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Newspapers are Fact-Checked, Hand-Delivered, No Pop-up Ads. What's Not to Love? Paulson Says
In his last moments as editor of USA Today before moving to the No. 2 spot at the Newseum, Ken Paulson offered his insights at the inauguration of the NPC's new president. Paulson congragulated the Club for choosing Donna Leinwand as its leader for 2009 and discussed the situation of the newspaper industry: I do think there's room for some perspective. Yes, it's true that there have been significant layoffs at America's newspapers, but there have also been huge layoffs at Home Depot, and no one is predicting the demise of hammers. You have to separate the troubled economy from the special…
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A Little Something to Start the Week Right
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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Economic Crisis: Journalists Warned, But Who was Listening?
Story from Kalb Report Business and economics reporters warned about the looming economic crisis long before it happened, but the public did not want to hear about it, four leading business journalists told host Marvin Kalb at The Kalb Report int eh NPC Ballroom Monday evening. The information was out there, said Steve Pearlstein, Washington Post business columnist. But it required people to focus on it. Yet the economy had such momentum that people could not see the danger. The problem is that journalists were compelled to quote someone from the other side – in the finance industry or…
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"Book Lady" Dolly Parton Wows Crowd, Makes Plea for Tenn. Nat'l Park
"I'm thrilled to be called the book lady," singer-songwriter Dolly Parton told her sold-out Press Club luncheon audience on Tuesday. And she wasn’t kidding. Parton, platinum blonde, hyper-folksy, and very glitzy in a form-fitting maroon you-notice-me-y’hear mini-suit, was there to call attention to two pet projects: A program that provides a book a month to pre-schoolers and her new post as ambassador from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Imagination Library started as a program to reduce illiteracy by providing a book of the month to children in her home county, Sevier County,…
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North American Experts Offer Obama Advice at Newsmaker
As President Obama readied for his first foreign presidential trip to Canada Feb. 19, "transborder" experts from the U.S., Canada and Mexico told a Feb. 10 Newsmaker that his administration should strengthen U.S. partnerships with its two neighbors on a range of issues confronting them all. The issues are highlighted in a report released at the Newsmaker by the North American Center for Transborder Studies, a consortium of American, Canadian and Mexican universities, entitled "North America Next: Memo to President Obama--Building Sustainable Security and Competitiveness." The issues include…
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"A Story No One Wants to Hear" is Problem, WaPo's Perlstein Says
Journalists writing about the economic crisis face a major problem: “telling a story that nobody wants to hear,” said Steve Pearlstein, Pulitizer-prize winning business and economics columnist for The Washington Post, at the Club Wednesday. “It’s a complicated story to write for family newspapers – a hard story to tell correctly,” Pearlstein said at the Club's first “Business Breakfast,” a new monthly event sponsored by the Events Committee. Popular perception, he explained, holds that “sleezy, greedy real-estate brokers investment bankers and incompetent regulators” are to blame for the…
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Business Group Focuses on Worker Training Post-Stimulus
Like most corporate advocacy groups, the Business Roundtable backs the massive economic stimulus package that is likely to land on President Obama‘s desk in the next few days. But the association of chief executives is urging Congress and the administration to ensure that the U.S. labor market is ready for the millions of jobs that supporters say the plan will create. “Most of the recent discussion has centered on the size and shape of the stimulus projects,” said Harold “Terry” McGraw III, chairman, president and CEO of the McGraw-Hill Companies, and chairman of the Roundtable, at a Club…
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Leinwand Decries Plouffe's Off-the-Record Briefing
NEW & NOTEWORTHYPosted by Sylvia Smith - 02/13/2009 | Email the editorLeinwand Decries Plouffe's Off-the-Record Briefing WaPo's Dana Milbank protestsPhoto: Donna LeinwandClick here to view photo gallery. WaPo's Dana Milbank protestsPhoto: Donna Leinwand The National Press Club and several media groups objected on Thursday to Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's last-minute decision to bar media coverage of his noon speech in the Club's ballroom. Plouffe, who has been on the speaking circuit promoting his forthcoming book, "The Audacity to Win", was the keynote speaker on Thursday at a…
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uthor of "Why Him? Why Her?" Explains the Mystery
Science is illuminating some of the mysteries of love, said author Helen Fisher at an NPC book event on Feb. 11. Fisher discussed her new book "Why Him? Why Her? " with attendees who filled the Zenger Room. Fisher, who is a biological anthropologist, talked about her analysis of patterns of attraction among 28,000 men and women who responded to a survey, as well as data from neurochemistry, genetics, and personality studies. This work helps explain, "Why do you fall in love with someone and not another," she said. Fisher said people tend to be one of four broad personality types, which are…
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Leinwand Decries Plouffe's Off-the-Record Briefing
The National Press Club and several media groups objected on Thursday to Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's last-minute decision to bar media coverage of his noon speech in the Club's ballroom. Plouffe, who has been on the speaking circuit promoting his forthcoming book, "The Audacity to Win", was the keynote speaker on Thursday at a public policy luncheon sponsored by Georgetown University and Politico. Every event at the two-day program had been promoted as open to media coverage, but Georgetown on Wednesday told media representatives that Plouffe's speech would be off the record.…
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