The National Press Club
Juan Manuel Santos Talks About Colombian Peace Process in 2013

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- Juan Manuel Santos Talks About Colombian Peace Process in 2013
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- 9 years ago
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- Juan Manuel Santos, president of Colombia, laid out his agenda to advance his country's economic, political and social transformation during an appearance at the National Press Club on Dec. 3, 2013.
In this excerpt, Santos speaks in detail about his historic, and controversial, peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, also known as FARC, and other rebel groups that had been at war with the government for nearly a half century. By 2013 counter-terrorism efforts supported by the United States' Plan Colombia program beginning in 2000 and years of military victories had weakened the rebels and removed key leaders.

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- 2016 NPC Spelling Bee - Sept. 21
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- 9 years ago
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- Once again the legendary National Press Club will be alive with laughter, friendly competition, cheers and jeers when the hilarious “Politicians vs. Press Spelling Bee” returns to the Press Club on Wednesday, September 21, 2016.
Visit http://www.press.org/spelling-bee for tickets and more information.

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- Yegi Rezaian on the Importance of NPC Membership (FULL VERSION)
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- 9 years ago
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- Yeganeh Rezaian speaks on the true value of membership in the National Press Club.
Rezain, who was arrested and imprisoned in Iran along with her husband, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, was given an honorary membership following Jason's release in January 2016 after spending 543 days detained in Iran's notorious Evin prison.

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- Yegi Rezaian on the Importance of NPC Membership
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Yeganeh Rezaian speaks on the true value of membership in the National Press Club.
Rezain, who was arrested and imprisoned in Iran along with her husband, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, was given an honorary membership following Jason's release in January 2016 after spending 543 days detained in Iran's notorious Evin prison.

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- Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chávez speaks at The National Press Club
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Anna Maria Chávez discussed the changes she is bringing to the venerable organization at a National Press Club Luncheon on June 13th, 2016.

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- 2015 Fourth Estate Award Honoring Gwen Ifill
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- NPR special correspondent Michele Norris, The Washington Post’s Dan Balz and former PBS reporter Charlayne Hunter-Gault paid tribute to PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill as she received the Fourth Estate Award for lifetime achievement in journalism at a dinner Oct. 15, 2015.

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- NPCJI Panel Discussion: The Panama Papers
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- 9 years ago
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- Journalists involved in the reporting of the Panama Papers data breach took part in a panel discussion sponsored by the National Press Club Journalism Institute. Speakers included reporters from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and McClatchy Newspapers. The Panama Papers is a leak of 11.5 million financial documents from the database of the offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca located in Panama.

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- Election Boot Camp: Understanding Convention Rules
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- 9 years ago
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- The Democrats may be facing a fight with the Sanders campaign’s manager saying they're not going away, that the superdelegates don't get counted until Philadelphia, so they are going to hold out hope they can flip some.
In the Republican camp, while Trump won't have opposition, he still has to win the delegates he needs to get to 1,237. Can something happen to prevent that? What happens to the delegates already pledged to people who aren't running? Can conservative groups that do not want to go along with the party’s “let’s unite” message do anything to challenge things? They might not have a say on the nominee, but what about the running mate? Or the platform?
These are just a few of the questions addressed in the May 5, 2016 program on covering conventions, part of the NPC Journalism Institute’s Election Boot Camp series.
Panelists included:
- Ben Ginsberg, who served as national counsel to the Bush-Cheney campaigns in ...

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- The Kalb Report - Covering Washington and the World: A Conversation with Judy Woodruff
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- In a distinguished network television career that began with her coverage of Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign for NBC News, Judy Woodruff has remained at the pinnacle of broadcast journalism for 40 years. Having served as chief White House correspondent for NBC and PBS, the host of CNN’s Inside Politics, and now co-anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour, Woodruff has had a front row seat to world events, as well as some of the most notable campaigns, elections, and political scandals in American history.
On this edition of The Kalb Report, moderator Marvin Kalb and Judy Woodruff discuss an American presidential campaign that has defied conventional wisdom, coverage of today’s global news, world press freedom, women in journalism, and the challenges public television faces in a perceived partisan media landscape.

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- FOIA at 50
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- 9 years ago
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- On March 16, 2016, the National Press Club Journalism Institute hosted a panel of experts for a discussion on how the U.S. Freedom of Information Act is being applied and how it can be improved.
FOIA is one of the most important tools at journalists’ disposal for uncovering government information. However, nearly 50 years since its inception, many observers say the FOIA process is hamstrung by delays and overly broad redactions.
Panelists included:
Jason Leopold, senior investigative reporter at Vice News;
David Sobel, counsel at Electronic Frontier Foundation and head of its FOIA litigation project;
Michael Doyle, legal affairs correspondent, McClatchy Newspapers’ Washington Bureau;
Christine Walz, an associate at Holland & Knight law firm, and an expert on FOIA, moderated the panel.
The National Press Club Journalist Institute is the non-profit affiliate of The National Press Club, the world’s leading ...

