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City planners call infrastructure improvements critical; don't know Trump's plan
President Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan could make critical improvements in the nation’s decaying infrastructure, the chief city planners of Philadelphia, Washington, and New York City told a National Press Club Newsmaker March 7. Club President Jeff Ballou opened the program by asking how the real infrastructure need meshes with “what President Trump laid out.” Anne Fadullon, Philadelphia’s Director of Planning and Development, offered, “We have no more information than you do.” Fadullon added, “Whether you get to a trillion dollars (President Trump’s promised national number) depends…
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Pelosi and Schumer decry Trump administration's first 40 days
President Donald Trump has done little in his first 40 days in office, charged the top two Democratic Congressional leaders at a National Press Club Newsmaker event Feb. 27. And even that little, they said, has favored the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. The appearance by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.)and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) at the Newsmaker was billed as a "prebuttal" for the president's joint appearance before a nationally televised joint session of Congress Feb. 28. "The first month of a Trump presidency is less of a bang and more of a…
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American Legion National Commander impressed by new VA secretary, but will 'hold his feet to the fire'
“We will hold his feet to the fire,” promised American Legion National Commander Charles E. Schmidt at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference Wednesday, Feb. 22, speaking of the Trump administration's new Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Dr. David J. Shulkin. So far, however, Schmidt said he has been impressed the newly confirmed secretary, the first non-veteran to hold the VA post. Adding other optimistic comment toward Shulkin at the Newsmaker was Verna Jones, head of the Indianapolis-based Legion's Washington office. She said that the Legion has worked well with Shulkin since 2015…
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Commerce secretary hopeful on trade talks with China, citing Trump, Xi relationship
As trade talks resume this week between the United States and China, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expressed optimism at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon May 14 that the two nations can reach an agreement over numerous issues. "It is difficult to handicap the outcome,” Ross said, but added he is hopeful that the “strong personal relationship between President Trump and President Xi will facilitate an agreement.” Ross was part of a U.S. trade delegation that held talks in China earlier this month with senior Chinese officials led by Vice Premier Liu He. As negotiations resume in…
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Latest Herblock Prize cartoons displayed in Reliable Source
A day after receiving the Herblock Prize for excellence in editorial cartooning, Ward Sutton visited the National Press Club, where four examples from his winning portfolio will be on display through the coming year in the Reliable Source restaurant. The Herb Block Foundation created the Herblock Prize in 2004 to encourage editorial cartooning as an essential tool for preserving the rights of the American people through freedom of speech and the right of expression. Its namesake, Herb Block, a four-time Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist who worked at The Washington Post for 55 years until his…
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Detained journalist Gutierrez nets fellowship invite on World Press Freedom Day
Emilio Gutierrez, a Mexican reporter detained in the U.S. after his request for asylum was denied late last year, was offered the University of Michigan’s Knight-Wallace Journalism fellowship Thursday, an honor that coincided with World Press Freedom Day. The announcement was made during a panel discussion at the National Press Club calling for the release of Gutierrez and three other journalists who have been similarly detained or imprisoned. Lynette Clemetson, executive director of the fellowship program, cast the decision as “one step toward a solution that were are all seeking.” “We…
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Chinese press freedom in the spotlight
In this edition of Update-1 One, broadcast journalist and National Press Club member Irv Chapman examines the role of the press in China. Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, discusses the limited range of press freedom allowed both Chinese and foreign journalists. Daly says a “vibrant” Chinese press can print and broadcast a wide range of information and entertainment, as long as it does not challenge the agenda set by the regime. And Chinese citizens are increasingly reluctant to talk to foreigners, but they have an improving…
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Reporters vs. trolls: Journalists have new resources to combat online harassment
Reporters tormented by online harassment have some new resources. A discussion at the National Press Club on Friday explored the problem as three reporters talked with three people who study the issue. Reporter Jonathan Weisman of The New York Times outlined a 2016 incident when his tweet excerpting someone else's column on fascism brought a response addressing him as "(((Weisman)))," a way that anti-Semites mark the name of someone they think is Jewish. Weisman said the exchange soon produced "an absolute avalanche of anti-Semitic hate that just flowed through my Twitter (and) eventually…
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Anthony Scaramucci praises Trump’s political instincts, use of Twitter
Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said President Donald Trump has great political instincts, and his use of Twitter is an effective way to appeal to his supporters. Scaramucci, who was fired from his position last year after 11 days, said Trump was smart to identify the disaffection of the working class and build his 2016 campaign on it. “You may not like his syntax or certain ways that he approaches things, but he's got very, very good political instincts and he's very, very intelligent,” Scaramucci said at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker press…
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Ability to find scoops, tell stories leads to journalism jobs
During a time when multimedia skills are becoming increasingly important in journalism, the ability to find and tell stories remains central to finding a job in the profession, a panel of journalists said at a National Press Club event on April 17. “I want to stress the importance of being able to have scoops,” Amy Fiscus, national security editor at The New York Times, told an audience of 150 people in the ballroom. “That is by far the thing that we are looking for the most, and it’s really, really hard to come by. There aren’t that many people who can do it.” Fiscus, part of a team that won…
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