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Why have college costs risen so much? Expert to explain why at Sept. 10 Newsmaker
Why have college and university costs continued to explode despite 50 years of ostensibly benevolent government intervention? Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and economics professor at Ohio University, will discuss the reasons at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The event will be held in the Zenger Room at 10 a.m. Vedder's appearance comes amid skyrocketing growth in federal student aid. In 1964, such aid was a mere $231 million. By 1981, the federal government was spending $7 billion on loans alone, an…
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Beyond the excitement, NPC's Beat the Deadline 5K race supports worthy cause
The National Press Club's BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K race-walk down Pennsylvania Ave. on Saturday, Sept. 6, is right around the corner. The event annually draws hundreds of participants, and as it draws closer excitement is mounting. Sometimes forgotten in the hub-bub, however, is the reason for the event. Proceeds from it support the ongoing work of the National Press Club Journalism Institute and its mission to the future of journalism and students like Jose Valle, of Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Jose won the Institute's 2014 Scholarship for Diversity in Journalism, which is given to graduating high…
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New York Times reporter expelled from Kabul to speak at Newsmaker 2 p.m. Wednesday
New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, who was expelled from Kabul last week but whom the two presidential candidates said they would allow back into Afghanistan, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker news Conference at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, in the Zenger Room. Rosenberg will discuss both his own situation and the outlook for Afghanistan. He has been covering Afghanistan since 2008, first as the South Asia correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, and then for the Times, which he joined in November 2011. He also did a stint in Afghanistan in 2002, when he was a reporter for…
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Norah O'Donnell, Al Hunt to honor Charlie Rose at Fourth Estate Award dinner
Norah O’Donnell, co-host of "CBS This Morning," and Al Hunt, columnist for Bloomberg View, will headline the guest list to help honor acclaimed broadcast journalist and interviewer Charlie Rose when he accepts the National Press Club’s most-prestigious prize, the Fourth estate Award, at a Club dinner Saturday, Sept. 13. Other special guests, including Rose’s colleagues from CBS, Bloomberg and PBS, will be on hand for the festivities. Rose is the 42nd recipient of the award, which recognizes a journalist who has made significant contributions to the field as one of the most noted interviewers…
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NPR China correspondent to discuss 1989 Tiananmen uprising at Aug. 28 Book Rap
Louisa Lim, National Public Radio's longtime China correspondent, will discuss and sign copies of her book "The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited" from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the National Press Club Conference Rooms at a Club Book Rap Thursday, Aug. 28. To attend, register here. Tickets are $5 NPC members; $10 public. NPC members should log in for the discounted ticket. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. Books must be purchased through the NPC. No outside books or memorabilia permitted. All sales are final; no refunds will be issued. On June 4, 1989…
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Normally silent, immigration judges to speak at Newsmaker Aug. 27
When Congress returns to Washington next month the legislative debate over deporting children illegally entering the United States and other issues related to U.S. borders will return to the headlines. What reform measures will make a difference? What do the federal judges who handle these cases think should be done? These questions will be addressed at an unusual Newsmaker news conference in the National Press Club’s Zenger Room at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27. Two federal immigration judges, Dana Leigh Marks, a federal administrative judge in San Francisco, and Denise Noonan Slavin, a Miami…
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Canceled: WTOP's Neal Augenstein conducts iPhone reporting workshop, 9:30 am Oct. 2
A session focusing on iPhone reporting that was to be conducted by WTOP reporter and iPhone whiz Neal Augenste at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, has been canceled. Learn what iPhone reporting is, and what equipment is needed; how to turn a iPhone into a microphone; how to record and share audio; the basics of shooting video; and how to create content on mobile, for mobile. The session is expected to include suggested apps and resources, a hands-on walk through and time for questions and answers. Augenstein is the technology editor and reporter with WTOP-FM and wtop.com, an all-news radio…
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Learn how to write true stories Sept 29 at the National Journalism Institute
The National Press Club Journalism Institute is planning a workshop on writing creative nonfiction on Sept. 29 at 9 a.m. in the NPC's Bloomberg Room. The fee is $5 Press Club members; $10 public. Register here. Club members should login for the discount code. Reporting and writing true stories that inform, compel and inspire is the mission of the two-hour workshop led by a pioneer and leading figure in the field, Lee Gutkind, the “Godfather” behind the creative nonfiction/true story genre, according to Vanity Fair magazine. In this workshop, Gutkind plans to proceed, step by step, through…
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Ken Burns plans National Press Club Luncheon speech on "The Roosevelts" on Sept. 15
Filmmaker and honorary National Press Club member Ken Burns plans to discuss his new PBS series "The Roosevelts" at a Press Club Luncheon on Sept. 15. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. This event is only open to Club members and their guests. Tickets cost $22 for NPC members (members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $36 for all other non-member tickets, and may be purchased here. For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202)662-7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time…
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Learn how to follow the money from the airwaves to the source, Sept. 3, 9:30 a.m.
The National Press Club's National Journalism Institute plans to teach campaign-finance reporters how to use a database created by the Sunlight Foundation at a class in the NPC'S Bloomberg Room Sept. 3 at 9:30 a.m. Register here. The fee is $5 for Press Club members; $10 public. Club members should login for the discount code. We all know the frustration of trying to track the "dark-money" groups that have proliferated since the Citizens United decision. But there is one place where nonprofits that don't register with the Federal Election Commission leave a paper trail: the TV stations where…
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