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New NPC President Thomas Burr Discusses His Goals For The Club And The Journalism Industry
February 17, 2016
Newly inaugurated NPC President Tommy Burr talks to Broadcast Committee member Shannon Fisher about the most important issues facing journalists today and his plan to keep the National Press Club in the forefront of those issues. President Burr recounts tales of the club having shaped the careers…
Read MoreSocial Media Series Part 5 -- Why Some Companies Have Failed
February 3, 2016
In the fifth and final Update-1 podcast on social media, we examine why some companies haven't been as successful as they had hoped. Broadcast Committee member Jennifer Strong interviews former New York Times reporter and Columbia University social media professor Sree Sreenivasan about…
Read MoreSocial Media Series Part 4 -- The Role Of Social Media In Journalism
January 27, 2016
The Associate Director of Research at the Pew Research Center, Jesse Holcomb, returns to Update-1 to speak with Broadcast Committee member Shannon Fisher in part 4 of the National Press Club’s series on Social Media. The two discuss the role of social media in journalism, exploring the findings of…
Read MoreSocial Media Series Part 3 -- The Use Of Images
January 20, 2016
In part 3 of the National Press Club’s series on social media, NPC member Shannon Fisher leads us through a roundtable discussion of the use of images in social media. Her guests are Director of Media Entrepreneurship at American University Amy Eisman, Managing Editor of American University’s…
Read MoreSocial Media Series Part 2 -- The Business Of Social Media
January 13, 2016
Update-1 examines the business side of social media and how it applies to journalism in part 2 of a five-part series on social media. Broadcast Committee member Jennifer Strong interviews Scott Talan, an American University social media professor, and Robinson Meyer, an associate editor who covers…
Read MoreSocial Media Series Part 1 -- The Increasing Need For Digital Platforms in Journalism
January 6, 2016
Update-1 begins 2016 by focusing on social media. In the first of a five-part series, National Press Club Board of Governors member Molly McCluskey discusses the role of digital platforms in journalism with another NPC board member, Evan McMorris-Santoro, the White House reporter for BuzzFeed News…
Read MoreWashington Press Corps Becoming More Digital And Specialized
December 4, 2015
NPC member Shannon Fisher interviews the Pew Research Center's Associate Research Director Jesse Holcomb about Pew's just-released report detailing the changing composition of the Washington Press Corps and the source of D.C.-based information that ultimately reaches local newspapers. The report,…
Read MoreTrying to Reverse Sexism In The World Of Science Journalism
November 5, 2015
Sexism is a major concern among science journalists. In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast Committee member Candace Smith interviews Deborah Blum, the director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, about gender bias and the challenges facing science writers who are women. Blum points…
Read MoreExploring The Growing Popularity Of Fair Trade Products
October 26, 2015
In this episode of Update-1, NPC member Shannon Fisher explores fair trade, a manufacturing and distribution process that closely monitors imported products and ingredients from farms to store shelves, with an emphasis on global human rights. Shannon interviews Rodney North, director of Marketing…
Read MoreCSPAN Founder Discusses The Broadcasting History That Was Made 35 Years Ago At The NPC
October 15, 2015
It was October, 1980 when CSPAN founder Brian Lamb, who was working out of the Press Club's first broadcast studio, took a call on the air from a viewer in Yankton, SD. That was the beginning of the first national regularly scheduled call in show in television broadcasting history. In this edition…
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