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VA Secretary Wilkie eyes further steps to address mental health
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said the agency will develolp new ways to address veterans' mental health issues at a Nov. 8 National Press Club Headliners luncheon. Photos: Cheriss May By next March, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will develop a fresh approach to tackling the various mental health issues that have long posed a threat to former service members, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie told a National Press Club luncheon on Friday. “I have asked us to take a deep dive into mental health, into addiction and into homelessness —that tragic continuum that…
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The Press Club offered to help a newspaper in the Bahamas. Here's the response.
The National Press Club asked our colleagues in the Bahamas how we can help them to continue reporting the news in the aftermath of Dorian. This was the response from Eugene Duffy, managing editor of the Tribune in Nassau: Many thanks for your very kind offer of help, it is much appreciated. Here in Nassau we are about 150 miles south of where Dorian hit and with the exception of some torrential rain and local flood we were unaffected. In material terms we have no issues, it's just one of those jobs which swallows the day very quickly with everyone working flat out: you get get on with it.…
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James Reston Jr. calls his diary of Nixon's impeachment "a template" for what we'll see in next six weeks
James Reston Jr. speaks at National Press Club Headliners Book Event Nov. 6. Photo: Marshall H. Cohen After FBI director James Comey was fired by President Trump in May 2017, James Reston Jr. asked himself, "Didn't I write something about the last six weeks of the Nixon administration?" He began rooting through his papers "and out dropped this diary." That diary has now been published as "The Impeachment Diary: Eyewitness to the Removal of a President," and was the subject of a National Press Club Headliners book event Nov. 6. Reston, a prolific author of both fiction and nonfiction and a…
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Communicators' Summit cites PR hits and misses, gives science-based tips on handling crises
Homer Simpson and Spock appeared at the National Press Club’s 2019 Communicators' Summit Oct. 31 as playful, fictional stereotypes of two different brain-wirings. Also serving as teaching tools at the event were Twitter's new political ad ban, Gulf Oil, the viral video of Dr. David Dao forcibly dragged from his United Airlines flight, a plea for more love and trust in communications and a mercifully brief mention of Hegelian dialectics as a guide in hard times. Nobody ignored baseball’s new World Series winner, the Washington Nationals -- especially after one or more Houston Astros fans…
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Heads of physician organizations call for tougher regulation of e-cigarettes
Patrice Harris, president of American Medical Association, speaks at an Oct. 30 National Press Club Newsmaker on e-cigarettes. Photos: Alan Kotok Three of the nation’s largest physician organizations -- all helmed by women doctors from Georgia -- urged the federal government, at a National Press Club Newsmaker event Wednesday, to tightly regulate e-cigarettes, which are used increasingly by both youth and adults to vape tobacco. The impetus for their call is the limited science around electronic cigarettes, a highly unregulated environment, 34 recent deaths and more than 1,600 cases lung…
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Personal stories, emotional reactions can bring policy reporting to wider audience
Provoking an emotional reaction and providing a clear call to action are ways to make policy stories more accessible to a wider audience, speakers said Friday, Feb. 28, at a National Press Club Journalism Institute event. Speaking at a half-day training on how to report and write policy stories for the general public, former Politico, National Journal and McClatchy reporter and editor Andie Coller said if a story inspires an emotional reaction and shows how it can personally affect the reader or people close to them, they will be more likely to read it. While it can be tricky for people to…
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For WNBA commissioner, growing league is team effort
Amid a sports landscape that generally tends to neglect female athletes, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is leading a full-court press to bring more attention to her league. “Less than 1% of all corporate sponsorship dollars go to women's sports,” Engelbert told a luncheon at the National Press Club on Tuesday. “And less than 4% of all media coverage covers women's sports.” Engelbert, the first woman CEO of Deloitte, cited those statistics as one of the most shocking discoveries she made after stepping into her current role last year. “I didn't know that when I came in,” Engelbert said. “I…
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To boost policy story readership, use personal stories, emotional reactions, speakers advise
Provoking an emotional reaction and providing a clear call to action are ways to make policy stories more accessible to a wider audience, speakers said Friday at a National Press Club Journalism Institute event. Speaking at a half-day training session on how to report and write policy stories for the general public, former Politico, National Journal and McClatchy reporter and editor Andie Coller said if a story inspires an emotional reaction and shows how it can personally affect readers or people close to them, they will be more likely to read it. While it can be tricky for people to see…
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Philanthropist David Rubenstein's advice: Read books, help other people
National Press Club President Michael Freedman (left) presents philanthropist David P Rubenstein with the NPC coffee mug following his interview and Q&A with Rubenstein at a Club event Feb. 24. Photo: Marshall H. Cohen. David Rubenstein, financier, philanthropist and lover of history, suggested to members of a National Press Club audience Monday that they should read more books -- and in order to be happy doing things they feel passionately about, help other people. "I'm reasonably happy," said Rubenstein, who recently turned 70. "What I'm trying to do is race to the finish line." "…
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No FOIA request needed: How to dig up good stories
The Freedom of Information Act isn't the only way to get good stories out of government documents. Three accomplished reporters made that clear Wednesday at a program of the National Press Club Journalism Institute. "In an era when fewer public officials are talking to us, data is your best friend," said Tara Copp, military and veterans affairs reporter with McClatchy Newspapers. She scours agency reports, which are often ordered by Congress. She gets to know congressional committee staffers, who sometimes tip her off to something deep in a report. Hang onto those reports, Copp…
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