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Ms. Quote: Why Are Women Missing From the News?
What are we missing when our reporting doesn’t adequately include women experts and women subjects? Why should we care and how can we increase women's voices in the news? A panel of experts explores the lack of female sources in news coverage. Panelists include Matt Winkler, editor-in-chief Bloomberg News, Sally Buzbee, AP Washington bureau chief, Ken Strickland, NBC Washington bureau chief, Ruth Marcus, Washington Post op-ed columnist, Anna Palmer, Politico senior Washington correspondent, and Jill Zuckman, managing director SKDKnickerbocker. Linda Kramer Jenning, Georgetown University…
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NPC Luncheon with Christine Lagarde
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde talked about world's economy at a Jan. 15 National Press Club luncheon in her first press appearance in 2014. Lagarde spoke immediately after returning from a trip to Africa. As the leader of the IMF, Lagarde has a in hand economic research of the organization's 188 member countries. She discussed the prospects for US and global economic growth, recovery in the European Union, and the IMF's mission to support low-income countries by increasing the availability of credit.
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NPC Luncheon with Joseph H. Boardman
Amtrak President & CEO Joseph H. Boardman shared his thoughts on passenger rail issues and provide a preview of the year ahead for Amtrak at a National Press Club Luncheon on January 10, 2014.
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NPC Luncheon with General Frank Grass
Gen. Frank J. Grass, member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and chief of the National Guard Bureau, addressed issues facing the National Guard at a National Press Club luncheon on January 9, 2014. Grass, who took command Sept. 7, 2012, is responsible for ensuring that the more than 460,000 Army and Air National Guard citizen-warriors stand ready to protect the nation and mobilize as active duty soldiers and airmen and women. Since 9-11, National Guard citizen soldiers and airmen have supported more than 760,000 overseas mobilizations, some more than once. Grass serves as military advisor to…
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NPC Luncheon with General Ray Odierno
U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno spoke on the future of the Army at a National Press Club luncheon on January 7, 2014. Before ascending to the position of Army Chief of Staff, General Odierno commanded United States Joint Forces Command and was the commanding general for the US campaign in Iraq.
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NPC Luncheon with Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs, 14-time Grammy winner, shared memories from his 50-year career at a National Press Club luncheon on Dec. 19, 2013. Skaggs has been playing the mandolin since he was five-years-old and has risen to the heights of country music stardom, while remembering his bluegrass roots. Skaggs traveled to Washington to perform at the 2013 Interfaith Holiday Gala Benefit for Wounded Warriors.
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NPC Luncheon with Dan Akerson
GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson provided an update on the company's progress in its goal to design, build and sell the world's best vehicles at a National Press Club Luncheon on Dec. 16, 2013. He also talked about GM's investment plans in the U.S. Akerson has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors since 2010 and led the company's initial public offering that year - the largest in U.S. history. He joined GM in 2009 as a member of its Board of Directors.
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NPC Luncheon with Annise Parker
Annise Parker, one of the first openly gay mayors in the U.S. and the head of the "energy capital of America" spoke at a National Press Club luncheon on Dec. 10, 2013. She talked about her political future and past, the renaissance of American oil and gas energy industry, Texas's thriving economy and the challenges of managing city finances.
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NPC Speakers Newsmaker with Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia
President Juan Manuel Santos delivered remarks on Colombia's economic, political and social transformation, including the historic peace talks under way with the FARC rebel group, on December 3, 2013 at The National Press Club.
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NPC Oral History: Ike Pappas on the Kennedy and Oswald Assassinations
Ike Pappas, a radio correspondent in 1963 for WNEW-AM in New York, discusses his coverage of the JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald assassinations in Dallas on Nov. 22 and Nov. 24, 1963, respectively. This excerpt is presented in observance of the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death.
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