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Press Club Rewind - 10.24.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Natalie Cole champions the fight against hepatitis C; former NPC president Alan Bjerga talks about his new book; the Center for Science in the Public Interest promotes healthy eating; producers pull back the curtain on Warren Buffett's "Secret Millionaires Club"; and bourbon flows freely at The Fourth Estate Restaurant.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Harvey Levin
Harvey Levin, the creator of the celebrity news website TMZ.com and executive producer of the entertainment television news magazine TMZ-TV discussed the changing landscape in entertainment news coverage at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon Monday, October 24.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Natalie Cole
Grammy Award-winning entertainer Natalie Cole, daughter of singing legend Nat King Cole, addressed a Press Club Speakers luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Ms. Cole, diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C in 2008, lends her voice to the American Liver Foundation's national public health initiative, "Tune In to Hep C."
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 10.17.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood pushes President Obama's jobs bill; Craigslist founder Craig Newmark invests in Mideast stability; FTC chief Jon Leibowitz warns consumers to protect their personal information online; and former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter champions clean energy as a means to economic growth.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Ray LaHood
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said passage of President Barack Obama's jobs bill is a "no brainer" in his Oct. 13, 2011 luncheon speech at the National Press Club. The jobs bill would create thousands of new jobs and allocate $50 billion for roads, bridges and transportation and $10 billion for an infrastructure bank, LaHood said.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 10.10.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: the October General Membership Meeting; GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul questions the constitutionality of drone attacks; Senator Dick Durbin attempts to curb anti-immigrant sentiment; Senator Susan Collins defends the potato; science reporters question the Obama administration's commitment to openness; and documentarian Ken Burns weighs in on Prohibition, alcoholism, and his own "research" on those subjects.
Type: Media
Access Denied: Science News and Government Transparency
Has the Obama administration lived up to its promise to make science more transparent and accessible to the public? An investigation in the September/October 2011 issue of Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) finds that despite President Obama's early promise to create an open government, the nation's science reporters feel there has been little to no progress since the Bush administration. On Monday Oct. 3, 2011, the National Press Club hosted a panel of journalists and invited administration officials to critique what journalists and the government are (or aren't) doing to change that. The…
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Ron Paul
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), candidate for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, discussed his strategies to deal with many of the nation's problems at a National Press Club luncheon on Oct. 5, 2011.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 10.3.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: The Family Research Council critiques the 2012 presidential candidates; Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels talks about why he's not in the running; Syrian Americans speak out against the regime in their homeland; fashion designer Mark Ecko tries to get kids interested in science and math; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reveals plans for a vertical take-off and landing spacecraft; and lobster is served at The Fourth Estate restaurant.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Ken Burns
Prohibition sent American progress reeling backward and led to new social ills, including bootlegging and organized crime, documentary film maker Ken Burns told a National Press Club on October 3, 2011. Burns' visit coincided with the airing of his exhaustive three-part series "Prohibition" on PBS.
Type: Media