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UNICEF USA CEO joining panel on children in Central African Republic, June 6
Caryl Stern, president and chief executive officer of UNICEF USA, plans to join NBC senior legal and investigative correspondent Cynthia McFadden and UN Foundation Vice President Peter Yeo to discuss the challenges children face in the conflict-prone Central African Republic on Thursday, June 6, at 1 p.m. at the National Press Club. Club members and the public are invited to join Stern, McFadden, and Yeo for a discussion on international reporting and children in the Central African Republic hosted by the Club's International Correspondents Committee. Tickets for the discussion and lunch…
Type: News
NPC in History: The Origin of Princess Alice
Outside the president’s office is perhaps the most unusual part of the National Press Club’s décor – a seven-foot-tall figure apparently made out of pieces of black spruce and vaguely in the form of a woman. How it got here is a story of intrigue, some of the details, probably cloudy to begin with, lost in time. The story begins in July 1923, as President Warren G. Harding, scandals beginning to close in on his administration, decided to make a goodwill trip across the country ending with the first presidential visit to Alaska. The press corps accompanying him included Stephen Early of the…
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Meridian International Center advocates for a free press
In the newest edition of the National Press Club's podcast, Update-1, National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Lincoln Smith interviews Ambassador Stuart Holliday, chief executive officer of the Meridian International Center, a non-partisan diplomatic and global leadership institution that strengthens U.S. engagement around the world. Holliday has served as an ambassador to the United Nations, naval intelligence officer, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs, and special assistant to President George W. Bush. Along with providing unique insight into…
Type: News
NBC's Cynthia McFadden plans to recount risks, rewards of reporting on Thursday
On Thursday, June 6, at 1 p.m. (doors open and lunch served at 12:30 p.m.), the National Press Club International Correspondents Team is hosting “High Risk, High Reward: The Challenge of Reporting from the Central African Republic,” featuring award-winning NBC News Senior Correspondent Cynthia McFadden. Register online. McFadden got her start in journalism working for Fred Friendly after graduating from Columbia University law school. As a correspondent for ABC News, she regularly substituted for Ted Koppel, later taking over the anchor chair at Nightline. In 2014, she moved to NBC where she…
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How did killing journalists become a game? Sniper 3D CTO explains
Since at least 2015, the popular game Sniper 3D Assassin has featured a mission that requires players to kill a journalist who has just bribed a police officer. When that mission was made public over the weekend in a tweet by New York Times journalist Jamal Jordan, the gamemaker’s Chief Technology Officer Michael Mac-Vicar told HuffPost, “After listening to our community today, we have decided to remove the mission ‘Breaking News’ from the game.” But the mission has not been removed from all versions of the game. The iOS version in the Apple App store no longer has the “Breaking News” mission…
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Public should be skeptical of press, Pelley tells NPC Luncheon
Media consumers have “to take responsibility for what they” watch and read, CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley told a National Press Club Headliners luncheon Wednesday. “We need to earn the trust of the public. I encourage the public to be skeptical of what we do and do their own research,” Pelley told Club President Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak. While the ways that consumers receive their news has expanded exponentially, the rules of journalism have not changed, Pelley said. Journalists need to continue to ask themselves, “Is it right? Is it fair and is it honest?” Several times…
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House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff to update panel priorities, investigations, June 19
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, will discuss the panel's updated priorities and investigations at a National Press Club Headliners event at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 19. The event is open to Club members and credentialed media. Registration is required. Schiff recently made headlines for suggesting an impeachment of President Donald Trump could serve as a tool to gain information his committee seeks, but has yet to obtain, about the president’s behavior. He also announced plans to take enforcement action against the Justice Department for failing to…
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Future of the Teamsters Union
Mr. Hoffa talked about the future of unions in the United States and his efforts to strengthen the Teamsters Union. Topics included federal labor policy, the need for members to vote in local and national elections, and the possibility of adding UPS employees as members of the Teamsters Union. Following his prepared remarks he answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Pulitzer winning biographer David Maraniss tells family’s story in latest release
After publishing critically acclaimed biographies of cultural icons, David Maraniss shifts his lens to his own family in “A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father.” The two-time Pulitzer prize winner and associate editor at The Washington Post, joined National Press Club President Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak in a discussion about the book at a Headliners event on May 17. “I’d spent a lot of my career digging deeply into the lives of people who in the beginning were strangers to me –- Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Roberto Clemente, Vince Lombardi –- and after three or four years of…
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NPC in History: The Club’s most famous photo
Of the untold thousands of photos taken at the National Press Club, one stands out for its widespread distribution at the time it was shot and its enduring appeal many decades later. It was taken on Saturday, Feb. 10, 1945. It shows movie actress Lauren Bacall, then just 20 years old but already a huge Hollywood star, sitting atop an upright piano her shapely legs hanging over the front as she looks down on Harry Truman, just three weeks into his vice presidency, as he looked up at her while playing. Therein lies a tale. It begins in November 1942 when the Club received a call from the…
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