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Press Club Rewind05.28.12
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: the role of Cronkite, Rooney and other reporters during World War II; former NPC president Rick Dunham on Twitter; banker Rajat M. Nag outlines challenges for Asian countries; plus the national debt, health care costs and more.
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Billie Jean KingTennis great speaks at May 9 luncheon
Tennis legend Billie Jean King urged more tennis to combat American children's obesity at a May 9 club luncheon.
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Bob Woodward Wins Fourth Estate AwardAwards ceremony Sept. 21
Bob Woodward, the Washington Post investigative reporter and editor whose work on the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of an American president, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, the National Press Club’s most-honored prize.
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Satchmo at The National Press ClubHistoric 1971 recording now available
Jazz great Louis Armstrong was in Washington on January 29, 1971 to perform at the Inauguration of then incoming National Press Club President Vernon Louviere, a fellow native of New Orleans. Satchmo at The National Press Club: Red Beans & Rice-ly Yours, which would be the last issued recording of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet before his death, has never been widely released... until now.
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NPC 5KBeat the Deadline: June 9, 2012
The annual NPC "Beat the Deadline" 5K race benefits the ongoing work of the National Press Club Journalism Institute. The Institute is committed to helping working journalists improve their skills through ongoing training and programming of future journalists through scholarships that promote diversity within our profession.
- May312012 Driving Your Social Strategy Workshop 8:00 AM @ 4th Estate Restaurant
- May312012 Getting Hands on with Linkedin 8:00 AM @ Zenger Room
- May312012 Phi Beta Sigma Anti-Hazing 11:00 AM @ Murrow Room
- May312012 Clean Water Act Turns 40 11:30 AM @ Lisagor Room
- May312012 AUL Legal Symposium 12:00 PM @ Holeman Lounge
- May312012 Houston Group 12:00 PM @ McClendon Room
- May312012 DMAW Education Foundation Leadership Circle Lunch 12:00 PM @ Zenger Room
- May312012 Reason Foundation Transportation Roundtable with Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels 2:00 PM @ 4th Estate Winners' Room
- May312012 Toshiba/NSTA Rehearsal 5:00 PM @ Ballroom
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- Girl Scouts leader says organization will answer Bishops' questions May 30, 2012
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The chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of America, Anna Marie Chavez, said the century-old organization is working with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to address any concerns.
“We’re working with the Conference of Bishops to answer some questions they have,” Chavez said during a luncheon Wednesday. “We do not take positions on some of these issues that we’re being alleged to take positions on.”
- Do you know? Club holds monthly book group for members May 30, 2012
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Join your fellow members for a lively discussion on the latest reads while enjoying the Club's famous brunch.
Books & Brunch is typically held on the third Saturday of the month in the Fourth Estate Restaurant at noon. Previous books include "The Privileges" by Jonathan Dee, “Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle” by Fiona Carnarvon and "44 Scotland Street" by Alexander McCall Smith. Selections alternate between fiction and non-fiction books and are determined by those attending each meeting.
- Panel to discuss former Liberian President Taylor's conviction, 50-year prison sentence May 30, 2012
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The global impact of the conviction of former Liberian president Charles
Taylor of war crimes -- and his 50-year prison sentence -- will be discussed
by a panel of experts from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, in the Holeman
Lounge.The panel discussion, organized by the International Correspondents
Committee, follows the May 30 sentencing of Taylor for aiding and abetting
war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by rebel forces during
Sierra Leone¹s decade-long civil war.Taylor was found guilty on April 26 by the Special Court for Sierra Leone at
Freedom of the Press
National Press Club urges Malaysia to fulfill press freedom promises
May 29, 2012 | By Rachel Oswald
The National Press Club on Friday urged the Malaysian government to honor its promise to reform the country's oppressive press laws and cease targeting journalists who publish critical stories.
Satchmo at The National Press Club
Louis Armstrong was in Washington on January 29, 1971 to perform at the Inauguration of then incoming National Press Club President Vernon Louviere, a fellow native of New Orleans. Armstrong had been too ill to play trumpet for much of 1970, but on this evening Armstrong, backed by a group that included trombonist Tyree Glenn and Tommy Gwaltney on clarinet, performed for nearly 30 minutes, playing trumpet in addition to singing.
Satchmo at The National Press Club: Red Beans & Rice-ly Yours, which would be the last issued recording of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet before his death, has never been widely released... until now.
