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NPC Luncheon with Michael S. Rogers
NSA Chief Michael S. Rogers discussed the continuing cyber security challenges facing the U.S. and the world at a National Press Club Luncheon on July 14, 2016. Rogers has said encryption makes it more difficult to intercept terrorist groups' communication and warned that vital U.S. computer networks such as power grid have been infiltrated by hackers and public should expect attacks of significant consequence.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Gary Johnson & William Weld
The Libertarian Party presidential ticket – former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld – outlined why they think a third-party effort may be more likely to succeed than in past elections at a July 7, 2016 National Press Club luncheon. Johnson and Weld were nominated at the Libertarian convention in late May and are promoting an agenda of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism. Voter discontent with the two presumptive major party choices – Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump – gives them a chance to break through, they argued.
Type: Media
The Kalb Report - A Conversation with Elie Wiesel: The Bible, The War, and The Media
Drawing the largest crowd ever for The Kalb Report, the standing-room-only forum at the National Press Club focused on the Bible, the Iraq war, and the media as well as intense international situations, such as the Palestinian homeland issue and anti-Semitic rhetoric by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Christopher Hart
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Christopher Hart addressed the role of automation in preventing transportation accidents and will apply lessons learned in aviation to the development of self-driving cars at a National Press Club luncheon June 30, 2016. Hart talked about new technology in transportation with special emphasis on self-driving cars and how lessons from past investigation experience can help to prevent accidents. Hart has served as NTSB chairman since April 2014. Before a long career at NTSB, Hart was a deputy director for air traffic safety oversight at the Federal…
Type: Media
NPC Breakfast with Michael Middleton
Michael Midddleton, the University of Missouri System interim president, spoke at a National Press Club Speakers breakfast on June 21, 2016. Middleton was appointed to head the University of Missouri in 2015 following racial tension and protests on its flagship campus. He will speak about moving the university forward amid a national conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion that was sparked by the protests.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Tom Wheeler
The U.S. is the leader in wireless technology and spectrum innovation, currently occupying the worldwide top spot in 4G wireless network utilization. Now, the development of framework is beginning for the next-generation. These 5G wireless communications services and technologies will offer dramatically faster wireless broadband services. Public and private sector stakeholders around the world have begun to shape the new 5G landscape to benefit their national and commercial interests. in this major policy address by Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler, he lays out the…
Type: Media
2015 Fourth Estate Award Honoring Gwen Ifill
NPR special correspondent Michele Norris, The Washington Post’s Dan Balz and former PBS reporter Charlayne Hunter-Gault paid tribute to PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill as she received the Fourth Estate Award for lifetime achievement in journalism at a dinner Oct. 15, 2015.
Type: Media
NPCJI Election Bootcamp: Covering Conventions
With the Republicans meeting in Cleveland and the Democrats in Philadelphia, the National Press Club’s Journalism Institute focused on covering national party conventions as part of its series of Campaign Boot Camp programs. Get tips from veteran journalists about how to find stories inside and outside the convention hall, and find out from the House Press Gallery staff about logistics surrounding credentials. The panel is: Justin Supon, deputy director of the House Press Gallery David Lightman, national political correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers essica Wehrman, Washington…
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, addressed the Zika virus outbreak at a May 26, 2016 National Press Club speaker luncheon. Frieden, who has led the CDC since 2009, discussed the latest research and forecasts, as scientists at the CDC and other leading health-related organizations are working around the clock to better understand and address the virus tied to birth defects.
Type: Media
U.S. Reps. André Carson and Keith Ellison on Islamophobia in the 2016 Election
U.S. Representatives Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and André Carson (D-Ind.) discussed the rhetoric attacking Muslims and the Islamophobia in this presidential election year during a National Press Club Newsmaker on May 24, 2016. As the only two Muslims in Congress, Ellison and Carson spoke about the rise of hateful and anti-Muslim speech, violence, and cultural ignorance in today’s world and their work to ensure that the civil rights and civil liberties of all United States citizens are protected and preserved.
Type: Media