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Veteran reporter offers tips on gaining public records, narrowing FOIA requests
The National Press Club Journalism Institute interviewed NPC member and investigative journalist Miranda Spivack on advice for journalists when faced with roadblocks to open access records. Spivack is a veteran reporter and editor who specializes in stories about government accountability and secrecy, and urban development. Her new book, “Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back,” will be available this May. Institute:The recent firings of FOIA officers have experts worried about open access across the country. How do…
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Documentary reveals Leonardo da Vinci's 'relentless curiosity'
A new documentary series on Leonardo da Vinci is among the most complex projects filmmaker Ken Burns and his team have taken on and is the first on a non-American theme, Burns said at a Nov. 12 National Press Club Headliners event. Ken Burns and co-directors Sarah Burns and David McMahon described the conceptualization and production of the four-film series that PBS plans to air on Nov. 18 and 19. Ken Burns calls da Vinci -- an Italian Renaissance artist, inventor, scientist, engineer, and visionary -- "the person of the last millennium." The film grew out of his team's work on Benjamin…
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Photojournalist Bowe captures ‘history in the making’
Christy Bowe, an award-winning photo journalist, has been on the official Washington beat -- from the White House to Capitol Hill to the Supreme Court -- for top news outlets for more than 30 years. She is one of the few women photographers to have covered five consecutive U.S. presidents, eight presidential inaugurations, confirmation hearings of eight U.S. Supreme Court justices and two U.S. presidential impeachment hearings. “[News] is history in the making; we learn from history,” Bowe said at a Nov. 8 National Press Club discussion of her new book, “History in the Making: A Focus on Five…
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Hamrick takes office as NPC president, launches blog
Associated Press broadcast journalist Mark Hamrick took office as the National Press Club's 104th president at the NPC annual membership meeting on Jan. 21. Later in the day, he launched a blog on the Club homepage (www.press.org). Found under the heading, "From the President’s Desk," the blog will give Hamrick a forum for highlighting the Club’s agenda, activities and achievements. “You might wonder about my own priorities for the coming year,” Hamrick wrote. “At the top of the list is strengthening communications to our members and the rest of the world. That’s one of the reasons why I’m…
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Panel says technology has expanded both access and misinformation for war coverage
A panel discussion Feb.16 addressed journalists' challenges in conflict reporting when technology has led to proliferation of both information and misinformation. The panel, organized by the International Correspondents' Committee, consisted of Laetitia Courtois, permanent representative to the UN as the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) New York delegation, Jody Ginsburg from the Committee to Protect Journalists and Wall Street Journal national security reporter Vivian Salama. Former Club President Jen Judson moderated the discussion. Salama commented that she…
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NPC Fourth Estate awards gala honors fearless pursuit of truth
Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen (l-r), co-creators of "smart brevity" news organization Axios, receive their Fourth Estate Award plaques from National Press Club President Emily Wilkins during a gala honoring their journalism achievements held Nov. 21 in the Press Club Ballroom. Photo: Melissa Lyttle Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei were already seasoned D.C. journalists when they sketched out what seemed like a radical idea: build a news organization around what the reader wants, instead of what the journalists or the publishers want. The concept spawned a now widely recognized style — smart…
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AP's Balsamo elected 118th president of the National Press Club
Mike Balsamo, national law enforcement editor for The Associated Press, was elected on Dec. 6 as the 118th president of the National Press Club. Balsamo ran unopposed and received 238 votes. He vowed to continue fighting to free Austin Tice, a freelance journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012. He said the Club owes it to Tice, his family and journalism principles to continuing fighting until Tice is free. “We are not just journalists and communicators, we are defenders of democracy,” Balsamo said. “We are protectors of truth. And this Club...is our sanctuary and our sword.” Mike Balsamo,…
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Cautious optmism that Syrian turmoil will lead to Austin Tice's release
Hopes for Austin Tice returning home after being detained in Syria for more than 12 years are increasing after the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime over the weekend. President Joe Biden told reporters on Sunday that he believes Austin Tice, an award-winning freelance reporter and a veteran U.S. Marine Corps officer, is alive and able to come home. "We believe he's alive. We think we can get him back," he told reporters. "We have to, we want to get him out. We have to identify where he is." National Press Club President Emily Wilkins (at podium) participated in a press conference with Austin…
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National Press Club member's book provides insider’s look at Nuremberg trials coverage
Noel Marie Fletcher The journalists who were in the courtroom covering the Nuremberg Trials, sharing details about Nazi war crimes, are the focus of a new book by National Press Club member Noel Marie Fletcher. In this edition of Update-1, Fletcher discusses Reporting the Nuremberg Trials: How Journalists Covered Live Nazi Trials and Executions, with Broadcast/Podcast Team member Tom Young. Among the topics they talk about are how the news was gathered and reported, how reporting such as event today would compare, and the well-known reporters who covered the trials. Update-1 is produced by …
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