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Chief Lanier describes policing strategies for changing D.C. areas at Press Club Newsmaker
Cathy Lanier, police chief for Washington, D.C., described the development of policing strategies for 14 changing areas of the city at an April 10 National Press Club Newsmaker. The analysis process weighs such factors as rents and homeownerhsip, the number of households, demographic data, income, business licenses, traffic counts, business openings, and restaurants and bars, Lanier said. The goal is to deploy police ahead of time, she added She described four stages of development ranging from a catalyst, the Verizon Center in Chinatown, for example, to an end-stage of restaurants, retail,…
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New research gives journalists fresh insights for rebuilding public trust
New research from the Media Insight Project that sought to understand what underpins mistrust in media found journalists and the public aren't on the same page when it comes to the fundamental principles of journalism. Gallup's annual Governance poll, conducted in September and August 2020, found that 60 percent of Americans have "not very much" or no trust in the media to report the news "fully, accurately, and fairly." Republicans are far less trusting of news than Democrats, and marginalized communities have long mistrusted the media because they didn’t see their experiences represented on…
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'Meme Wars' explores the relationship between online movements and real world actions, authors say
Internet conspiracy theories that unexpectedly led to real-world actions, including the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, prompted veteran tech journalist Emily Dreyfuss, Harvard Shorenstein Center director Joan Donovan, and Shorenstein cultural ethnographer Brian Friedberg to team up on writing "Meme Wars," the authors said at a Headliners Book Event on Thursday, Sept. 29.
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Upload your vaccination card to easily enter the Club, eat tacos starting June 11
Taco Night will return Friday, June 11, marking the start of the National Press Club’s gradual full reopening of in-person services. A Club staple held in the Reliable Source bar and grill every Friday night, Taco Night has not occurred since March 13, 2020, due to social distancing concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic that hit that month. “We will have a soft reopening of the Reliable Source for Taco Night on Friday, June 11. Can I get some? Yay!” Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews said at the Club’s virtual general membership meeting on Thursday, May 20. “The Reliable Source will…
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Consequences of compromise underpin new fiction "The Devil May Dance" from CNN anchor Jake Tapper
The underlying theme of "The Devil May Dance: A Novel" is the consequences of the compromises people make, author, CNN anchor and chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper told a National Press Club Headliners audience Thursday. The story, set in 1962, mixes a member of Congress and his wife, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, and the rest of the Rat Pack into a mystery. Tapper, who has worked as a journalist in Washington since 1992, said he's seen many people come to town thinking they will do good, but they soon learn they must compromise to get anything done. Although…
Type: News
International Federation of Journalists details dangers journalists face
Anthony Bellanger The International Federation of Journalists says 65 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide last year while doing their jobs. The killings occurred in 16 different countries during targeted attacks, bomb attacks and crossfire incidents. In the latest edition of Update-1, National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast team member Lincoln Smith talks with IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger about the ongoing global challenges to press freedom. Bellanger discusses the deaths and imprisonment of journalists in Asia, Africa and Europe, summarizes the IFJ mission and…
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Former UN leader Ban Ki-moon calls for ‘global citizens’ to cooperate more closely
Club Secretary Gillian Rich introduced former UN Secretary-General Ban KI-Moon. Photo: Alan Kotok Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a return to multilateral diplomacy and for people to be “global citizens” during a National Press Club Virtual Headliners Book Event on Thursday. In a discussion coinciding with the release of his new book “Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World,” Ban said global alliances have fractured amid the crises of coronavirus, climate change and refugees fleeing conflict. And he blamed world leaders for not doing enough. “Why are…
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Battle of Midway hero recognized at Club Post 20 meeting
Dr. James D'Angelo, a retired Washington-area physician turned historian and author, told the amazing story of Lt. Col. Richard Best, an unsung hero of the epic World War II Battle of Midway, at the June 24 meeting of National Press Club American Legion Post 20. D'Angelo, a Post member who spoke from his home in Bradenton, Florida, is the author of "Victory at Midway" and founder of the International Midway Memorial Foundation, which each year commemorates the June 4, 1942, naval battle that turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific and, D'Angelo argues, in Europe as well. Book by…
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Returning to the office? It's complicated
Leaving the house to go back to work after toiling in quarantine for a year is no simple matter. Panelists at the National Press Club's June 30 event "Back To The Office: Best Practices for COVID-Safe Workplaces," highlighted the challenges and, in some cases, disputes over safety protocols, COVID-19 testing on the job, resistance to being vaccinated, productivity measurement and the uncertain potential of the Delta coronavirus variant to upend the progress already made in beating back the pandemic. So far, 85% of U.S. workers who have returned to the workplace or never left say they're…
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Recent news brings back memories of National Press Club trip in 2000 to Cuba
News from Cuba brings to mind an amazing two-week reporting stint in Cuba put together by the National Press Club during the Elian Gonzalez affair 21 years ago. Students wave flags during propaganda rally in Havana. Photo by Ken Dalecki Frederica Dunn, a member of what was then the Club Travel Committee, did a great job arranging a trip that included interviews with top Cuban apparatchiks, meetings with diplomats and time for independent exploration in the midst of hoopla over Cuban demands for the return from Miami of Elian, a five-year-old Cuban rescued off the coast of Florida after…
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