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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.
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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.
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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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#JusticeForJamal: One Year Later, Still Seeking Answers and Accountability
Video courtesy of The Committee to Protect Journalists One year after Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, calls for justice and transparency have gone unanswered. CPJ and partner organizations held a candlelight vigil outside the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C., to mark the first anniversary of Khashoggi’s death. We continue to call for #JusticeForJamal. Read more Follow CPJ on Twitter
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox on jailed journalist Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox was asked about the case of Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto, a Mexican journalist who has been imprisoned and threatened with deportation by U.S. Immigration authorities, at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on May 22, 2018.
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Donald Trump's 2014 promise to run for President in 2016
Donald Trump, chairman and president of the Trump Organization, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon on May 27, 2014. In his first answer during the Q&A session, he promised to run in 2016 if "[he] didn't see the right person."
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William McCarren speaks about Emilio Gutierrez on Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman interviews National Press Club Executive Director William McCarren about the case of Emilio Gutierrez, a Mexican journalist currently under threat of deportation despite threats to his life as a result of his reporting. Thanks to Democracy Now! (https://www.democracynow.org/) for use of this video.
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Emilio Gutierrez News Conference - 12/22/17
Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez fled to the United States in 2008 after his reporting on abuses by Mexico's military made him and his son the target of death threats. Gutierrez, denied asylum by U.S. courts, voluntarily turned himself in to immigration authorities on Dec. 7. His fate is now in the hands of the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals. Sign the petition at https://goo.gl/6Jfv4m now to demand he be granted asylum.
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