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Actors' Equity head Brooke Shields to speak on intersection of arts, labor at Thursday's Headliners luncheon
Actor-turned-union leader Brooke Shields will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. Shields, a model, actor, best-selling author, CEO of a new company, and now leader of the Actors Equity union, will discuss the intersection of labor and support for the arts.
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Brooke Shields says she's giving back to the theater as head of Actors' Equity union
Brooke Shields said she had a deeply personal reason for wanting to become president of the 51,000-member Actors’ Equity Association. She said she wanted to push for fair wages and other protections for stage actors and managers. But the model, actress, and entrepreneur said she also was paying back a kindness. “Theater was welcoming me when nobody else was welcoming me,” Shields said at a Headliners Luncheon Sept. 12. Having taken a hiatus from film to attend Princeton University, where she graduated from in 1987 with a degree in Romance Languages, the 23-year-old found she was no longer…
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Opposition leader Gandhi calls for India to be 'a fair country'
Rahul Gandhi, India’s leading opposition figure, called for a future India where all population groups are represented in government, and a new manufacturing model that is prepared to meet 21st century economic challenges from neighboring China. “Ninety percent of India doesn’t have representation,” he said at the Club Headliner Newsmaker. Ninety percent of India is either tribal, lower caste, Dalit, or minority, he said. “Their participation in the country is lacking,” he said. The leader of the Indian National Congress said, “The basic question for me: Is India fair? Even before [India’s]…
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Wednesday's Headliners Newsmaker features families of American hostages held by Hamas
The families of seven American hostages held by Hamas will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. As the one-year anniversary of the attack on Israel approaches, the families will emphasize their ongoing pursuit of a resolution that ensures the safe return of all hostages. They will will address the urgent need for international pressure on Hamas, designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. T The group, which broke an existing ceasefire on Oct. 7 and killed 1,200 Israelis while taking more than 200 hostages, brutally executed six of the last…
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Helping homeless veterans in the nation's capital
The focus is on veterans in the newest episode of the Update-1 podcast. Gemma Puglisi talks with Veterans on the Rise Executive Director David Kurtz, who shares the work the 30-year-old nonprofit has done to help homeless veterans in the nation's capital. David Kurtz From the launch of the organization back in 1989 by four vets who took a stand against veteran homelessness through today, including the Supreme Court ruling on homelessness, Kurtz shares how veterans on the Rise has helped vets through a range of services from physical and mental health, life skills and employment training…
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Series of public health training sessions for journalists wraps up Friday with report from NPCJI fellows
The final session in a six-part series of virtual programs to train journalists who cover public health is set for Friday, July 25, with the National Press Club Journalism Institute presenting the insights of five journalists who are participating in the Institute’s inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship, funded by the Common Health Coalition. "Lessons from our inaugural journalism fellowship cohort" begins at noon EDT. Click on that link to register to listen in on the free program. The fellows will share details from their completed reporting projects, which investigate the growing…
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Tonight: Grunwald to explore food, climate change and introduce new book, 'We Are Eating the Earth'
Bestselling author and award-winning journalist Michael Grunwald will discuss his new book "We Are Eating the Earth" at a Headliners Book Event at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 10. The event will include a discussion with the author and a book signing. Ticket prices are $5 for National Press Club members and $10 for general admission. Books are available for pre-purchase. A limited number of books will be available at the event. Purchase tickets online. We Are Eating the Earth explores how the global food system is accelerating climate change. It has cleared land the size of Asia and Europe…
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Update-1: Aviation reporter discusses human toll of midair collision at Reagan National
It will still be several months before the National Transportation Safety Board issues its final report as to the cause of January’s deadly midair collision between a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Reagan National Airport. Sixty-seven people died in what was the deadliest U.S. plane crash in more than two decades. Pete Muntean In the latest episode of Update-1, the National Press Club's podcast, CNN aviation and transportation correspondent Pete Muntean, who reports from Reagan National on a regular basis, talks about what it was like covering that accident. In an interview…
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WSJ, NYT and Washington Post reporters to discuss book '2024' on the presidential campaign at Headliners event, July 22
Award-winning reporters Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal, Tyler Pager of The New York Times, and Isaac Arnsdorf of The Washington Post will discuss “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,” an insiders’ look at the 2024 presidential campaign, at a Headliners Book event on July 22 at 6 p.m.
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Update-1: CNN’s Pete Muntean talks transportation journalism
Pete Muntean was born into aviation but a tragic airshow accident that took his mother’s life forced him to consider his future as a pilot and journalist. In this edition of Update-1, Muntean speaks with NPC Broadcast/Podcast co-vice chair and aviation industry communicator Adam Konowe about that fateful day and the coverage that followed. Muntean also addresses his approach to journalism as a certified flight instructor, challenges associated with covering aviation and other transportation modes, the value of aviation trade media, as well as working with communicators and sources. Update-1…
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