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Director Shyamalan finds five keys to unlock inner city schools
Film director M.Night Shyamalan described two different schools at the National Press Club Luncheon June 11. The first provided an “incredibly vibrant” environment, where students recognized Shyamalan and wanted to talk to him about his work.In the other school – an inner city one – he saw metal detectors, locked doors and bars on every classroom. The theater had burned down. The kids were treated like animals. “They kind of recognized me and then said, ‘That’s not possible,’” Shyamalan said. “It’s very symbolic about what has been done to these kids.” The 1999 Oscar-nominated director of "…
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Willie Geist of 'Morning Joe' raps with Dad Bill of 'CBS Morning Show' on their joint book
Father and son duo Bill Geist, of "CBS Sunday Morning Show," and Willie Geist, of "Morning Joe," and the "Today Show" discussed their joint book, "Good Talk Dad: The Birds and the Bees..and Other Conversations we forgot to Have," at a book rap June 5. Bill explained the later part of the title, “I couldn’t figure out why birds and bees to start with. They were backyard creatures.” Then he learned that, “Bees mate with the queen bee then drop dead.” He says he told Willy that a couple months ago. They agreed that they bonded over sports but Bill insisted, “No tennis or golf. Too much of a…
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Panel of statistics experts offers four tips for reporters
The National Press Club Journalism Institute sponsored a professional development session June 4 to explore the challenges journalists face when using statistics in reporting. The panelists, including NPC member Michelle Jamrisko of Bloomberg News, Sallie Keller of the Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech University and Ron Wasserstein of the American Statistical Association, shared their insights on what journalists need to know to accurately report statistical information. Here are four tips they offered: Tip #1: Determine the…
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Lawyer calls for reversing U.S. conviction of Cuban intelligence agents
Martin Garbus, a trial lawyer and member of the Cuban Five legal team, told their a National Press Club Newsmaker on June 4 that the events in the case of the Cuban Five are unprecedented in U.S. history Garbus was referring to the trial and conviction of five Cuban intelligence agents dispatched to Florida in the 1990s. Garbus explained that the mission of the Cubans was to infiltrate Miami-based militant exile groups plotting terrorist attacks against Cuba. He recounted that after the the Cuban government relayed the findings of the Cuban Five to the FBI, including a plot to blow up an…
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Ford journalism award honors stories on Obama cabinet, veterans' care
A reporter who illuminated the constraints on Obama administration cabinet officials and another who exposed mistreatment of veterans received Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prizes at a June 2 award ceremony at the National Press Club. The prizes, sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, recognize distinguished reporting on the presidency and national defense. Glenn Thrush, a reporter with Politico magazine, won for his coverage of the White House, including a cover story in the inaugural Politico magazine, “Locked in the Cabinet,” which depicted frustrations endured by cabinet…
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Israeli defense official opposes negotiations with Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas
Israel cannot negotiate with a Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas, a group the U.S., Israel and the European Union have designated a "terrorist" organization, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon said at a National Press Club Newsmaker on May 29. "We cannot sit and negotiate with a unity government involving Hamas," Danon said, referring to ongoing discussions among political leaders of Fatah and Hamas to create a unified Palestinian government. The deputy minister contended that other governments and NGOs would also balk at negotiating with such a government. He also…
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Ben Carson Doesn't Rule Out 2016 Presidential Run
Conservative activist Dr. Ben Carson said he has "taken no steps" to run for president in 2016, though "perhaps God has a different plan for me." "I've got to tell you, I do not wish that job upon anybody—including myself." he said at a May 28 Club luncheon. But he refused to rule it out. "Perhaps God has a different plan for me," he said. God figured prominently elsewhere in Carson's speech as well. "I think the reason this nation rose to the pinnacle, faster than any in the history of the world is because we live by godly principles, of loving your fellow man, caring about your neighbor,…
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Trump Says U.S. Brand Has Lost Its Luster
Real-estate mogul Donald Trump offered entrepreneurialism as a salve for what he said were America’s economic and diplomatic ills at a May 27 Club luncheon. “I love this country and I hate to see what’s happening,” Trump told a packed-to-the-rafters ballroom. In a speech on the power of branding, whether commercial or otherwise, Trump argued that the American brand has lost its luster in the last decade. As an example, he said Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not meet Barack Obama during the American president's trip to Afghanistan over the weekend. For Trump, who has repeatedly attracted…
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Plight of South Africans Behind Bars Discussed at Newsmaker
Thousands of innocent South Africans have spent time in prison waiting for their trials, said the project coordinator of Wits Justice Project, Nooshin Erfani-Ghadimi, at a May 21 Newsmaker. The Wits Justice Project “looks to find stories of people who do not get the kind of press that Oscar Pistorius gets,” Erfani-Ghadimi said. She drew a parallel between the attention on the case of Oscar Pistorius, a paraplegic accused of murdering his girlfriend, and the lack of attention given to Ronnie Fakude, also a paraplegic who was only recently granted bail after 28 months awaiting trial on fraud…
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Former Senate Majority Leader Mitchell Says Put Ukrainian People First
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, who also served as Northern Ireland and Middle East Special Envoy, said at a Club Newsmaker that negotiators should consider the Ukrainian people first, not the interests of the U.S., NATO, or Russia. “Ukrainians want to look westward,'' he said. ``They see greater freedom. A Russian withdrawal permits the Ukrainian elections to go forward.'' Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea, setting off a series of sanctions by the U.S. and its European allies. Mitchell added that Russia in the future will not be the dominant Eurasian power. “What…
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