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Eric Holder
A.G. says prosecutors file fewer drug charges, pursue more serious offenders

The number of persons charged with federal drug trafficking offenses dropped last year by 6 percent as part of a Justice Department effort to focus on serious offenders and reduce "unnecessary incarceration," Attorney General Eric Holder said at a National Press Club luncheon on Feb. 17.
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Vint Cerf
May 4

Vinton G. "Vint" Cerf, widely recognized as one of the co-founders of the Internet, will discuss the Internet of Things and the future of the Web at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, May 4.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 9

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a possible presidential candidate, will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, March 9. Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, is considering running for the 2016 Democratic nomination as a liberal alternative to Hillary Clinton, focusing on income inequality and climate change.
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Free Jason Rezaian
Sign the Petition

Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian has been detained in Iran since July 22, 2014. Throughout this time he has been held in solitary confinement and suffered through many untreated health issues.
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Margaret Hamburg
March 27

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the outgoing commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on March 27.
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For young journalists who are doing excellent work, the Sandy Hume Memorial Award is a good way to shine a spotlight on that work, and on the up-and-coming journalist who did it.

February 25, 2015
Washington Post copy editor leads crash course on common grammar errors

Bill Walsh, copy editor at The Washington Post, will lead a National Press Club Journalism Institute session titled “The Stuff Your Editor Is Going to Change” from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 6, in the Bloomberg Room.

February 25, 2015
Learning how to get better on Twitter, with Mark Luckie

The National Press Club Journalism Institute welcomes back Mark Luckie for a new round of Twitter classes scheduled for mid-March. Both sessions will be held from 9:30-11:00 a.m. in the Conference Rooms.

From the President's Desk

February 25, 2015
This Truly Is The Place Where News Happens -- And I Mean Now

The National Press Club is the place where news happens. This year, so is the president's office at the Club.

I am an editor at Bloomberg First Word, the breaking-news desk in Washington. Bloomberg has set up four large computer monitors at the president's office. These screens allow me to physically work at the Club during most of each work day. This has been tremendously valuable for juggling Club and First Word duties!