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African Union Commission chairperson to speak at Wednesday's Headliners Luncheon
H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairperson of the African Union Commission, plans to discuss the role of a united and integrated Africa in the global community at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Wednesday. Lunch will be served in the ballroom at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for Club members (members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $39 for all other nonmember tickets. Please go to http://www.press.org/events/npc-headliners-luncheon-chairperson-african… to buy tickets. For all ticketing-…
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Crowds saluting train with Robert Kennedy's body inspired Matthews' new book
Chris Matthews, MSNBC host of his program, "Hardball," said at a Nov. 8 National Press Club Headliners Book Rap that photos of crowds saluting the train bearing Kennedy’s body to Washington after his 1968 assassination inspired Matthews's new book, "Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit." “These are poor people,” he said of the whites and African-Americans lining the train tracks. “They got nothing. And they’re saluting him in this affectionate patriotism... this amazing respect. That’s all gone. The chance of those two crowds getting together politically is gone.” Matthews said Kennedy was the “…
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VA secretary aims to focus agency on service-connected disabilities, rather than age-related ailments
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, Nov. 6, that he aims to focus department efforts on veterans with service-connected disabilities, such as brain injuries and post traumatic stress syndrome, rather than on a growing number of age-related ailments. The nation's ninth VA secretary noted that the average degree of disability among some 4.4 million veterans receiving disability benefits has soared from 30 percent in 1995 to 50 percent today. Shulkin, an internist who served as undersecretary for health at VA before being…
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Gottlieb announces FDA steps to address opioid epidemic, nicotine addiction
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced that FDA is evaluating oxymorphone, an active ingredient in opiods, for qualities that make it more likely to be abused than other drugs. The study is a prelude to considering regulatory action to limit exposure to it, he said at a Headliners Luncheon event Nov. 3. Gottlieb said the question is whether oxymorphone has qualities that make it “more likely to be abused than other Schedule II opioids, including through illicit routes of administration such as snorting and injection.” He did not indicate when the study might be finished. The study is just…
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2017 Communicators Summit highlights content creation, rebuilding trust and a call to action on ethics
Going viral with a talking squirrel. Finding the messenger who can reach your “tribe.” And a push for a new ethics code from one of the country’s foremost PR practitioners. The National Press Club’s 2017 Communicators Summit covered all that and more Wednesday, with two panels of experts and a keynote speaker discussing the challenges of creating content in an era of “fake news.” Richard Edelman, president and CEO of the global communications firm Edelman, outlined a new proposal for a single, strong set of ethical standards for PR professionals, going beyond the codes of conduct at existing…
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Panel: Reporters have the same rights as everybody else
Amid a growing hostility to journalists over “fake news,” reporters have a greater need than ever to know their rights on the job, according to panelists in a First Amendment discussion at the National Press Club on Friday. The Free Speech Week program focused primarily on barriers journalists sometimes face when reporting in public places or seeking information from government agencies. “The press can’t be singled out. They have the same rights as others do” – to photograph a private business from a public sidewalk, for example, or to take notes in a meeting of lawmakers, said Paul Safier,…
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Reporters lament ‘Gawker effect’ on investigative journalism
After the multi-million-dollar lawsuit that forced news website Gawker to close last year, many reporters and news organizations worry about whether they will be sued as they pursue investigative pieces, a panel of experts said Thursday at the National Press Club. Margaret Sullivan of The Washington Post, Gawker founding editor Elizabeth Spiers and filmmaker Brian Knappenberger spoke after a screening of Knappenberger’s documentary film, “Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press.” The Netflix documentary details the libel lawsuit brought against Gawker by former professional wrestler Hulk…
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Trump’s criticism becomes “background music” as Times and Post push for truth, executive editors say
White House reporting can be challenging as President Trump demeans news coverage as "fake," but the executive editors of two of the nation’s leading newspapers said it can be done by maintaining high standards and not snapping at the president’s bait. “If you tell the truth, if you're accurate, if you're aggressive, and you're fair, and you hold onto your principles, I think in the end, that’s the only way you can cover him,” The New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet told moderator Marvin Kalb on the latest edition of “The Kalb Report" at the National Press Club on Monday. For Marty…
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Former TV anchor Maureen Bunyan says battle against monetization of news is lost
Former WUSA and WJLA anchor Maureen Bunyan lamented the state of TV news today at an Oct. 5 "Legends of Broadcasting" dinner conversation at the National Press Club. She said news anchors have lost the power they had to help set an agenda for the day's newscast. The change began when owners realized news broadcasts could be money makers if enough people watched, Bunyan said. This led to the hiring of consultants who helped managers give viewers the type of broadcast they would prefer to tune in to. "If it bleeds, it leads," she said was the mantra. Bunyan said she regrets not moving into…
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Kornheiser, Wilbon receive Fourth Estate Award; Mexican journalists and WHCA accept Aubuchon Press Freedom Award
ESPN "Pardon the Interruption" co-hosts Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser accepted the National Press Club Fourth Estate Award Wednesday night without arguing. Usually needling each other on their show, now in its 16th year, the two Washington Post sports section alums bore the brunt of good-natured roasting at the hands of former colleagues. Former Post sports editor George Solomon, who hired them both at the newspaper, noted that Kornheiser's columns in The New York Times "were pretty good if you read selected paragraphs." He told of the pair's frequent loud newsroom bickering, which…
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