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It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play
The National Press Club closed 2020 by presenting a 'radio play' version of the classic story "It's a Wonderful Life" on New Year's Eve. The cast of the one hour radio play included former Club presidents Mark Hamrick, Angela Greiling Keane, Jeff Ballou and Gil Klein, along with Board of Governors members Debra Silimeo, Danny Selnick and Mark Schoeff, Jr. Professional broadcasters and Club members Dan Raviv, Barbara Porter, Sam Litzinger, Irv Chapman and Ken Mellgren are also in the cast, along with members Marc Wojno, Maureen Beasley, Mike Hempen, Adam Konowe, Jan Zastrow and Viola…
Type: Media
It's Time to #FreeAustinTice
The National Press Club marked the anniversary of the abduction and detention of Award-winning journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice on August 14, 2020 by unveiling a Freedom Clock that will display a dynamic record of the time Austin has been unjustly detained in Syria.
Type: Media
NPC Press Conference: Help the Heroes
The National Press Club held a news conference on September 24, 2020 to launch an innovative program called Help The Heroes which is designed to help front line medical workers at Howard University Hospital receive timely and convenient food assistance at the end of their shift. Speakers included: Anita L.A. Jenkins, CEO of Howard University Hospital Michael Freedman, President of the National Press Club Ed Lewis, Director of Public Policy Communications at Toyota
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In Conversation: Denise Rolark Barnes
Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of The Washington Informer Newspaper Co., Inc, joined NPC President Michael Freedman to discuss the venerated publication, digital news services and the critical role of ethnic/racial community news outlets across the United States on September 17, 2020.
Type: Media
NPC World Press Freedom Day 2020
A conversation on the state of press freedom worldwide between NPC President Michael Freedman, NPC Press Freedom committee chair John Donnelly, and Washington Post Global Opinions Writer Jason Rezaian.
Type: Media
Edward R. Murrow's BBC Microphone
Correspondent Sam Litzinger discusses the historic BBC microphone used by Edward R. Murrow for his CBS Radio broadcasts from London during World War II.
Type: Media
Conversations With Correspondents: Al-Monitor's Amberin Zaman
What’s next for US-Turkey relations under President Biden? Can the two NATO allies reach a compromise on the S-400 issue? What does the new Biden administration mean for Kurdish self-rule in Syria? Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor’s senior correspondent reporting from the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, answered these questions and more during a program on March 22, 2021 moderated by National Press Club Vice President Jen Judson.
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PREVENTS Public Health Campaign Launch
The White House and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched the REACH national public health campaign aimed at empowering all Americans to play a critical role in preventing suicide on July 7, 2020. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie and PREVENTS Executive Director Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen spoke about how the goal of REACH, which was established by the President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS), is to change the conversation around suicide by urging people to recognize their own risk and protective factors — as well as the risk and protective factors…
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America's Gun Problem: Seeking Solutions Through Journalism
What can journalism do for an issue like gun violence? Can good, solid journalism sustain dialogue, foster understanding, empower a citizenry, and inspire policy proposals and legislative reform? The National Press Club examines these questions through the work of two highly skilled, award-winning Washington Post reporters: John Woodrow Cox and Wesley Lowery. Cox and Lowrey have different approaches to reporting on this complicated issue, but both reporters seem to have found a way to break through the chain of dissociative and complacent coverage and provide meaningful, thought-provoking…
Type: Media