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ProPublica CEO Cites Success in Donor-Funded Reporting
Paul Steiger, the editor-in-chief of ProPublica and chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said a new model of collaboration can help sustain investigative journalism. At a Jun 15 Luncheon, Steiger quoted skepticism about ProPublica concept when it began operation in 2008. But “I’m delighted that this model has already been embraced” both by traditional news organizations partnering to publish ProPublica investigations and by new non-profits undertaking similar investigative work. Steiger, the 2007 winner of the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award, also serves as president…
Type: News
Understanding The Political News Cycle
Former Clinton White House director of production for presidential events, Josh King, takes us behind the scenes of the daily events for those who are president -- and those who wish to become president -- in his new book "Off Script." The host is SiriusXM White House correspondent Jared Rizzi, a member of the Press Club's Broadcast Committee. Crafting a visual that sells the message was King's job, and a deeper understanding of how each administration uses that power is crucial for understanding the evolution of the political news cycle.
Type: Media
Habeus Corpus Rights Working at Guantanamo, Retired Judges Say
The process of habeas corpus -- the legal procedure that allows prisoners to petition a court to determine whether they are being properly held -- is working in the cases of detainees held at Guantanamo, according to a report from 16 retired judges that was discussed at the National Press Club June 10. Former FBI director William S. Sessions, a retired judge, and attorney Douglas K. Spaulding, who represents several Guantanamo detainees, spoke at Newsmaker press conference. "The right to be free is very important in this country," Sessions said. "In the modern uncertain times of war,…
Type: News
Fred Thompson: 'Prone to Go on to the Next Venture'
Fred Thompson says he owes his varied accomplishments in life to experiences in his youth and being “always prone to go on to the next venture.” The former Tennessee senator, staff lawyer for Republican members of the congressional Watergate committee and actor discussed and signed his new book, “Teaching the Pig to Dance” at the Club on June 14. The book is a memoir of growing up in the rural community of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., and how his family and associations there helped shape his future and his character. But in his remarks and answers to questions, he ranged over a lot more territory.…
Type: News
Ocean Experts Say Gulf Spill Should Have Been Anticipated
Robert Twilley, professor of oceanography and coastal science and head of the Coastal Emergency Response Group at Lousiana State University, told a June 8 Newsmaker that "there is going to be a huge discussion" about why the possibility of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not anticipated and planned for. More research on the possibility of such a spill should have been done "so we would have been better prepared to handle it," Twilley said, noting that previous concerns "were justified." Twilley was joined by Celine Cousteau, conservationist and granddaughter of undersea explorer…
Type: News
Actress Ashley Judd Demands End to Mountain-Top, Strip Mining
Actress Ashely Judd branded mountain-top mining with "the rape of Appalachia" in a June 9 Luncheon speech calling for a national effort to halt it. "Mountain-top mining would never happen in other mountains in the United States," she said, citing the Rockies as an example of where it would never occur. Judd said she is proud to be a "hillbilly" from eastern Kentucky. She is also a graduate of the University of Kentucky and an alumna of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. While aghast at the deep well oil disaster in the Gulf, she said the many years of destruction of the mountains of…
Type: News
Club Hails Signing of Press Freedom Law
The National Press Club hailed the signing of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, which will bring greater scrutiny to the treatment of the news media around the world. The law, which was approved by the House in December and the Senate in April, expands the State Department's annual report on countries to include the status of press freedoms. Where there are severe violations of those freedoms, the report will examine whether countries participate in, or condone, the restrictions. "The signing of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act is an important step toward advancing a free…
Type: News
National Press Club Condemns Pentagon Barring of Reporters
The National Press Club condemned Monday a recent decision by Defense Department officials to ban four reporters from covering military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The journalists were banned for reporting the name of a witness, even though the person's name was already on the public record. "The Pentagon decision to bar these reporters is unwarranted, given that the information was already widely known," said Alan Bjerga, president of the National Press Club. "This action serves no purpose other than preventing experienced reporters from doing their jobs." The journalists…
Type: News
National Press Club Decries Police Raid of Virginia Student Newspaper Office
The National Press Club called the police raid of a Virginia student newspaper deplorable and urged law enforcement to cease taking any such action in the future. James Madison University's The Breeze newspaper reported on its Web site that Marsha Garst, Virginia commonwealth attorney for the region, and Harrisonburg police confiscated 926 photos from the newsroom April 16. Most of the photos depicted a riot the police are investigating. The photos have been temporarily sealed until an agreement can be reached, The Breeze reported today. "Law enforcement clearly acted rashly in raiding this…
Type: News
Scowcroft Calls Middle East Most 'Vexing' National Security Issue
Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush, said national security issues now "are like looking through the other end of the telescope," compared with the single focus on the Soviet Union in the Ford years. He spoke June 7 at an NPC Luncheon at which he awarded the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Journalism Awards. In a complicated world of disparate threats, Scrowcroft identified the Middle East from the Balkans to Afghanistan as the most "vexing" issue now. The area contains the residue of conflicts from the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian…
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