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"He Will Be Missed," NPC President Says of Cronkite
NPC President Donna Leinwand issued this statement Friday upon the death of legendary newsman Walter Cronkite: "Walter Cronkite, who joined the National Press Club in 1948, will be held up as the standard for great journalists for generations to come," NPC President Donna Leinwand said. "In 1973, the National Press Club recognized Cronkite's enduring legacy when it awarded him its first Fourth Estate Award for extraordinary service to journalism. From his coverage of the Battle of the Bulge to his long tenure in the CBS News anchor chair, Walter Cronkite represented the best of American…
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Please Welcome 32 New NPC Members
The Board of Governors approved 32 membership applications Monday, bringingto 265 the total so far this year, compared to 243 for the same period lastyear. The new members are: Active:Keiichi Homma - Yomiuri Shimbun, Journalist; Carrie Lynn Mitchell -Federal News Service, Vice President of Operations; Kelly Nuxoll -Freelance, Contributing Writer; Reiko Kamata Robertson - Freelance,Journalist; Martin Sieff - Middle East Times, Columnist & EditorialBoard Member; Tejinder Singh - Freelance, Journalist; Emily Walker -MedPage Today, Washington Correspondent; Jinglu Xu - New Tang…
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"Slow Down, Mr. President, " GOP Chairman Advises Obama on Health Care
President Obama’s effort to overhaul the U.S. health-care system and his hurry-up push to get legislation through Congress by Aug. 7 is “too much, too fast, too soon,” Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said at the Club July 20. Because health care accounts for one-sixth of the nation’s economy, the effect of rushed, ill-conceived legislation “could last for generations,” Steele warned. Obama’s ambitious timetable, he said, “should scare the living daylights out of us. “So slow down, Mr. President. We can’t afford to get health care wrong.” Calling Obama’s plan “…
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Red Cross President Offers Tips for Non-Profits
When Gail McGovern took over as president of the Red Cross in April 2008, the former vice president at AT&T and Fidelity Investments had no idea she’s have to deal with the aftermath of eight hurricanes and tropic storms, a record tornado season, and the worst flooding in the Midwest in 15 years. She did know that she was inheriting a $209 million operating deficit, a mandate from to eliminate it within two years, and that she was the 10th person to take the helm of the PR-challenged agency in the last decade, she told an NPC Luncheon July 21. Yet, the Harvard marketing professor — who…
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Uyghur Leader Urges Investigative Reporting on Xinjiang Unrest
Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress and the Uyghur American Association, urged Western journalists at a July 20 Newsmaker to report what the Chinese government does not want them to know about the unrest in the Xinjiang region of the country, called East Turkestan, by the ethnic Uyghur people who make up the majority of the population in the area. Beijing has accused Kadeer of being the mastermind behind the unrest. Kadeer, who was expelled from China and lives in Northern Virginia, said that while "the Chinese government has been vocal about the fact that it allowed the…
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2 Grad Students Win NPC Scholarships
A reporter with the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and an aspiring science journalist are this year's winners of the NPC Dennis Feldman Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Journalism and the Richard G. Zimmerman Journalism Graduate Scholarship. Marlena Hartz, of Lubbock, Texas, is the winner of the Dennis Feldman Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Journalism, a $5,000 stipend for graduate school. She is headed to the University of Denver, where she plans to study print and digital journalism. Joseph Calamia, of New Haven, Ct., is the winner of the Zimmerman Graduate Scholarship, also a $5,000…
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GE High-Efficiency, Smart Grid Appliances Featured at Newsmaker
Smart grid-enabled appliances will usher in a revolution in the appliance industry, GE Consumer/Appliance CEO James Campbell said at a Newsmaker Thursday. “I’ve been in the appliance business for nearly 30 years. I’ve seen many innovations and changes in the industry. Some have been nothing short of revolutionary,” he said. Smart grid-enabled appliances "will enable us to use energy more wisely and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And, in the process, GE and other manufacturers will lead the way to a new era of U.S. technology leadership and create thousands of jobs that go with it,” he…
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Conyers Bemoans Lack of Attention for Single-payer Health Insurance
With 17 minutes remaining in a spirited question-and-answer session, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., gathered his papers from the podium, offered an apology to his Luncheon audience on July 24 and made a hasty exit. Voting was underway on a transportation appropriations bill in the House. But not before the second longest-serving House member (22 terms) and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee could comment on critical issues dominating debate on Capitol Hill, such as single-payer universal health insuranace. That proposal, he said “is the most popular health-care bill in the Congress and…
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Rep. Frank Says Regulation is Key
“Regulation” may be a bad and disturbing word for some members of Congress and many in the banking industry, but for Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the Financial Services Committee, it is a crucial and necessary part of the fix for America’s ailing economy. In a Luncheon speech July 27, part economic history lesson, part blueprint for the financial future, and often laced with acerbic wit in the face of grim realities, Frank painted a detailed, sometimes painful, picture of the current economic climate. “Our primary goal is not to try to undo the past but to prevent its recurrence…
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Lincoln, Landrieu Seek to Expand Dropout Recovery Program
Two senators urged their colleagues to expand a high school dropoutrecovery initiative at a July 28 Newsmaker. Sens. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Mary Landrieu, D-La.,praised the National Guard Youth Challenge program for helping waywardyoung people regain their footing and become economically productive. The Senate recently added a Lincoln amendment to its version of defenseauthorization legislation that would increase federal funding for theeffort, which is jointly sponsored by the Department of Defense andstates. Under current law, 60 percent of the funding comes from defenseand 40 percent…
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