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Atlanta Press Club

The Atlanta Press Club was founded in 1964 and has grown to become one of the largest and most dynamic professional journalism associations in the country. Our membership encompasses Atlanta’s burgeoning media community including print, broadcast and online, big and small, national and local media outlets. Over half of our 800-plus members are working journalists. The balance is public relations professionals, educators, retirees and students. As a professional and networking organization, APC hosts educational and social programs every month. Our monthly programs take a challenging look at how journalists are doing their jobs. Recent topics have included 'The 24-Hour News Cycle', 'Covering the Suburbs', and 'Anonymous Sources'. Each month the Press Club also hosts a local or national newsmaker to speak to its membership. Recent speakers include Former President Jimmy Carter, Shepard Smith of FOX News Channel and Arthur Blank, owner and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons and the Georgia Force.

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  • Shirley Franklin Discusses Challenges for Atlanta

    Wed, Jan 10, 2007
    Mayor Franklin, Atlanta's first female mayor and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major Southern city, is perhaps one of the most popular political leaders in the city's history. She has earned praise from the national media and the respect of Atlanta's business leaders. She discusses the challenges for Atlanta in 2007 and beyond.
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  • Arthur Blank: Self-Made Man of Trade

    Thu, Feb 15, 2007
    Arthur Blank, owner of Atlanta Falcons NFL Team speaks at the Atlanta Press Club. Blank is also Chairman, President and CEO of AMB Group, LLC, and Chairman of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, a name synonymous with philanthropy and personal involvement in many great causes. He is best known in the business community for his entrepreneurial success as cofounder of The Home Depot. A native of Flushing, NY, Blank received a BS Degree in Business Administration from Babson College.
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  • Open or Closed Government in 2007?

    Thu, Feb 1, 2007
    Hollie Manheimer, director of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation, outlines the current state of open government laws in Georgia. Manheimer, an attorney who speaks to the General Assembly on First Amendment issues, updates us on the current state of open government laws in Georgia and explains proposals in the current session of the Legislature that would affect open meetings and records laws.
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  • Economic Outlook for Atlanta

    Thu, Sep 6, 2007
    Dennis Lockhart discusses the economic outlook for Atlanta.
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  • Future of Health Care in Georgia

    Thu, Aug 23, 2007
    Georgia's Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle presents his thoughts and plans regarding the future of healthcare in Georgia at this Newsmaker Luncheon.
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  • Top Story: How TV News Is Changing

    Thu, Jun 28, 2007
    A panel of broadcast professionals discuss how the broadcasting industry has changed. These local television anchors traditionally compete against one another, but they come together to share a look inside Atlanta's newsrooms.
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  • We'll Always Have Paris: Celebrity News

    Thu, Jul 19, 2007
    A panel of journalists discuss the increasing amount of news coverage that celebrities receive. The journalists examine the number of times that legitimate news sources spend covering celebrities and determine if the attention is driven by consumer interest or if the public is interested as a result of all the media attention.
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  • Georgia's 2008 Legislative Outlook

    Thu, Jan 24, 2008
    Glenn Richardson, speaker of the Georgia legislature, gives an overview of the next session, which includes his controversial property tax proposal. The state also faces decisions on water, taxes, transportation, education, and healthcare.
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  • First Amendment and Freedom of the Press

    Wed, Feb 13, 2008
    Former *New York Times* columnist Anthony Lewis discusses the implications of the US Constitution's First Amendment on the press.
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  • Slavery by Another Name

    Thu, Apr 10, 2008
    Douglas Blackmon's *Slavery by Another Name* illuminates a little known, widespread and legal form of slavery that continued in the US from the end of the Civil War through 1945. One example: As a result of abhorrent legislation designed to intimidate African-Americans, thousands of blacks were arbitrarily arrested, levied with tremendous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests. Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, *Slavery by Another Name* reveals the lost stories of African-Americans who, despite Amendment 13 and the Emancipation Proclamation, lived a life of toil and slavery into the 20th Century. Blackmon is the Atlanta Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal. He has written extensively on race, the economy, and American society. Reared in the Mississippi Delta, he lives in downtown Atlanta with his wife and children.
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