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Tackling News Deserts
Tackling news deserts: Exploring some real-time academic models to improve coverage of undercovered communities
News deserts — both in regional areas that lost their newspapers and in communities that are underserved by media — are vastly growing and have a multifold impact. People in news deserts do not have access to the information they need to make informed decisions. Leaders tend not to be held accountable for their actions as they no longer have oversight from journalists. Communities of color or underrepresented groups often do not have their stories or concerns told unless they are connected to a big (often negative) event. People live in their bubbles and are inundated with misinformation/…
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While We Watched: Screening and Conversation with Ravish Kumar
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Come join us for a special screening of the award-winning documentary ‘While We Watched.’ While We Watched is a turbulent newsroom drama intimately chronicling the working days of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiraling world of truth and disinformation. As factual reporting is in freefall globally, ‘While We Watched’ is a dignified lens into the abyss. Featured journalist Ravish Kumar - 2019 winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award - will join us in conversation. View the trailer here. “A poetic love letter to Indian journalism and a throbbing elegy for press freedom…
Type: Event
NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Sikyong Penpa Tsering
Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (formally known as the Central Tibetan Administration) will address the National Press Club at a Headliners Newsmaker event at 2 p.m. on Oct. 18. Penpa Tsering will speak about Tibet's geopolitical relevance, its spiritual and cultural impact, and effects of Chinese President Xi Jinping's "One China" policy, which threatens to extinguish Tibetan identity. Freedom House has designated Tibet, alongside Syria, as the world's "least free" country. Tsering, who has held the office of sikyong, or…
Type: Event
National Press Club statement on Evan Gershkovich's court appearance in Moscow
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 – Following is a statement from Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the appearance of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at Moscow City Court on Tuesday. “We were glad to see Evan at the court on Tuesday after six months of suffering from being held in isolation. We would prefer to see him walking as a free man. We renew our call that Russia release him at once and without conditions. We were disappointed that the court would not hear Evan’s appeal and sent it back…
Type: News
Books & Brunch to discuss Geraldine Brooks' 'Horse: A Novel,' Oct. 21
Books & Brunch will meet via Zoom at noon Saturday, Oct. 21, to discuss "Horse: A Novel" by Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks. "Horse: A Novel" connects five different characters and a thoroughbred horse, weaving together a story that spans three eras of American history to reckon with American injustices. “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art," Time magazine noted in its review. To RSVP and receive a Zoom link, please email Fay Iudicello at [email protected] by Thursday, Oct. 19. Those who RSVP should expect to receive the invitation at 9…
Type: News
National Press Club Opens Registration for the Run for Austin 5K, November 18
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2023 – Registration for the Run for Austin Virtual 5K opens today to all runners and walkers eager to participate. The virtual race will be held on November 18 to raise awareness and public support for journalist Austin Tice, who has been unjustly detained in Syria since 2012. The annual event, which is in its third year, saw hundreds of runners lace up in 22 states and multiple cities overseas last year including Paris, Stockholm and Istanbul. New this year, the event will also aim to raise awareness for another detained journalist, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan…
Type: News
Club photo exhibit, with images of news, wildlife, street and art, runs through Friday
The 24th annual National Press Club photography exhibit, portraying people and events in Washington, D.C., and worldwide, continues in the Club's main lobby through this Friday, Sept. 29. The exhibit features visual storytelling by 55 NPC members displaying 211 digital images and print photos, with an online catalog giving the stories behind the pictures on display. Photojournalism is the core of the annual exhibits, which began in 1999. In this year's exhibit, veteran news photographer Christy Bowe displays Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to the White House in Dec. 2022,…
Type: News