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- Welcome Home, Jason Rezaian
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- 9 years ago
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- Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian spent 545 days isolated in an Iranian prison, a political hostage unjustly tried and convicted for doing what journalists do across the globe. Now he's free, and the National Press Club threw a welcome home event on March 14 to celebrate his return. The gathering doubled as a way to call attention to the challenges faced by journalists everywhere.

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- NPC Book Rap with Rod Nordland
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- New York Times correspondent Rod Nordland discussed his new book, "The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing," on February 10, 2016.
The book is a riveting, real-life equivalent of "The Kite Runner"—an astonishingly powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women’s rights in the Muslim world.

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- Rod Nordland Discusses "The Lovers" - Highlights
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Highlights from New York Times correspondent Rod Nordland's appearance at the National Press Club to promote his new book, "The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing," on February 10, 2016.

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- Political TV Ad Archive Launch Event
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The Internet Archive launches the Political TV Ad Archive, an online, free digital library resource where reporters can find federal level political TV ads in key primary states in the 2016 elections, married with fact checking and information on the organizations funding the ads, along with downloadable metadata.

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- Learn How to Cover Sexual Assault
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Perhaps no task is as daunting for reporters than interviewing a survivor of a sexual assault. A panel of experts addressed how best to avoid pitfalls that could compromise a good story or unnecessarily harm a survivor at a National Press Club Journalism Institute event on Jan. 8, 2016.
Panelists included journalist Kristen Lombardi of the Center for Public Integrity, author of an award-winning investigation of sexual assaults on campus; Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center at Columbia Journalism School, which offers guidance and training to journalists covering trauma; author and activist Liz Seccuro, who was brutally raped at UVA in 1984, and was only able to obtain some accountability more than two decades later, when her attacker wrote and apologized to her for what he had done; and Jennifer Marsh, Vice President for Victim Services at RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization, overseeing the National Sexual Assault Hotlines and co...

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- Dr. Martin Luther King's 'Lost' Speech at The National Press Club
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- In July 1962 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first African American to speak at the National Press Club. An audio recording was made of the speech and filed away in the Club’s Archives and later transferred to the Library of Congress. No television footage of the speech in its entirety exists.
The Club's History and Heritage Committee recently retrieved the recording and found it is of significant historical value. Coming just days after Dr. King was released from jail in Albany, Ga., the civil rights leader outlined his vision for non-violent protest as the best way to achieve racial equality.
On Jan. 12, 2016, portions of the speech were played and experts on the civil rights movement added context and perspective to what Dr. King said. Press Club President John Hughes also unveiled a permanent Club memorial to Dr. King's speech.
Click here to listen to the speech or read the transcript - http://www.press.org/mlk

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- Tom Friedman Leads Panel On Impact of Paris Accords On Electric Utilities
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Pulitzer Prize winner and best selling author Thomas Friedman of the New York Times leads a panel discussion on the impact of the recent UN Climate Conference in Paris and what it will mean for the U.S. Electric Utility industry and their customers. This program is sponsored by the National Press Club.
Mr. Friedman has written about the Paris Conference and what it will mean in a recent column.
The panel includes such energy leaders as: Tom Kuhn, President of the Edison Electric Institute; Larry Kellerman, managing partner at Twenty First Century Utilities LLC; Joe Garcia, former Chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission and a former member of Congress; and Robbie Diamond, the founder of an energy non-profit SAFE.

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- NPC Luncheon with soccer star Abby Wambach
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- U.S. Women's Soccer star Abby Wambach, in her first public remarks since announcing she'll retire from the sport, praised the media Wednesday at speech at the National Press Club for shining a spotlight on women's sports.

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- 2015 National Press Club "Politicians vs. Press" Spelling Bee
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Politicians from both sides of the aisle battle journalists in the 2015 National Press Club "Politicians vs. Press" Spelling Bee, held Oct. 21 at The National Press Club.
Returning champion Sen. Tim Kaine (R-Va.) defends his title on a team of politicians that includes Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Ca.), Rep. Brad Ashford (D-Ne.), Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Az.), Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) and Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Mn.).
The team attempting to win for journalists includes former Press Club president Angela Greiling Keane of Bloomberg News, David Kerley of ABC News, Rebecca Sinderbrand of The Washington Post, Rod Kuckro of E&E News, Karoun Demirjian of The Washington Post, and Yochi Dreazen of Foreign Policy.

