel 4, Sunday Times (London), correspondent/freelance; Marc Hujer - Der Spiegel, Washington bureau chief; Lalit K. Jha - Press Trust of India, principal U.S. correspondent; Jerry Norton - Thomson Reuters, journalist/copy editing; Gregor…
Type: News
Former Secretary of State Rice Defends Invasion of Iraq
An Iraq moving toward democracy could transform the Middle East, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told an Oct. 15 sold-out NPC luncheon audience. She said that's because Iraq is such an important country in a region dominated by authoritarian governments. But she emphasized creating democracy wasn't why the U.S. invaded Iraq. "Saddam Hussein has brought the United States into wars twice," she said. "Every intelligence agency in the world thought Iraq had weapons of mass distruction." She said Hussain could have been dealt with later, but "we decided he had to be dealt with now."…
Type: News