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NPC Newsmaker: Closing the Opportunity Gap
At a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on April 25, 2013, the authors of a new book and education reform campaign called Closing the Opportunity Gap argued that the current intense emphasis on standardized test scores and other educational outcomes is counter-productive – as demonstrated by the recent cheating scandals in Atlanta, Washington, DC and elsewhere. They explained why a real improvement in learning depends on a balanced new direction – one with less emphasis on measuring outcomes and more focus on addressing inputs, thereby closing the opportunity gap. Along with these…
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Press Club Rewind - 6.3.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five speaks advocates for the release of the remaining four prisoners and the U.S. Surgeon General launches "Talk, They Hear You," a new campaign to prevent underage drinking.
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NPC Luncheon - 2013 Gerald Ford Journalism Awards
Congressman Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, and David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN, were the featured speakers at the 26th annual Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation journalism awards luncheon hosted at the National Press Club on June 3, 2013. Honored at the awards were John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate and political director for CBS News and winner of the 2013 prize for distinguished reporting on the presidency; and Hal Bernton, reporter for the Seattle Times and winner of the 2013 prize for coverage of national defense issues.
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Press Club Rewind - 5.27.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: Tea Party activists recount their harassment by the IRS; Jessica Buchanan describes her kidnapping by Somali pirates and rescue in a heroic SEAL Team operation; Jon Huntsman expresses concern about foreign theft of U.S. intellectual property; former smokers urge the public to quit themselves; a new report makes recommendations for educational databases; and state officials outline their goals and measures to get people off welfare and into jobs.
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NPC Book & Author Event: Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm
Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm discuss "Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six” at a May 22, 2013 book event. The book details humanitarian aid worker Jessica Buchanan’s kidnapping by Somali land pirates, her three months in captivity, her rescue by the Navy SEALs, and her husband’s extraordinary efforts to help bring her home.
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Press Club Rewind - 5.20.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin charts a course for the human exploration of Mars; Code Pink presses President Obama to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center; parents hoping to adopt Russian orphans call on U.S. and Russian leaders to resolve their differences; a University of North Carolina study recommends early education programs for homes where English is the second language; The American Dental Association launches a new program to provide care for those with untreated dental issues; and former…
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NPC Book & Author Event: Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin - the second man on the moon – and Leonard David discussed their new book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, at the National Press Club on May 10, 2013. The book plots a proposed path for taking humans to Mars by 2035.
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Press Club Rewind - 5.13.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this weeks' edition: The father of a Navy SEAL blames the U.S. government for the incident that killed his son and 37 others in Afghanistan; The Center for Immigration Studies hosts a discussion of the nation's immigration dilemma; actor Richard Belzer outlines the 50 "mysterious" deaths he connects to the JFK assassination in his new book; and tennis great Chris Evert talks about the sport's "great virtues."
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NPC Book & Author Event: Richard Belzer
Actor Richard Belzer talks about "Hit List" May 6, 2013 at the National Press Club. The book is billed as an in-depth investigation into what some see as the mysterious deaths of people linked to the President John F. Kennedy assassination story. Belzer describes the assassination as the "greatest murder mystery" of all time" - linking the deaths of fifty people, including columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, U2 pilot Gary Powers and Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Belzer also presents evidence supporting the theory that there were two Lee Harvey Oswalds and how his death was set in…
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The New International Media: Filling A Vacuum or Pushing An Agenda?
The National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee held a panel discussion on May 2, the night before World Press Freedom Day, about the growing role of media organizations that are at least partly government-funded. As the press in most western democracies has had to retrench in recent years, cutting staffs and abandoning foreign (and domestic) bureaus, there is one bright spot for foreign coverage: Al Jazeera, CCTV and Voice of Russia Radio have vibrant bureaus in Washington and elsewhere. However, their growth has also caused considerable heartburn, because all are at least partially funded…
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