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- The Kalb Report - Inside Baseball
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- On January 25, 2015, Rob Manfred became just the tenth person in history to hold the office of Commissioner of Baseball.
In the 22nd season opener of The Kalb Report, legendary journalist and lifetime baseball fan Marvin Kalb explores the beauty, simplicity, complexity, humor and historical significance of Our National Pastime with the man now charged with overseeing the sport and maintaining its integrity.
The Kalb Report series is produced jointly by The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, Harvard University's Shorenstein Center, University of Maryland University College and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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- NEA Chair Jane Chu speaks at The National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The arts are for everyone, and the National Endowment for the Arts plans to make sure that’s the case through a new initiative called “Creativity Connects,” which NEA Chairman Jane Chu unveiled at a National Press Club breakfast on September 28, 2015.

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- Richard Hottelet Memorial Service
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Great men and women still exist in journalism, but many of the “greatest generation” of the profession are dying out. A reminder of this was the memorial service held at the National Press Club March 21, 2015 for the late, great CBS newsman Richard C. Hottelet.

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- Astronauts Kelly & Virts speak at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Terry Virts were joined via downlink by Mark's twin brother Scott to discuss their mission work aboard the International Space Station at a National Press Club Newsmaker breakfast on Sept. 14, 2015.

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- Gov. Nikki Haley Final Question
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina was asked to provide advice to Senator Lindsey Graham, who is running for the GOP nomination for President in the 2016 election.

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- The National Press Club Live Stream
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Bryant Final Question
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Rev. John Richard Bryant answers a softball question with some serious observations and thought.

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- Zukunft Final Question
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft weighs in on a pressing issue - perhaps not for the nation's armed forces, but certainly for the NL East.

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- Adm.Paul Zukunft speaks at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Paul Zukunft, spoke at a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on Aug. 5, 2015.
Zukunft discussed challenges facing the service, including cyber security, expansion of the Panama Canal and managing limited resources in a world that faces a growing number of threats.

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- UNC Chancellor Carol Folt speaks at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carol L. Folt, discussed the importance of preserving accessibility to an affordable college degree at a National Press Club Luncheon on Aug. 4, 2015.

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- Carol Folt - Final Question
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carol L. Folt, discussed the importance of preserving accessibility to an affordable college degree at a National Press Club Luncheon on August 4, 2015 - but she saved answering one of the most pressing questions in higher education for last.

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- Updates on the Jason Rezaian Case - July 22, 2015
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- One year ago, on July 22, 2014, Iranian Security Forces swarmed Jason Rezaian’s home with no warning and took him to prison where he was held without charges. For months he was interrogated and kept in solitary confinement with inadequate medical care and no access to a lawyer. Jason has been held in Iranian prison for nearly a year – three times longer than any other Western journalist.
On July 13, 2015 Jason completed his third one-day trial session. Ali Rezaian, Jason's brother, gives an update on the case after one year and how it looks in the post-Iran Agreement environment. He also discusses challenges western business executives will face in doing business in Iran after the sanctions are lifted.
Speakers:
- Ali Rezaian, Jason’s brother and Rezaian family spokesperson and;
- Martin Baron, Executive Editor of The Washington Post.

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- Washington Capitals Coach Barry Trotz at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Capitals Coach Barry Trotz discussed the performance of Washington's NHL franchise after his first year at the helm and looked ahead to the 2015 season at a National Press Club luncheon on July 8, 2015.

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- Gary Sinise speaks at the National Press Club - Jun. 16, 2015
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Actor/Humanitarian Gary Sinise addressed an NPC Speakers Breakfast on June 16, 2015 to discuss his advocacy for America's servicemen and women through the Gary Sinise Foundation.

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- Matt Dillon speaks at the National Press Club - June 11, 2015
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Oscar-nominated actor and screenwriter Matt Dillon discussed his recent visit to western Myanmar and reports of a humanitarian crisis among the Muslim ethnic minority, known as the Rohingya refugees, at an NPC Speakers Newsmakers event on June 11, 2015.
One of the first celebrities to spotlight the plight of the Rohingyas, Dillon toured the region at the request of Rohingya activist Thun Khin during an Asian promotional tour for his new TV series “Wayward Pines.”
Dillon was joined by Michael Gabaudan, President of Refugees International. Gabaudan previously served as the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representation for the U.S. and the Caribbean.

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- Garrison Keillor speaks at the National Press Club - May 22, 2015
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon May 22, 2015. Keillor, host of the Minnesota Public Radio nationally syndicated radio show, gave a current-events-related speech titled "Fifteen Things That Need to Happen Tomorrow."

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- Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson speaks at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson, the first female superintendent of the Air Force Academy, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon on May 8, 2015.

