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NPC's Gil Klein reveals the hidden, sordid tales of Lafayette Square
Each day as Gil Klein strolled through Lafayette Square on his way to the National Press Club, he marveled at the public square at the heart of Washington and wondered about its history. And like any good reporter, that curiosity got the best of him and a book was born. Klein's decades of research into the often overlooked park became "Trouble in Lafayette Square: Assassination, Protest & Murder at the White House," a book full of sordid tales from the seven acres of public space just outside the front door of the White House. "This was a 30-year project. This was not something that…
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Journalists focus on individuals to tell the US border story
Four women journalists, working as 2018 fellows of the International Women’s Media Foundation, focused on individuals to tell the story of immigrants at the United States border. The four described their reporting at a July 26 event co-sponsored by the Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. Tamara Merino, an independent documentary photographer based in Chile and Lujan Agusti, a photographer and storyteller based in Mexico and Argentina, worked together. They aimed to tell the hopeful aspect of the story, Merino said. In humanitarian crises, “There are so many people…
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Carlson, Hopper explain Miss America 2.0 at National Press Club Luncheon
The Miss America competition is not a beauty pageant, it's a competition for a job. That's Miss America 2.0 as described at a July 24 National Press Club Headliners Luncheon by the organization's leaders, Gretchen Carlson (Miss America 1989) and Regina Hopper (Miss Arkansas 1983). The organization announced earlier this year that the swimsuit-and-heels parade is a thing of the past. "We will no longer judge our candidates on physical appearance," said Carlson, who chairs the Miss America board of directors. The new mission statement, she said, is "to prepare great women for the world and…
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Fired cartoonist expresses concern over Trump influence on news outlets
Rob Rogers, an editorial cartoonist fired in June by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, expressed concern over President Trump’s growing influence over news outlets at a July 19 National Press Club Journalism Institute event. Rogers, a 25-year veteran of the Pittsburgh paper, said he was fired after a new editor overseeing the editorial page killed 18 of his cartoons or ideas that were critical of Trump. The paper, which he said had always been left-leaning, began changing after the publisher became “enamored“ with Trump, Rogers said. While Rogers said during most of his career he had “total…
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NIAID head says universal flu vaccine on the horizon
A steamy July day made an unlikely setting for discussion of this winter’s flu season, but Dr. Anthony Fauci is on a mission to promote finding an effective universal flu vaccine. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), spoke Wednesday at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish flu pandemic that killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million people worldwide. NIAID has unveiled a strategic plan that makes it a priority to find a vaccine that protects against multiple influenza…
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Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred addresses challenges and solutions for "America's Pastime" created by technology
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred proclaimed himself "an analytics-based decision maker" at a National Press Club Newsmakers Luncheon on Monday, a day before MLB's All-Star game will be played at Nationals Park in Southeast Washington. Manfred wove analytics into his answers to a variety of questions posed by Club board member and Nationals season-ticket holder Mike Freedman during a 60-minute Q&A session that replaced the usual formal speech format of Club luncheons. "As with any business, you need new customers," Manfred said, explaining "alternative experiences" in the…
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Kasich faults “wrecking ball strategy” in frayed relations with U.S. allies
The Trump administration's foreign policy is eroding the NATO alliance that has kept peace in Europe since World War II, Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, told a National Press Club audience Thursday. European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have questioned whether they can still depend on the United States, Kasich said at the Club Newsmaker Headliners event. "The alliance that has kept the peace for 70 years is being frayed," Kasich said."There is growing disunity…a growing sense of a lack of trust.” The former 2016 presidential candidate said the U.S. is "pursuing an ‘…
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Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda launches podcast to encourage meaningful conversations
At a time when political discourse often results in a breakdown of interpersonal communications, actor Alan Alda is on a mission to promote meaningful conversations through empathy and understanding. The seven-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, screenwriter, director, and most recently host of the podcast “Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda,” joined National Press Club President Andrea Edney in a discussion on Wednesday about his latest project. The podcast, which launched Tuesday, is the culmination of Alda’s longtime interest in how to help others to more effectively communicate. “…
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Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz calls for modernizing, not withdrawing from, NAFTA
Withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement would be “disastrous” for the U.S. economy as well as for workers, Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz said at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Thursday. Instead, he said, the Trump administration should be looking at ways to “modernize” the trade agreement. Fritz applauded the administration for its tax reform measures as well as its “sensible approach” to regulations, but said withdrawing from NAFTA "threatens to undo that progress.” About 40% of Union Pacific’s shipments either originate or terminate outside the United States…
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Schoo leaves legacy of friendship, lasting impact on National Press Club
Julie Schoo knew a valuable painting when she saw it and was even more skilled at spotting something to treasure within each person she met. “Julie Schoo was a collector and connoisseur of life’s finer things, that includes people,” Kathy Kiely said at a July 10 memorial service for Schoo, the former executive director of the National Press Club Journalism Institute. “Julie curated, cherished and took care of us.” Schoo, 69, died suddenly and unexpectedly May 9. More than 100 friends, colleagues and family members gathered in the Holeman Lounge to bid Schoo farewell at a memorial event that…
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