They’ll screen “The Philadelphia Story,” the 1940 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant as Philadelphia socialites who find themselves the focus of a story by a tabloid magazine writer, played by Jimmy Stewart. A discussion will follow, and audience members will be able to ask questions.

Tickets cost $15 for the general public and $10 for Newseum members, and are available for purchase here.

Meanwhile tonight, as we’ve already reported, Diane Sawyer joins Clooney for “The China Syndrome.”

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For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Newseum’s site here.

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FNC’s Juan Williams was the guest last night for  the first 2010-2011 Reel Journalism with Nick Clooney Film Series event. Not a bad way to kick off the series considering his recent and controversial firing from NPR.

The event was a co-production of AU’s School of Communication and the Newseum.  Williams discussed “The Pelican Brief” – starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts – before the screening  with host Nick Clooney, journalist in residence at AU and the Newseum.

Clooney said he had recently watched the film again, and was surprised at how basic technology was in the early 1990s. He wondered what Williams thinks about the Internet’s impact on journalism.

“I find that the best reporting still comes from people who pick up the phone to ask questions about what is going on,” Williams said after acknowledging the power of the blogosphere.  “Too often, what we get from the Internet is opinion, not fact.”

Williams revealed that the “The Pelican Brief”s” director and producers shadowed him while developing Washington’s character.  “They wanted to know how my desk was organized and asked to see what was in my trash can,” said Williams, who was, at the time, a reporter for WaPo.

“How many people have mistaken you for Denzel Washington?” Clooney joked. “None yet,” Williams replied.

A special thank you to Maggie Barrett, public information officer at AU, for the contents of this post.

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The event begins at 7.00 PM in the Newseum’s Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater.  Tickets are available online here.

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“Meet the Press” host David Gregory and EP Betsy Fischer will join Nick Clooney on Monday June 14th for the grand finale of the Newseum’s 2010 “Reel Journalism” series.

Gregory and Fischer will join the audience for a viewing and discussion about “State of Play,” starring Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams and Ben Affleck.

For more info or to purchase tickets, click here.

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About “The Paper”
In the movie, Michael Keaton stars as a New York tabloid city editor who discovers a police conspiracy involving a race-related killing. But before he is allowed to run the story, his profit-minded editor, played by actress Glenn Close, questions its validity and tries to kill it.

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Asked to select their favorite journalism film, the longtime D.C. news men picked the TV-news skewering “Network”. While host Nick Clooney (father of George), distinguished journalist in residence at AU and the Newseum, jokingly referred to the 1976 classic as a documentary, the film hits eerily close to home for those who have worked in TV news.

Peterson recalled that after he first saw the film in 1976, a colleague described the film as absurd and unrealistic. Peterson’s reply? “Be patient,” he recalled. Campbell added “I think it (the film’s portrayal of TV news) came true.

“The real message is as long as you don’t impact the corporate profits – even if it is a crazed anchor bent on committing suicide on air as is the case in the movie – they’re (management) is fine with it.”

The event also marked the launch of a partnership between Allbritton’s forthcoming D.C. news Web site – to be led by AU alum and former executive editor of WashingtonPost.com Jim Brady – and AU’s School of Communication.

Partnership plans include student-produced content and internships, among other opportunities. “Larry Kirkman, the dean of the School of Communication, and I were just talking about this film,” Brady said during introductory remarks. “The most famous line is ‘I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.’ Well now, journalism students don’t have to take it anymore,” he said of the opportunities today’s journalists have to seek employment beyond the mainstream media.

This not lost on Campbell, Clooney, and Peterson as they reminisced about TV news before the digial era. “In 1976 I could do a 5-minute story,” Peterson said, noting that stories were also shot and edited on film, making for a longer turnaround.

Joked Clooney, “You know, they’re looking at us as if we’re in rocking chairs up here.” Clooney.

A special thanks to Maggie Barrett, American University’s public information officer, for the contents of this post.

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WHO: Nick Clooney, journalist-in-residence, Newseum and American University School of Communication; Gordon Peterson, senior correspondent and anchor, ABC7/WJLA-TV; and Arch Campbell, entertainment reporter, ABC7/WJLA-TV

Tickets are available at www.newseum.org.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Journalists are invited to cover the event. Please contact Jonathan Thompson, jothompson@newseum.org.

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NBC Nightly News’ Brian Williams will join Nick Clooney for a Reel Journalism screening of the Oscar-nominated newspaper drama “Absence of Malice” on January 12, 2010. After the screening, Williams and Clooney will discuss the film and take questions from the audience.

The event begins at 7.30pm (doors open at 6.30pm). Tickets can be purchased in advance here.

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Cokie and Steve Roberts agree: as journalists who are married and work together, the secret to their success is to “edit… gently.”

Both discussed Howard Hawks‘ 1940 comedy “His Girl Friday” with Nick Clooney at Tuesday evening’s Reel Journalism Film Series, presented by American University’s School of Communication and the Newseum.

Illustrating the strains their hectic schedules must have on any journo couple– Cokie chatted in person, but Steve pre-taped the interview.

The film focuses on Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson and Cary Grant as Walter Burns– journos and former spouses fated to chase after the story and each other.

Steve Roberts recalled his first impression of the film was that it seemed– in some ways–to present an unrealistic or cartoonish view of journalism. Cokie Roberts said she respectfully disagreed with her husband, save for one factor. “What I find unbelieveable is her power as a female journalist in a 1940s newsroom,” she said. “We were told that women could not deliver the news because our voices were not authoritative enough.” Roberts followed up with the charge that women in their different roles – perhaps most notably as mothers – have always had authoritative voices.

