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National Press Club Statement on Jason Rezaian Being Held 444 Days By Iran
The following statement was issued by John Hughes, President of the National Press Club, on the 444th day Washington Post Reporter Jason Rezaian has been held in an Iranian prison: "Once again we call on the government of Iran to release Jason Rezaian. Today marks a particularly dark day in this terrible episode. Jason has now been imprisoned the same awful length of time Americans were held during the Iran hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981. One day of unjust imprisonment would have been too many, but 444 days of this treatment is cruel to the extent that it is obscene. The religious leaders…
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Afghan ambassador to attend screening of documentary on Afghan photojournalists Tuesday, Oct. 20
Hamdullah Mohib, Afghan ambassador to the U.S., will attend “Frame by Frame," a documentary on Afghan photojournalists, that will be screened by the Washington West Film Festival in the Zenger Room Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. In the aftermath of decades of war and Taliban rule, this award-winning documentary follows the lives of four Afghan photojournalists as they struggle to re-frame Afghanistan through an emerging free press. As foreign troops and media withdraw, Afghanistan is left to stand on its own, and so are its journalists. In a world where even taking a photo was a crime, a…
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Book Rap on McGrory biography by John Norris rescheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15
John Norris, author of a biography of legendary journalist Mary McGrory, will appear at an National Press Club Book Rap on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. Club member Dan Balz plans to interview Norris. The Book Rap for Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism was rescheduled because it originally conflicted with the pope’s visit to Washington. Tickets for the original date are still good for Oct. 15. Tickets to the rap are still available;members are $5 and the general public $10. Click here to purchase tickets. After the Book Rap, which will include a question-…
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Mayors say cities take the lead on climate-change initiatives
Cities must take the lead on climate change because “the feds have fumbled the ball,” Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz told a National Press Club Newsmakers press event Oct. 8. “I don’t think we need to be captive to the dysfunction that happens in D.C. any more. There’s an opportunity for cities to take the lead, an opportunity for cities to use our market power individually and collectively,” Berkowitz said. “It is part of the responsibility we have to the people we serve.” Anchorage is home to 300,000 people who “live with climate change every day because we are the gateway to the Arctic,”…
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Baltimore Mayor: Cities Can Learn Lessons From Riots
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake told a luncheon at the National Press Club on Oct. 7 that other cities can take a page from the high profile riots that consumed the Maryland city earlier this year, particularly when its comes to the relationship between the police and their communities. “I’ve been pleased that we’ve had the lessons learned to help prepare not just Baltimore’s police department but police departments throughout the country to understand that the tactics are different, that the strategies for how we deal with them are different,” Rawlings-Blake said. Rawlings-Blake…
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Status of Budget Talks
Senator Gramm discussed the summit budget talks between Congress and the administration as well as the budget crisis facing the United States. He is the author of two controversial bills. The Gramm-Latta bill was enacted during the Reagan administration to make draconian spending cuts. The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act involved automatic budget cuts designed to cut the budget deficit. The former professor of economics at Texas A&M University was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1978. He was reelected in 1980 and 1982. In January of 1983 he was denied his seat on the…
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Did you know the Club has an online membership directory?
Did you know the Club has an online membership directory? Find general contact information for fellow members. A current directory listing will increase your chance to sit on a luncheon head table. We encourage all members to review and update your directory listing here. Please include a photo, a bio and social media links. You will be required to sign into the member only section to access the webpage. For more information about your membership benefits please send an email to [email protected] or visit the Club’s website.
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This week in National Press Club history
October 6, 1965: President Lyndon Johnson makes a surprise appearance at a National Press Club luncheon honoring American cartoonists, joining Milton Caniff (“Steve Canyon” and “Terry and the Pirates”) at the head table with other notables of that art form. He reportedly comments that one politician who was offended by his caricature said he couldn’t find the artist, so he hung the picture instead. October 6, 1999: The Most Reverend Dr. Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1984) speaks at a Club luncheon about human rights. October 7,…
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Tickets to Oct. 15 Ifill dinner available through Oct. 12
Michele Norris, host and special correspondent at National Public Radio, Dan Balz, chief correspondent at The Washington Post, and broadcast journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, will headline the guest list to honor acclaimed journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" and co-anchor and managing editor of the "PBS NewsHour", when she accepts the National Press Club’s most-prestigious prize, the Fourth estate Award, at a Club dinner Thursday, Oct. 15. The deadline for ordering tickets is Oct. 12. Other special guests, including Ifill’s colleagues from PBS, will be…
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Constitutional law expert to explain affirmative action case's return to the Supreme Court Tuesday, Oct. 27
Constitutional law expert and litigator Andrew M. Grossman will speak at a Newsmakers news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 10 a.m. in the Zenger Room to explain what’s at stake, what to look for at oral argument, and the how the Court is likely to come down in Abigail Fisher's challenge to the University of Texas' affirmative action program. Fisher’s challenge returns to the Supreme Court, with supporters of racial preferences fearing a major loss. After being denied admission to the University of Texas in 2008, Ms. Fisher filed suit challenging the school’s use of race in admissions. The…
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