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- U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus discussed the state of America’s sea services and the maritime, budgetary and resource challenges facing the force in the 21st century at an NPC luncheon event on April 30, 2015.

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- Freelancers at Risk: Photojournalism and the Call for Global Safety Standards, Pt. 2
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Part 2: Implementing the Guidelines
In light of the increasing brutality against journalists overseas, the Investigative Reporting Workshop, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Committee to Protect Journalists presented a frank conversation titled “Freelancers at Risk: Photojournalism and the Call for Global Safety Standards.” Panelists from journalism organizations in London, New York, Boston and Washington discussed baseline standards for hiring and protecting freelance journalists working in war zones.
Moderator: Charles Sennott, The GroundTruth Project
Panelists:
Elisabet Cantenys, Rory Peck Trust
David Millikin, Agence France Presse
Elisa Lees Munoz, International Women’s Media Foundation
Louise Roug, Mashable

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- Freelancers at Risk: Photojournalism and the Call for Global Safety Standards, Pt. 1
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Part 1: Freelance Photography
In light of the increasing brutality against journalists overseas, the Investigative Reporting Workshop, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Committee to Protect Journalists presented a frank conversation titled “Freelancers at Risk: Photojournalism and the Call for Global Safety Standards.” Panelists from journalism organizations in London, New York, Boston and Washington discussed baseline standards for hiring and protecting freelance journalists working in war zones.
Moderator: David Rohde, Reuters
Panelists:
Lindy Hill, Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues
Emma Beals, Freelance Photojournalist
Allison Shelley, Independent Documentary Photographer
Ron Haviv, VII Photo Agency

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- Ban Ki-moon calls for a ceasefire in Yemen
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lays out the case for an immediate ceasefire in the Yemeni civil war during an address at the National Press Club.

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- Ban Ki-moon on his meeting with the Pope
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ban Ki-moon announces that he will be the first UN Secretary-General to meet with the Pope at the Vatican during an address at the National Press Club.

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- Ban Ki-moon: What's Next for Ban?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- While speaking at the National Press Club on April 16, 2015, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon talks about what he does in his limited free time, and what he'd like to do once his tenure in office is over (hint: it may involve driving an Aston Martin).

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- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at a National Press Club dinner April 16.
Ban, who succeeded Kofi Annan in 2007 and won a re-election in 2011, is the sixth UN secretary-general to speak at the NPC.

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- Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a best-selling author and outspoken critic of radical Islam, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on April 7.
The topic of her presentation was "Clash of Civilizations: ISIS, Islam, and the West." The luncheon came two weeks after publication of her book, “Heretic: The Case for a Muslim Reformation.”

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- IRS commissioner John Koskinen speaks at the National Press Club
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- John Koskinen, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon on March 31, 2015.
The theme of Koskinen’s speech was “The IRS: Learning from the Past; Building for the Future.” Koskinen addressed a number of issues, including GOP efforts to cut the IRS budget and the effect of those on the agency’s customer service and collection efforts.

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- FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks at the National Press Club - Mar. 27, 2015
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the outgoing commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, spoke at a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on March 27.

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- The Kalb Report - Why Murrow Matters in the Digital Age
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- We live in an age when people "read CNN" and "watch The Wall Street Journal." As venerable news organizations transform themselves to survive and thrive in a digital world, new competitors are attracting huge audiences, unencumbered by old infrastructures and empowered by technology.
This dynamic is driving innovation in the way news is gathered, sorted, reported and consumed. Not since Edward R. Murrow invented broadcast news during World War II has the world seen such a dramatic change in journalism. Just as important, Murrow established a standard of quality that has withstood the test of time.
On this edition of The Kalb Report, moderator Marvin Kalb explores how today's newsrooms can innovate while maintaining quality. Guests include CNN Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief Sam Feist, BuzzFeed White House Reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jon Sawyer, director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and Wall Street Journal Deputy Managing Ed...

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- Developments in the case of imprisoned Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- National Press Club president John Hughes hosted a March 12, 2015 news conference to discuss developments in the case of Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post's Tehran bureau chief who is currently being held in prison in Iran. Ali Rezaian, Jason Rezaian's brother, and Douglas Jehl, Foreign Editor of The Washington Post described recent events in the case and the latest conditions for Jason and the prospects for his release.

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- Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the National Press Club - Mar. 9, 2015
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told a luncheon audience at the National Press Club on March 9 that he has not yet decided whether to run for President in 2016, explaining that his potential candidacy hinges on a number of logistical concerns, particularly his ability to fundraise.

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- Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the National Press Club - Feb. 17, 2015
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Attorney General Eric Holder delivered remarks on criminal justice and sentencing reform at a National Press Club Speakers luncheon on Feb. 17, 2015.