The next Reel Journalism event will be a screening and discussion of “Absence of Malice” in January. And NBC’s Brian Williams is slated to be the guest.

Special thanks to Maggie Barrett.

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His Girl Friday (1940), starring Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant is about a newspaper editor who will do anything to stop his star reporter and former wife from remarrying. Cokie will share her thoughts on why the movie – after nearly seven decades – remains such a hilarious crowd pleaser. General admission is $25 and $20 for Newseum members.

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“Nothing But the Truth,” a 2008 feature film inspired by the experiences of New York Times reporter Judith Miller during the Valerie Plame-CIA leak scandal, was the first film screened for the 2009-2010 Reel Journalism Film Series-presented by American University’s School of Communication and the Newseum, Monday night at AU’s Greenberg Theatre.

The film boasts an ensemble cast including Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett, Noah Wyle, and David Schwimmer. Even though it addresses a timely topic and received rave reviews at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Nothing But the Truth never received a theatrical release because its distributor filed for bankruptcy.

“There may be more people in this room about to see the movie than have seen it in this country,” joked Floyd Abrams, the preeminent constitutional law expert who argued for the New York Times and Miller in the Plame CIA leak grand jury investigation.

Abrams was a technical adviser for the film and also had a cameo role as the judge who sends a journalist (Beckinsale) to jail when she refuses to reveal her sources to a special prosecutor (Dillon). Abrams, along with First Amendment expert and AU professor John Watson, were the panelists discussing the film before the screening with host Nick Clooney.

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Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line.

That’s Rob Thomas above- Mix 107.3′s Tommy McFly hosted a concert and Q&A with the musician yesterday at Gibson Guitar Shop in Chinatown.

Happy 21st Birthday to future DC journo Elyssa Dornic! What we know and what we’re reading this Tuesday morning…

TV | ONLINE | WEST WING REPORTAGE | NEWS NOTES | JOBS

TV

According to the Daily Kos/Research 2000 Poll, twenty-somethings aren’t watching cable news. Eighty-two percent of respondents, between the ages of 18 and 29, said they “never” watch Fox, followed by MSNBC (75 percent) and CNN (65 percent). (h/t Calderone)

Daljit Dhaliwal, a former CNN and BBC anchor, will replace Martin Savidge as anchor of the PBS program “Worldfocus” beginning Aug. 31st. Savidge will move to a special correspondent role. “Martin Savidge has been restless to get out in the field,” his EP Marc Rosenwasser said.

ONLINE

Cuts at Salon.

Wikipedia has hit 3 million articles. And still FishbowlDC doesn’t have an entry.

WEST WING REPORTAGE

What is the First Lady reading on her summer vacay? Michelle Obama shares her summer picks for herself and the Obama girls on Oprah.com.

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers graces the cover this month of her hometown glossy Michigan Avenue.

White House speechwriter Jon Lovett turned 27 aboard Air Force One, Playbook reports this morning: Press Secretary Robert Gibbs led him to the conference room up front. The President and a cake were waiting, and the boss led a rendition of “Happy Birthday.”

NEWS NOTES

President Obama, former President Bill Clinton, Buzz Aldrin, Nick Clooney (in his son George’s place), Les Moonves, Sean McManus, Bob Schieffer, Katie Couric, Tom Brokaw and Andy Rooney are among those who may speak at the memorial service of Walter Cronkite in September in NY.

Didn’t make the Hill‘s annual 50 Most Beautiful People list? They, the “Fab Fifty’s 50 Most Fabulous People,” feel your pain (via Playbook).

HAT TIPS: mediabistro, TVNewser, Politico

JOBS after the jump…

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It was a reunion of sorts- “The War Room” is a documentary on President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign and the organization who ran it, including the three aforementioned.

Some ancedotes via Politico:

“The Lewinsky thing,” said Begala. “That was hard for everybody, and it was hard for me.”

“When I went to Little Rock” to campaign for Clinton, said Myers, “all of my friends thought I was insane. … It seemed like a great adventure. … It was beyond-my-wildest-dreams interesting.”

“You see the huge cell phones, no BlackBerrys, no e-mail,” said Stephanopoulos. “You got pink phone messages throughout the day. We were wearing handsets. … You were on the phone all day long!”

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Last night former WaPo VP Pat Butler joined Nick Clooney and LA Times columnist Steve Lopez for a screening of “The Soloist” at the AFI Silver Theater.

The Newseum and American University hosted the event as a part of the Reel Journalism film series, which explores the intersection of movies and journalism. An intersection that Clooney calls “sometimes smooth, sometimes bumpy, always interesting.”

Following the screening Lopez discussed his experience turning his now famous column of his relationship with homeless musician and schizophrenic Nathaniel Ayers into a book and eventually a feature film, staring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. “I went from journalist to advocate, it was extremely odd.” said Lopez, who was in town for today’s Capitol Hill briefing “Honoring the Soloist – A Congressional Briefing on Homelessness and Mental Illness.”

Lopez added that Paramount also considered Tom Hanks and George Clooney for his role, played by Downey. Also interesting- the casting for Ayer’s character: Denzel Washington and Will Smith were also considered.

On May 18th Reel Journalism will host a discussion with George Stephanopoulos and screening of “The War Room,” a documentary of Bill Clinton’s ’92 campaign.

Special thanks to Paul Menter for covering. More photos after the jump…

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