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Climate change expert to analyze controversial issue with audience participation, 9 am June 3
Climate-change expert Andy Jorgensen will analyze the phenomenon and the methods that have been used to describe it at a National Press Club event at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, in the Zenger Room. This session, sponsored by the Club's Events Committee, is free but registration is required.. Jorgensen, an associate professor and director of general chemistry at the University of Toledo, will discuss the human dimension of the controversial issue and outline possible solutions. Audience participants will be able to share their views using personal response devices (clickers). The feedback will…
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Add geodata-mapping to your reportage, 9:30 am June 2
Learn the basics of geodata-mapping at a National Press Club training session at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, in the Bloomberg Room. If you have a database with addresses or zip codes, you can visualize that information on a map. ESRI, one of the leading firms in the field, will provide a 90-minute introduction to their mapping software at the event, which is sponsored by the Club's Professional Development Committee and the NPC Journalism Institute. Registration is required. For those planning to attend the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in June, this is a great way to prepare…
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Former NY Times reporter to discuss time behind bars at June 1 press freedom event
Judith Miller spent 85 days in jail in late 2005 for refusing to reveal a source who leaked the identity of a covert CIA agent. Miller will discuss that experience when she joins nearly a dozen other "jailbird" journalists at 6 p.m. Monday, June 1, at the National Press Club for a landmark symposium on the need for stronger legal protections for reporters. The two-hour event in the Murrow Room is open to the public and is sponsored in part by the Club’s Journalism Institute and Freedom of the Press Committee. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the public. At the time a prominent…
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Rep. Sander Levin to discuss Democratic approach to trade policy, 10 am May 14
Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) will present the Democratic argument on U.S. trade policy at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 14, in the Murrow Room. Earlier this week, the Senate filibustered legislation that would give President Obama fast-track trade authority, which is seen as crucial to completing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal with 11 Asian nations. But on Wednesday, Senate leaders announced an agreement that could lead to fast-track approval next week. In the House, the debate over trade policy is expected to be intense. Opponents of…
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Former CIA official assesses agency’s counterterrorism results, 10 am May 18
Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell will offer his assessment of the agency’s counterterrorism successes and failures over the past 20 years at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference at 10 a.m. Monday, May 18, in the Bloomberg Room. Morrell will argue that the threat of terrorism did not die with the late Osama bin Laden and will illuminate new and growing threats from terrorist groups that could leave this country vulnerable to attacks much larger than those of Sept. 11, 2001, if not addressed. These insights are discussed in his new book, "The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’…
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Formerly jailed reporters to advocate for federal shield law, 6 pm June 1
More than a dozen reporters who’ve been fined, detained or jailed in their support of First Amendment liberties will gather at the National Press Club at 6 p.m. Monday, June 1, for a symposium in support of International Whistle Blowers. Registration is $5 for Club members; $10 for the public. “The men and women who’ve defended the First Amendment with their sacrifices represent newspapers, television stations, bloggers, film makers and editors. They’ve never assembled before. It is truly an historic occasion,” said John M. Donnelly, chairman of the National Press Club's Press Freedom…
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Podcast: C-Span founder Brian Lamb advocates for Supreme Court broadcasts
In the latest edition of Update 1, the podcast produced by the National Press Club Broadcast Committee, Brian Lamb, retired chief executive of C-Span, talks about why the industry probably wouldn’t give the channel a green light if it were proposed for the first time today, and how it might be affected by a move to “a-la-carte” cable service. Lamb, who is credited with inventing public affairs channels, expresses frustration at the Supreme Court’s refusal to allow video coverage and calls this year’s viewership of 15-million for the White House Correspondents Association dinner “amazing.”…
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True crime novelist, jailed for protecting sources, to discuss experience, June 1
After watching two passenger planes slam into the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Vanessa Leggett almost caved in. The aspiring crime novelist was behind bars at the time because she refused to hand over four years worth of recorded interviews she had gathered investigating the 1997 murder of Texas socialite Doris Angleton. Leggett is just one of only a handful of American journalists and writers that have gone to jail rather than disclose the identity of an anonymous source. In conjunction with International…
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NPR host Steve Inskeep to discuss new book on President Andrew Jackson, 6:30 pm May 28
Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR's Morning Edition, will discuss and sign copies of his new book, “Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab,” at a National Press Club Book Rap from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, May 28, in the conference rooms. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the general public. Registration is required. “Jacksonland” tells the history of President Andrew Jackson's long-running conflict with John Ross, a Cherokee chief who resisted the removal of Indians from the eastern United States in the 1830s. Five decades after the…
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Turn numbers into stories, May 19, May 26
The NPC Journalism Institute is offering two classes in May on how spreadsheets and databases can turn numbers into stories and stories into prize winners. Each class is $5 for NPC members and $10 for the general public. The May 19 class, "Don't Fear the Math," will be an introduction to using Excel in reporting. This class will show how just a little number-crunching can improve both deadline stories and bigger projects. The May 26 class, "Exceling with Data," will cover advanced Excel techniques and delve into databases. Spreadsheets can be much more than programs for doing your expense…
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