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NPC Luncheon with Elon Musk
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and founder of PayPal, addressed a National Press Club luncheon on September 29, 2011. He spoke about the future of human spaceflight in advance of his company's planned Nov. 30 flight to the International Space Station, the first private mission to ISS for NASA.
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Press Club Rewind - 9.26.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: actor Denzel Washington, NBA star LeBron James, singer Ashanti and director Ron Howard boost the Boys & Girls Clubs of America; Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan promotes nutrition as part of her work on the President's Council on Fitness; novelist John Grisham accepts the first Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction; the Club's History & Heritage Committee hosts a forum on female journalists during the Civil War; and SEO expert Vanessa Fox teaches members how to best leverage Google News…
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How to Best Engage Readers Through Google News
Google's algorithms work to surface unique content that match searcher needs in both web search and Google News, but news-specific ranking takes into account additional facets such as spikes in interest, recency, and authority. Google faces additional hurdles in indexing news content. For instance, Google can't access content behind paywalls. What does that mean for syndicated and subscription content? Fortunately, Google has a number of options available for publishers, including source attribution tags, first-click free programs and more. Get the details on how Google News works and ranks…
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Press Club Rewind - 9.19.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Fiscal Commission chairs Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles urge Congress to "go big" on deficit reduction; aerospace industry leaders argue that their budget contributes to economic growth; an employment expert at Georgetown University says the national outlook is bleak for the coming years; Frank Mankiewicz, former president of National Public Radio and press secretary to Senator Robert Kennedy, opines on 24/7 news; and Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson celebrates her birthday at…
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The Kalb Report - Anchoring 9/11: The Day and the Decade
Charles Gibson, Dan Rather, Brit Hume and Frank Sesno join moderator Marvin Kalb to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the devastating September 11 attacks and discuss the subsequent decade that changed the world. More information on this, past and upcoming editions of The Kalb Report can be found here.
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Press Club Rewind - Kalb Report 9/11 Special Edition
The Kalb Report hosted a broadcast on September 9, 2011 with four national television anchors (Dan Rather, Charlie Gibson, Brit Hume and Frank Sesno) who on were on-air live as events unraveled on 9/11. Like millions of viewers, the anchors had their own stories to tell where they were when they learned of the first attack. Click here to watch the full hour-long program.
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Press Club Rewind - 9.12.2011
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani reflects on 9/11; Diplomats relay their concerns about internal struggles in Libya; a former drug addict shares her story of recovery; and WWE comes to the Club to lay a smack down on school bullying.
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NPC Luncheon with Dolly Parton
Singer, songwriter and actress Dolly Parton appeared at the Press Club on February 10, 2009 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, for which she is the ambassador. She discussed her life and career and even sang for the audience.
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NPC Luncheon with Dennis Quiad
Dennis Quaid, actor and patient safety advocate, came to the Press Club on April 12, 2010 to speak about the prevention of nearly fatal medical errors. Quaid's newborn twins received a potentially deadly overdose of Heparin in 2007. He also promoted the launch of new National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors (NAN) with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Quaid and his wife also started "The Quaid Foundation" to raise public awareness about medical errors.
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NPC Luncheon with Rudy Giuliani
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani left the door open for a possible run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination after a hard-hitting speech to a sold-out National Press Club luncheon on Sept. 6, 2011. In analyzing the state of U.S. security in the decade following the 9/11 attacks, he praised President Barack Obama for capturing and killing Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, he attacked Obama's policy of setting dates for troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq.
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