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Podcast highlights the rise, threat of fake videos
Fake videos are a new form of digital-media manipulation, and the former president and chief executive of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is warning about their dangers. In this edition of Update-1, Thomas Kent talks to National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast team member Tom Young about technology being used to create video of events that never happened, or video of people making statements they never made. Kent describes video as the "ultimate verifier" for news consumers, but now he says they may no longer be able to believe what they see. Update-1 is produced by Mike Hempen. The podcast can…
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NPC Books & Brunch to Discuss Jon Meacham's 'Soul of America' on Saturday, Dec. 15
Please join Books and Brunch for a discussion of Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham at noon on Saturday, Dec. 15, in The National Press Club's Fourth Estate Restaurant. The New York Times calls The Soul of America both engaging and troubling. "Meacham returns to other moments in our history when fear and division seemed rampant. He wants to remind us that the current political turmoil is not unprecedented, that as a nation we have survived times worse than this." Meacham contrasts some of our revered leaders' successes with their failures and our less-…
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Former Guardian editor: Journalism must be better
While the modern media landscape is marked by diminishing trust among readers and an uncertain future online, Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian’s former editor-in-chief, told a book luncheon audience at the National Press Club Dec. 7 that journalism needs to rise to the occasion by simply being better. It’s an endeavor at the heart of Rusbridger’s new book, Breaking the News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why it Matters, which he discussed with Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron. With that in mind, the two news veterans drew from The Guardian’s prominent work in recent years to parse…
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Kodjak slate sweeps Club elections
NPR health-policy correspondent Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak and her entire slate of officer and board member candidates were easily elected to lead the National Press Club in 2019. Weeks-long balloting ended Friday evening with a celebration at the Club's Reliable Source. In her acceptance remarks, following a champagne toast, Kodjak. who will become 112th president of the Club on Jan. 11, called the Club a "special place" among journalism organizations because it provides a "physical location to gather." Acknowledging that Club members are competitors on the news-gathering front, she said "we…
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Club elections are today
The National Press Club's annual elections take place today until 7 p.m. on the 14th floor. Those running for officer positions are: president, Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak; vice president, Michael Freedman; treasurer, Peter Urban; secretary Fouad Arif; membership secretary, Eileen Drage O’Reilly. Four Journalist candidates are seeking a three-year term on the Board of Governors: Ferdous Al-Faruque, Lisa Matthews, Erik Meltzer and Emily Wilkins. One Journalist candidate, Del Wilber, is running for a two-year term on the Board. Two Journalist candidates, Antonella Ciancio and Mark Schoeff Jr., are…
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Rodney King Trial
Sergeant Koon spoke to reporters at the National Press Club to discuss his new book Presumed Guilty: The Tragedy of the Rodney King Affair, on the trial of four Los Angeles police officers charged with the beating of a black suspect during an arrest which a bystander recorded on videotape. When the four officers were acquitted of the beating in May of 1992, riots broke out in the streets of Los Angeles to protest the verdict. Sergeant Koon had been the supervising officer at the scene of the arrest of the black suspect Rodney King. During his presentation, Sergeant Koon showed the videotape…
Type: Media
Coast Guard Commandant calls for more Arctic ships to protect national security
If the United States is to protect its national security interests in the Arctic, it needs to fund more ships for the U.S. Coast Guard, the service's Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said Thursday at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon. Schultz said the rise of Russian and Chinese influence in the region is troubling, given the rich natural resources available in the region like natural gas, oil, minerals and fish; and the two countries' accelerated building of ships like Icebreakers. The U.S. Coast Guard has just two available, and Schultz said that is not enough to stay strong in the…
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A legend in broadcasting, Donnie Simpson discusses his career at the Club
Donnie Simpson became a radio disc jockey at age 15 in his hometown of Detroit. A dozen years later, he moved to Washington and realized he didn’t have to channel the style of radio personalities he admired — he could just be Donnie Simpson, and people were increasingly tuning in. They still are; his afternoon show on WMMJ-FM 102.3 is No. 1 one in the ratings, he said. After years of morning drive time, he said during a Legends of Broadcasting dinner sponsored by the National Press Club’s Broadcast/Podcast Team on Dec. 4 that he liked his current afternoon hours just fine. The early stint…
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Help wanted: Meridian hiring digital communicators and multimedia producers
Meridian International Center's communications team is growing and looking for talented digital communicators and multimedia producers. We are looking for two interns and one full-time digital & social media strategist. Here are the links to apply: Digital & Social Media Associate - http://www.meridian.org/announcement/digital-social-media-associate/Digital Communications Intern - http://www.meridian.org/announcement/digital-communications-intern/Video Production & Design Intern - http://www.meridian.org/announcement/video-production-design-intern/ For more information, contact…
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Biographer quotes correspondent saying war is about broken bodies, not tech
Lindsey Hilsum, author of “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin,” described her subject as the correspondent who went the furthest into dangerous situations and stayed the longest. Hilsum, speaking at a Dec. 3 book event co-sponsored by the National Press Club's Freedom of the Press Committee and International Women’s Media Foundation, remembered Colvin saying, “War is not high tech in the end. In the end, war is about broken bodies,” when she spoke at an annual memorial for journalists killed while working. She described Colvin partly from experience because…
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