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Flake cites Trump behavior as reason to drop reelection run, leaves possible presidential bid open
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., told a National Press Club audience March 15 that his resistance to President Trump's behavior helped persuade him not to seek a second term. Flake, speaking to a luncheon audience in the Holeman Lounge, read a prepared speech that was highly critical of Trump. But first out of the box during the question and answer period was Club President Andrea Edney's question: "Are you running for president?" "Next question," Flake said, flashing his famed smile, then added, "Running for president is not in my plans. But I'm not ruling anything out." Later Flake said he would…
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Panel urges reporters to educate government workers on right to speak to press
A panel of journalists and government accountability experts told a National Press Club audience March 14 that journalists need to educate government employees that they have a legal right to talk to reporters. The education is necessary if reporters expect to combat what surveys say is a growing effort by agencies to inject public information officers between news gatherers and news sources, the speakers said. "It just gets worse and worse," said Kathryn Foxhall, a freelance reporter and member of the Freedom of the Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists. "How can…
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Institute panel reports troubled and dangerous times for journalists
Despite growing tensions between the media and government officials in the United States, journalists elsewhere face far worse conditions, according to a six-member panel of veteran reporters and media advocacy groups who spoke at a National Press Club Journalism Institute symposium on March 12. “We’re not throwing journalists in jail here,” said the panel’s moderator, Miranda Spivack, a visiting journalism professor at DePauw University in Indiana, but warning signs exist. “It’s a tough time to be a journalist abroad and in the United States,” she said. A record number of journalists…
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It's nearly time to play ball with the National Press Club softball team
The Metropolitan Media Softball League season is just around the corner, so there's still time to play on the National Press Club team and take on teams such as CNN, The Washington Post and National Public Radio. The co-ed team plays doubleheaders every Saturday morning on fields in Montgomery County from April to June, with playoffs in July. Last year, the Club made it to the semifinals before falling. The Club supplies shirts, bats and balls. You need to bring your own glove, but one of your teammates could lend you one if you don't have one. Don't have a car? No problem; we can try to…
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Headliners Newsmaker explores final year of WWI Centennial Commemoration, March 29
On Thursday, March 29, the National WWI Museum and Memorial, America’s official WWI museum and memorial as designated by Congress, will mark the final year of their centennial commemoration of WWI with a panel discussion on the lasting effects of the Great War at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker at 10 a.m. in the Bloomberg room. World War I, referred to by historians as the defining event of the 20th Century and beyond, resulted in the deaths of more than 16 million soldiers and civilians by the war’s end in 1918, and left in its wake a path of political destruction and dramatic…
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Trump administration official to join press freedom panel tonight
The Trump administration is sending an official to participate in the Press Freedom Committee's panel discussion tonight on the role of public information officers in limiting and shaping press access to government information. Henry Kerner, special counsel in the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, will round-out an all star-panel of reporters, editors, and government transparency advocates that will gather in the Zenger room from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are necessary. To register to attend, sign-up here. Kerner was confirmed to his…
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Enter your best work in the journalism contest by April 1
Time is running out to get your best journalism from 2017 entered in the National Press Club’s annual journalism contest. The deadline for entries is April 1. The best work in breaking news, political coverage, broadcast news, consumer news, online news techniques, foreign coverage and news photos are among the awards being offered. Many of the categories have cash prizes and some offer a year of free membership in the Club. Details on the categories and the prizes are here. Entrants are encouraged to use the online entry method, but the Club will accept entries mailed in the traditional way…
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Authors focus on racism in America during Book Rap
Anthony C. Thompson, director of the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law at New York University, told a National Press Club Book Rap March 6 that "racism is in the DNA of America." He joined Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, to discuss "A Perilous Path: Race, Inequality, and the Law," the book they co-authored with former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and death penalty lawyer Bryan Stevenson. The book essentially records a conversation among the four at a conference launching the NYU center a few weeks after the inauguration of President Trump. In the words of…
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National Press Club schedules celebration of fifty years of '60 Minutes' on March 27
A half century after the debut of "60 Minutes," the most popular news program in television history, the National Press Club plans to feature Executive Producer Jeff Fager and correspondent Bill Whitaker to talk about the its impact, history and future as well as the art of investigative reporting. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, and will be moderated by Club Board Member Michael Freedman, a former CBS Radio Network News general manager. Admission is free for members, as well as for students with valid student IDs. Admission for non-members is $10. Registration for all…
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Before the March for Our Lives: Watch a documentary, hear from expert panel, March 22
In the wake of almost every recent American mass shooting, from Sandy Hook to Parkland, online-conspiracy movements have relentlessly targeted survivors and the families of victims. A documentary and panel at the National Press Club plans to explore causes and possible solutions on Thursday, March 22, at 6:30 p.m. The event is scheduled to take place less than 48 hours before the March for Our Lives, organized by students from Parkland, Florida. Tickets are $10 and are available for purchase here. Press interested in covering the event should contact Allegra Harpootlian at eventsteam2k18@…
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