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Actors Equity President opposes defunding federal arts grants, cites job creation
Kate Shindle, president of the Actors’ Equity Association, spoke against defunding the National Endowment for the Arts at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference March 16. The “intersection of art and commerce” driven by NEA grants not only provides Americans cultural enrichment, it is an “economic engine for growth and jobs,” she said. President Donald Trump’s budget proposal cuts domestic programs, including eliminating the NEA with its $149 million annual budget. Cutting the grant-making agency means that job creation in more than 16,000 communities “is on the chopping block, and…
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Tax Day approaches! Reserve for IRS Commissioner Koskinen NPC Luncheon, April 5
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen plans to speak at a National Press Club Luncheon on April 5, less than two weeks before the annual tax-filing deadline. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for Press Club members (members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $39 for all other non-member tickets. Click here to purchase tickets. For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202) 662–7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. Koskinen has led the IRS since…
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Actors' Equity president Shindle to advocate against cuts to federal arts funding TODAY
Kate Shindle, president of the Actors’ Equity Association, will advocate against funding cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts and answer questions at a National Press Club Newsmaker press event this morning, Thursday, March 16, at 10 a.m. in the National Press Club’s Bloomberg Room. In his budget proposals released today, President Donald Trump has called for deep cuts in domestic programs to fund an increase in defense spending, including the complete elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts and its $149 million budget. Shindle argues NEA grants not only create jobs in the…
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Club podcast addresses private space entrepreneurs
In the latest episode of Update-1, Adam Knowe, vice-chair of the National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team, discusses private sector space entrepreneurs with Pat Host, Club board of governors member and a staff reporter with Access Intelligence. Two months into the Trump era, much remains unknown about the new administration’s priorities for space and their impact on NASA. However the leadership vacuum at NASA and elsewhere in government stands in stark contrast to the bold plans of private-sector leaders, such as Elon Musk of SpaceX and Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin. Will these entrepreneurs…
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Mexican presidential contender deplores Trump's immigration policies and proposed wall
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leading contender in Mexico's 2018 presidential election, spoke against President Donald Trump's immigration policies and proposed border wall at a National Press Club Newsmaker event March 15. “Trump is blaming migrants for problems in the U.S., and we are not going to permit this,” he said. “In the end it’s Neo-fascism.” The problems in the U.S. stem from “great inequality” and its tax system, which he hoped will become “more progressive and fair to all Americans.” Bad government and income distribution are to blame, he added. López Obrador, the founder…
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Panel on cyber security urges encryption to protect sources, but warns of vulnerabilities
Despite its potential vulnerabilities, reporters should use encrypted communication to protect their sources, an expert panel on cyber security urged at a March 13 event at the National Press Club sponsored by the Club’s Journalism Institute and the Professional Development Committee. “It is incumbent on us [the press] to protect our sources from the beginning,” stressed panel moderator Rachel Oswald, vice chair of the Club’s Press Freedom Committee and a reporter for CQ Roll Call, as she opened the event by noting a recent spate of leaks to the press and Trump administration efforts to find…
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National Press Club history snippet #18
"Religion: Many prominent--and some controversial--religious leaders have addressed the National Press Club. Among the first, in 1936, was Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius Xll. Among the others have been evangelist Billy Graham, the Dalai Lama, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and National Of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, whose appearances always set off protests. The National Press Club--where news is made (and faithfully reported) in the nation's capital." This snippet is one of many put together by the late Art Wiese, who served as Club…
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Canceled News Conference on Aid to Israel
Reporters milled about as they awaited the ambassador to Israel, who was to give a news conference on U.S. aid to Israel. The ambassador's previous commitment ran long, however, and the conference was delayed until a future undetermined time. Eventually, a spokesperson came out to announce the news conference had been canceled, because the ambassador had already answered questions from reporters following his meeting with Secretary of State Baker. Reporters complained about the cancellation following the announcement.
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Symposium probes balancing facts with context, press and president relationship
Fact-checkers, former White House officials and working journalists weighed the balance between facts and context in reporting and compared present and past relationships between the press and presidents at the 2017 Missouri-Hurley Symposium at the National Press Club March 9. Michelle Lee, one of two Washington Post fact-checkers who seeks readers’ votes on Pinocchios for false claims, noted that facts can tell an incomplete story, referring to the “half-truth realm” while Louis Jacobson from PolitiFact and the Tampa Bay Tribune noted that readers have a legitimate concern that they…
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Newsmaker panel slates examination of Trump budget, March 17
The framework for President Donald Trump's first federal budget proposal is expected to be released this Thursday. The following day, on March 17, the National Press Club is presenting a panel of federal budget experts to discuss the proposal at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 10 a.m., in the Club's Conference Rooms. This news conference is open to credentialed media and Club members, free of charge. No advance registration is required. The panel is expected to include: Stan Collender, executive vice president of Qorvis MSLGROUP, has worked for both the House and Senate Budget Committees…
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