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Club leaders urge extradition for Daniel Pearl’s kidnappers after Pakistani court decision
National Press Club leaders expressed concern about the Pakistan Supreme Court’s exoneration on Thursday of four men accused of luring Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to his beheading in 2002. Pearl’s murder, which was videotaped, shocked the world and was soon followed by Islamic State terrorists filming the gruesome killing of several captives. The National Press Club honored Pearl posthumously with its John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award in 2002. The four men were convicted in 2002 of kidnapping and murder. One of the men -- British national Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh -- was sentenced…
Type: News
Great-granddaughter of crusading journalist Ida B. Wells to discuss book, 'Ida B. the Queen,' Feb. 23
Author Michelle Duster will discuss her book "Ida B. the Queen," chronicling the life of her great-grandmother, the journalist, suffragist and civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells, at a virtual National Press Club Headliners book event at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23. The hour-long program will be live-streamed. The program is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free of charge. Click here to download a calendar reminder or to access the webcast. Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Duster in advance or during the live program via email to Headliners@Press.…
Type: News
NPC Virtual Book Event: Michelle Duster, "Ida B. the Queen"
The great-granddaughter of crusading journalist Ida B. Wells, author Michelle Duster, will discuss her new book Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells, at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event on Tuesday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m. ET. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Duster in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected]. Please put "Wells" in the subject…
Type: Event
Current Update-1 podcast: NPC's 2020 president describes leading the Club during coronavirus pandemic
The National Press Club's 2020 president, Michael Freedman, had the daunting challenge of leading the Club during the coronavirus pandemic. In the current edition of the Club podcast Update-1, Freedman describes his experiences. He discusses with Broadcast-Podcast Committee member Irv Chapman how the club suspended all in-person services in March and then successfully pivoted to virtual Newsmaker and Headliner interviews, conducting more than 40 virtual events and in the process booking guests who normally would not have been available. Freedman also talks about how the club's virtual…
Type: News
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Girl Scouts of the USA Interim CEO Judith Batty
On Thursday, February 11, Girl Scouts of the USA Interim CEO Judith Batty will deliver a live national address on how the organization has pivoted in their operations since the pandemic began, how they have persevered in this “new normal” and what we can expect from the organization moving forward, including the annual anticipated tradition of cookie sales. This 1-hour program will stream live at 1:00 p.m. ET as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Newsmaker series, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Judith Batty grew up in Girl Scouting…
Type: Event
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary
Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary will address the future of restaurants post-COVID-19 at a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. Chaudhary took the helm at Panera in May 2019, just eight months before Covid-19 emerged. The ensuing "stay-at-home" directives forced restaurants, bars and other gathering places to rethink their business models. As the pandemic progressed, restaurants had to adapt -- sometimes weekly -- to changing restrictions. Chaudhary will discuss how the restaurant industry is working to survive in a time of reduced or no capacity,…
Type: Event
Endangered Historic Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced its annual list of the eleven most endangered historic places in the U.S. Participants also talked about funding needed to perform historic preservation and the value of each site. Video footage of the sites was shown during the presentation and participants answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Pivoting To Success During The Year Of The Coronavirus
The NPC's 2020 President Michael Freedman had the daunting challenge of leading the club during the coronavirus pandemic. In this edition of Update-1, Freedman discusses with Broadcast Podcast Committee member Irv Chapman how the club suspended all in-person services in March and then successfully pivoted to virtual newsmaker and headliner interviews, conducting more than 40 virtual events and in the process booking guests who normally would not have been available. He also talks about how the club's virtual inaugural this Saturday, when Lisa Matthews will be sworn-in as the 114th president,…
Type: Media
Biographer tells Club of Vice President Harris's little-known trait: empathy
One trait of Vice President Kamala Harris that is not well known is that she is empathetic and reaches out to people who are feeling some type of pain, veteran California journalist Dan Morain said Jan. 25. Discussing his new biography, "Kamala’s Way: An American Life,” Morain told a virtual National Press Club Headliners Book Event that Harris has many unscripted moments off camera that people are not aware of. For example, Morain said, when Harris was the San Francisco district attorney, a law school classmate asked her to write a note to a woman who had supported her campaign and was near…
Type: News
Golden Owl E. Bruce Harrison dies at 88
E. Bruce Harrison, a 51-year Communicator member of the National Press Club, died January 16. He was a Club Golden Owl. Harrison, a resident of Arlington, Virginia, and a frequent lunchtime diner at the Reliable Source pub, ran his own environmental communications company. He was also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. A 68-year member of the Society of Professional Journalists, he was among those who created "Project Watchdog," the media's effort to engage the public in a dialogue about the role of free and ethical news media in a democracy that guarantees freedom of the press.…
Type: News