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Media have good access, relationships on Capitol Hill, says panel
Reporters generally have good access and relationships with Congressional sources despite a wider environment of hostility toward the media, a panel of media professionals said at a National Press Club Journalism Institute event Aug. 4. “There is more access today than there ever has been," said Brendan Buck, counselor to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. He noted, for example, that the speaker holds two press conferences every week and that there is a lobby just off the House floor where reporters can interview members. Agreed John Donnelly, a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and chair of…
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American University journalism professor analyzes Trump administration communications
The recent high-profile departures from the Trump administration raises questions about how they're affecting the ability of the White House to communicate with the press and the public. In the current episode of Update-1, National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team member Mike Hempen discusses the administration's communications with American University journalism professor Jill Olmsted, a former radio and television anchor and reporter. They talk about the leaks and tweets, the staff changes and what it all means. Update-1 is produced by Hempen. The podcast can be heard on the Club website…
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Former head of government ethics office says norms have unraveled under Trump
Walter Shaub says he is using his post-government service to re-establish ethical norms that have unraveled. Shaub, who spoke at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker July 28, resigned from the Office of Government Ethics months before his five-year term expired, saying he had reached the limits of what he could accomplish at the agency. He is now serving as senior director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center, an advocacy group. According to Shaub, a historically strong relationship between the ethics office and the White House “went out the window" during Donald Trump's…
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Former Census Bureau director says more funding is needed for count
On the heels of his unexpected resignation, former U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson called for adequate funding for the decennial count during a July 25 National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker. Preparations have been underfunded by $200 million so far, and the agency needs to be fully funded soon in order to catch up, he said. In particular, money is needed for a decentralized marketing campaign to ensure that everyone participates in the survey so that there is not an undercount, he said. "There are concerns about the government, especially in the immigrant population," he said. "…
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Trump ban on transgender soldiers awaits written command, U.S. Army chief says
President Donald Trump’s Twitter announcement that transgender soldiers would be banned from military service has not yet been officially directed, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley said July 27 at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon. “The military operates off of certain processes," Milley said. "To date, I have yet to receive implementation directives from the Department of Defense. To my knowledge, Secretary Mattis hasn’t received written directives yet. That’s where we are right now, We’ll act when we receive written orders.” Asked whether President Barack Obama’s 2016 directive…
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Conservative Republican group seeks to eliminate independent congressional scorekeeper
The Freedom Caucus, the group of the most conservative members of the House Republican conference, will seek to stop the Congressional Budget Office from offering independent analyses of congressional legislation. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), who chairs the caucus, said at a July 24 National Press Club Headliners Luncheon that the group would seek to eliminate 89 jobs and instead have the CBO aggregate estimates made by ideological think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and the Brookings Institution. The CBO, run by a Republican appointed by the GOP-controlled Congress, is tasked with…
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Podcast features former NBC reporter and White House press secretary Ron Nessen
After serving as war correspondent for NBC News during the Vietnam conflict and later as the network's Washington D.C. correspondent in the 1970s, Ron Nessen moved on to become press secretary for President Gerald Ford from 1974-1977. In this edition of Update-1, National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Lincoln Smith interviews Nessen about his books, It Sure Looks Different from the Inside and Making the News, Taking the News. Whether discussing his near fatal wounding while in Vietnam or serving the president of the United States, Ron highlights his storied career during two…
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The Titanic without icebergs or steerage
In the late 1960’s the Washington Post called The Watergate a "glittering Potomac Titanic" without icebergs or steerage, Joseph Rodota told a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on Feb. 21. He said there was an iceberg a few years later when the Watergate break-in happened. The Watergate: Inside America’s Most Infamous Address, is not a chronicle of the Watergate break-in but more a look at the people who lived there and how events affected them, Rodota explained. It's his attempt to make the readers feel like they are living in a Watergate apartment during the period, he said. The book…
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Foundation awards press-freedom grant to National Press Club Journalism Institute
The National Press Club Journalism Institute (NPCJI) has received a $107,000 grant from the Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation to support a series of programs that will examine barriers to press freedom in the United States and abroad. Founded in 1989, the Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation makes grants each year to nonprofits active in journalism, as well as nationally prominent universities, arts organizations and hospitals. “This gift is welcome support for our programming in press freedom and journalistic excellence. We’re very grateful for this recognition of our efforts to fulfill our mission of…
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Author Danni Starr encourages empathy, discussion of mental-health problems
If radio talk show host Danni Starr could pass anything onto her two daughters, it would be empathy, she said at a Feb. 13 National Press Club Headliner’s Book Event. Club President Andrea Edney interviewed Starr about her new memoir, Empathy and Eyebrows: A Survivalist’s Stories on Reviving your Spirit after Soul-Crushing Sh*tstorms. A few years ago, Starr, 33, had it all. A successful radio career, a happy marriage, and a new baby. Then she sank into severe post-partum depression. After the birth of her second child, she suffered post-partum anxiety, constantly imagining the deaths of…
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