NPC Update-1 Podcast

The inaugural Defence Media Dinner (Defence with a C due to the event’s British organizer) was held this year at the National Press Club on Sunday, October 7, the eve of the annual Association of the U.S. Army trade show at the Washington Convention Center. NPC Broadcast/Podcast Team member Adam Konowe, head of the judging panel, was at the event founded by aerospace and defense industry veteran Peter Bradfield. Konowe interviewed Bradfield, along with journalism judge and communications executive Chris Stellwag of CAE, right after the awards concluded.

New York Times correspondent John Herbers was born to a white family in the segregated South, but he went on to earn praise for his pivotal coverage of the civil rights movement. Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Viola Gienger speaks with his daughter, journalist Anne Farris Rosen, about the personal and professional journey Herbers chronicled – and the lessons for journalists today -- in the memoir he wrote with her help before he died in 2017. Published this year, the book traces landmark events Herbers covered, such as the 1955 trial for the murder of Emmett Till, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the death of four black girls in a 1963 bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama. Rosen has worked for the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Pew Research Center and now teaches at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

2012-11-12_roger_daltrey_and_pete_townshend.mp3 54 Mon, 2012-11-12 Legendary musicians Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who discuss the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program, which serves teenagers and young adults with cancer.

20121010_Genl_Martin_Dempsey.mp3 54 Wed, 2012-10-10 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon, October 10, 2012. The "insider" attacks against U.S. and Coalition troops in Afghanistan that have killed or wounded 130 military personnel this year alone are not preventable, but will not jeopardize the mission's overall objective.

Duncan-final1.mp3 54 Wed, 2012-10-03 Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urges Congress not to cut funding for early childhood education during an October 2, 2012 luncheon at the National Press Club. Duncan cites several schools that have boosted their performance in recent years and says this year's Department of Education's theme is "Education Drives America."

2012_09_12_Turner.mp3 54 Wed, 2012-09-12 Kathleen Turner, actress and chair of Planned Parenthood's Board of Advocates, speaks to a National Press Club luncheon about her career in film and theater, and her concerns about women's reproductive rights.

2012-07-24_Woodruff-Ifill.mp3 54 Tue, 2012-07-24 At a National Press Club luncheon on July 24, PBS Newshour co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff promised the show's viewers greater in-depth coverage of the political conventions this year than they have ever seen.

2012-07-20_Cosgrove.mp3 54 Fri, 2012-07-20 The President and Chief Executive of the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Delos Cosgrove, believes hospitals in the U.S. must find ways to halt the nation's soaring health care costs. During a July 20 luncheon at the National Press Club, Cosgrove said reducing obesity and smoking and increasing exercise would cut health-care costs.

20120530_AnnaChavez.mp3 54 Wed, 2012-05-30 The chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of America, Anna Maria Chávez spoke at a National Press Club luncheon on May 30th.

2012_05_23_King.mp3 54 Wed, 2012-05-23 The tennis champion addressed a National Press Club luncheon for the first time, and spoke about her sport and the effort involved in getting equality for women in the game.

2012-04-04_Deepak_Chopra.mp3 54 Wed, 2012-04-04 World-renowned mind/body physician Deepak Chopra, M.D. spoke about the healing power of spiritual solutions at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, April 4. The event coincided with the publication of his 65th book, Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges; As co-founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, he focuses on the crucial connection between body, mind, spirit, and healing.

2012_03_14_Kennedy.mp3 54 Fri, 2012-03-16 Former Congressmen Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., and Jim Ramstad, R-MN, speak at a National Press Club luncheon on March 14, 2012.