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CBS News President Susan Zirinsky to receive 2020 Fourth Estate Award Nov. 18
Susan Zirinsky, president and senior executive producer of CBS News, will receive the National Press Club's highest honor, the Fourth Estate Award, on Nov.18. Zirinsky is the 48th recipient of the award, which recognizes journalists who have made significant contributions to the field. “Susan Zirinsky is the personification of journalistic perseverance, tenacity, and integrity,” Club President Michael Freedman said. “Like the best of those before her at the network of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, Susan leads by example, displaying the courage of her convictions and making a…
Type: News
Perspective on Music
Leon Fleisher, noted pianist and conductor, spoke about his life, work in music, public funding for the arts and American culture in a speech to the National Press Club. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
2020 Fourth Estate Award Gala
CBS News president Susan Zirinsky will receive the National Press Club's most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a gala in her honor on November 18, 2020. Zirinsky is the 48th recipient of the award, which recognizes journalists who have made significant contributions to the field. More Info & Tickets Press Release
CBS News president Susan Zirinsky will receive the National Press Club's most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a gala in her honor on November 18, 2020. Zirinsky became CBS News president and Senior Executive Producer of CBS News on March 1, 2019, and within nine months she oversaw an overhaul of the news division. An acclaimed journalist and highly respected senior executive producer at CBS News, Zirinsky began her career in the CBS News Washington bureau two weeks after the Watergate break-in. Over the next four decades she produced a wide variety of award-winning documentaries…
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Fox News has become Trump's propaganda arm, CNN's media reporter says
Donald Trump has taken over Fox News, slowly squeezing out actual news reporting in favor of opinion shows promoting the president, Brian Stelter, CNN’s chief media correspondent, told the National Press Club Tuesday. Stelter, the author of “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth,” said he talked to about 250 present and former Fox News employees who were eager to tell him what was happening since founder Roger Ailes was forced out. “Fox’s history is a series of right-wing turns, moving further to the right, in some cases doing that just to keep up with the…
Type: News
Last call for Virtual Pub Quiz Sept. 10
The National Press Club's Pub Quiz returns at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, via Zoom instead of at the Club. Organize a team and register here. Have a category or topic for a round of questions? Contact Marc Wojno at [email protected].
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Presidential debate organizers make adjustments to meet pandemic challenges
Like many of the big public events planned for 2020, this year’s presidential debates have been forced to meet the historic challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. That’s according to the co-chairs of the Commission on Presidential Debates, all three of whom discussed what Americans can expect this year at a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker Sept. 1. “It’s very, very clear that the coronavirus has thrown us a curveball, as it has almost everyone else in every walk of life,” commission co-chair Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. said. “It’s a different world that we’re walking into, but…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Brian Stelter, "HOAX"
Over the course of two years, CNN Worldwide’s chief media correspondent and Reliable Sources anchor Brian Stelter interviewed more than 250 current and former Fox News insiders in a bid to understand why the network dropped the “fair and balanced” claim and embraced “fake news.” Stelter chronicles what he learned about the multibillion-dollar media powerhouse and its ties to President Donald Trump in his new book “HOAX: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth.” Stelter discussed his findings and what he calls “the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump” at a…
Type: Media
7th Annual State of Black Tourism
The National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals will host its 7th Annual State of Black Tourism on Thursday, September 17, 2020, bringing together industry leaders from associations, DMO’s, corporations and elected officials to share their thoughts regarding the impact of current practices that affect Black hospitality professionals. The program will outline course correction strategies via data driven presentations and thoughtful discussions. This year’s program will also discuss the future of the industry post COVID-19 and George Floyd. To register for this online program, visit …
Type: Event
National Press Club leaders call for continued funding for Stars and Stripes newspaper
The heads of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute called Tuesday for continued funding for the Stars & Stripes newspaper, and said Defense Department officials should ensure financial support for the news organization. The Trump administration suddenly announced it would end financial support after Sept. 30 for the newspaper that principally serves the U.S. military, ostensibly to save money, despite it costing less than $16 million in a Pentagon budget of more than $700 billion. President Donald Trump said via Twitter on Sept. 4 that he planned to…
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Politics and Moral Values
Mr. Robertson talked about the role of Christian values in American society, the global reach of Christianity, the role of the church and Christian morals in policy making, and the current state of American culture. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media