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Concentrate on What You Do Best, Panelists Say
PORTLAND – News organizations cannot be all things to all people, even if they have the technology to provide it, leading Oregon journalists told a National Press Club Centennial Forum here Tuesday. Instead, they said, to attract an audience in this time of turmoil in the news business, they must concentrate on being the most authoritative voice in those areas they do best. “We are much more about the why and the how and who has the power and how are they using that power and influence than about recording everything that moves,” said Sandra Rowe, editor of the Portland Oregonian, which has…
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Freedom of Information Hurt by Newspaper Revenue Losses, Panel Says
SEATTLE – All types of news media depend on a robust newspaper industry to take the lead in defending freedom of information against state and local government, leading Oregon journalists told a National Press Club Centennial Forum here Tuesday. And when newspapers can no longer afford those legal costs, they said, the public’s access to information suffers. “We’re spending less on legal fees,” said Ryan Blethen, associate publisher of the Seattle Times and a member of the fifth generation of the family that has run the Times since 1896. The paper cannot abandon freedom of information…
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Billy Joel Dazzles Sold-Out Luncheon Crowd
He was supposed to talk about celebrity endorsements of political candidates at his sold-out Press Club Luncheon appearance on Thursday, but Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and pianist Billy Joel dispensed with all that right away in two or three comments. And he wasn’t there to endorse anybody for president, either, although he recently performed at a fundraiser for Barack Obama. He went straight for the questions, of which there were many, from Club President Sylvia Smith and an audience full of long-time fans. “I get insulted when I’m at a show and somebody starts talking to me…
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It's a Rebuilding Time for Papers, Panel Says
SPOKANE – With the latest round of staff reductions, Gary Graham, the new editor of the Spokane Spokesman-Review, hopes he has hit “ground zero” and can start regrouping and rebuilding the newspaper staff, he told a National Press Club Centennial Forum here Thursday. “We’re going to have to make some decisions on things we are no longer going to cover any more because we simply don’t have the staff,” said Graham, who was seeing 20 of his veteran news staff depart this week, leaving him with 80. “But the foundation of all that is still a journalistic mission where local news is our franchise…
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Ken Burns discusses his new PBS series “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” at an NPC luncheon
The latest edition of Update-1 features filmmaker Ken Burns and his recent trip to the National Press Club to promote his new series, “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.” The seven-part series looks at Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and recently ran on PBS stations. Burns says no other family has "touched as many Americans as the Roosevelts.” According to Burns, there is an "avalanche" of information about the Roosevelts, and he says this series shows them to be a “complicated Russian novel.”
Type: Media
Sprint's OK, But Don't Regulate Internet, CEO Says
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told an Oct. 24 NPC luncheon that despite the Wall Street meltdown, his company has a positive cash flow and "plans to revolutionize the wireless industry," but he warned against moves toward "net neutrality" proposed by some Democrats. "Regulating the internet has horrendous implications," the 33-year veteran of AT&T told the crowded ballroom. Reacting to current economics, he said a friend told him the financial nosedive is worse than divorce. "I lost half my wealth but still have my wife," which brought gales of laughter. But he said, "We can get through this as…
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Nader Calls on Liberals, Progressives to Make More Demands on Obama
Ralph Nader does not agree with the right-wing of the Republican Party on any issue. But he does admire the way that it makes GOP presidential nominees pay attention to their agenda. The liberal and progressive portions of the Democratic Party don’t make the same demands of their candidates for the White House, which sets back the causes that have inspired Nader to run as an independent candidate for the third election in a row. “Votes have to be conditioned,” Nader said at an Oct. 24 Newsmaker. In Nader’s view, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is getting the support of liberals…
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Reporters Getting Burned with New Technology, Panelists Say
COLUMBIA, Mo. – News organizations are burning out reporters by demanding that they use more and more different types of technology to tell their stories, leading journalists said at a National Press Club forum at the University of Missouri Monday. Yet there is scant evidence that this new technology is bringing in enough revenue to save journalism jobs and support the news business, they said. “I have been blogging for years,” said Tony Messenger, a state capital bureau correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I have yet to have a discussion in my newsroom about why we’re blogging and…
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Banker Urges US to Spend Less
The stimulus program is working, but there's a need for new programs to save America from budget deficit fallout, Bob Kelly, chairman and CEO of BNY Mellon said at a Newsmaker March 11. “We walked right to the edge of global depression and made it back,” he said. “Most banks are now back and healthy again except a few.” But he predicted a recession in five to seven years caused by the federal deficit. Asked if there is a safe proposal to ward off that eventuality, Kelly said, “No. There is no plan yet, and we need a credible plan and budget for our country to avoid that. We are spending too…
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Please Welcome 25 New Club Members
The Board of Governors approved 25 membership applications Nov. 23, bringing the total so far this year to 393, compared to 397 for the same period last year.The new members are: Active:Georgie Anne Geyer - Universal Press Syndicate, Columnist; E. Drake Lundell – Kiplinger, Editor; Peer Meinert - German Press Agency – DPA, Correspondent; Amena Husein Saiyid - Platts Inc., Associate Editor; Philipe-Joseph Salazar - University of Cape Town, Professor, Director of Graduate Program in Rhetoric (Media) Active Non-Resident:Arline Kaplan, Huntington Beach, CA – Self - Independent Writer, Freelance…
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