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It's Time to #FreeAustinTice
The National Press Club marked the anniversary of the abduction and detention of Award-winning journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice on August 14, 2020 by unveiling a Freedom Clock that will display a dynamic record of the time Austin has been unjustly detained in Syria.
Type: Media
NPC Book Rap: Paul Dickson, "The Rise of the G.I. Army"
As people around the world commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, author Paul Dickson shared his new book, “The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1942: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor,” at a National Press Club Virtual Book Rap on August 14, 2020.
Type: Media
Lessons from Montgomery bus boycott can be applied today, author Karen Gray Houston says
NPC President Michael Freedman presents journalist and author Karen Gray Houston with a commemorative National Press Club coffee mug as a thank you gift, held for her to retrieve when conditions permit. Photo by Alan Kotok Lessons from the historic, year-long bus boycott that began in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 apply to the civil rights protests underway in U.S. cities, veteran journalist Karen Gray Houston said Thursday at a National Press Club virtual book rap. Houston, who explores the “unsung heroes” of the civil rights movement in her book, “Daughter of the Boycott: Carrying on a…
Type: News
Second Term Presidency
Participants talked about second term presidencies, the traditional problems in enacting ambitious proposals during a second term, past second term presidencies, and the Bush administration's agenda for a second term. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Dan Rather
Legendary newsman Dan Rather joined National Press Club President and former CBS News colleague Michael Freedman on Aug. 12, 2020 for a live-streamed Headliner conversation about the press and the presidency, the role of journalism in protecting our democracy, and the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Type: Media
'Just do the damn job,' legendary anchor Dan Rather advises journalists in wide-ranging talk
Building trust with the audience is the most important thing a television news anchor can do, veteran news anchor Dan Rather told National Press Club President Michael Freedman in a webcast interview Wednesday. Rather, 88, who became a CBS News correspondent in 1962, was at the center of major news events, including the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal before becoming anchor of CBS News in 1981, a position he held for 24 years.
Type: News
Platinum Owl Walter S. Wingo, editor and columnist for U.S. News and World Report, dies
Walter S. Wingo, a retired editor and columnist for U.S. News & World Report and a 63-year member of the National Press Club, died on Aug. 8 in Arlington, Va. "On a staff of outstanding, good people at USN&WR, Walt stood out," wrote Julie Elkins Dear in a tribute. "Not only was he good at what he did, he was good to everyone. He lived a long and successful life and made many friends, all of whom were richer for having him as a colleague and friend."
Type: News
Mark your calendars for Zombies, Bigfoot, and COVID with World War Z author Max Brooks, Sept. 3
Bestselling author Max Brooks will deliver a talk entitled, “Zombies, Bigfoot, and COVID: How Fiction Can Prepare Us For Disasters,” at a National Press Club Headliners Book and Author event on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 1 p.m. To download a calendar reminder or view the livestream of the event, click here.
Type: News
Release Al Jazeera Journalist Jailed Years Without Trial, Say U.S. Press Leaders
WASHINGTON — Authorities in Egypt must promptly free Mahmoud Hussein, an Al Jazeera producer who has been detained without trial for more than three and a half years, leaders of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute said. Hussein, an Egyptian who works for the Al Jazeera Arabic channel in Qatar, has been imprisoned since December 2016 — more than 1,300 days ago. He was detained during a trip to Egypt to visit his family and has been kept in solitary confinement and denied medical treatment for a broken bone he sustained early in his incarceration nearly…
Type: News
U.S. Tsunami Detection and Warning System
Officials talked about the operation of tsunami detection and warning systems deployed in the Pacific and the potential implementation of similar systems to ensure a global detection capability. The subject was of renewed interest following a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media