Press Releases
Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley to deliver address on climate change at National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker this Thursday, Sept. 26
September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley will discuss how the forecasted 2.7 degree Fahrenheit rise in global temperatures in the near future will affect the island nation of Barbados and the 43 other small islands that make up the Alliance of Small…
Read MoreNational Press Club honors Julie K. Brown with investigative journalism award
September 16, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald journalist who gave voice to Jeffrey Epstein's long-ignored victims and prompted a legal re-examination of Epstein's predatory behavior, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2019 Neil and Susan…
Read MoreTVA CEO Jeff Lyash to discuss future of energy for nation's largest public utility at National Press Club Newsmaker, September 18
September 11, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Valley Authority's new president and CEO, Jeff Lyash, will discuss the future of energy and his vision for the nation's largest public utility at a National Press Club Headliners event on September 18 at 10 a.m. TVA CEO Jeff Lyash to…
Read MoreBrazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo to speak at National Press Club following meeting with Secretary Pompeo this Friday, Sept. 13
September 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Ernesto Araújo will address the National Press Club and take questions at a NPC Newsmaker event in the Club's Fourth Estate Room at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 13, 2019. Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto…
Read MoreCorteva Agriscience CEO Jim Collins to discuss how trade, regulatory, and environmental issues are impacting U.S. farmers and the world's food security at National Press Club Luncheon, Sept. 25
September 9, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Collins, CEO of Corteva Agriscience, the newly independent publicly traded spin-off of DowDuPont, will deliver an address on the trade, regulatory, environmental and innovation issues facing U.S. farmers and the subsequent threat these issues pose to…
Read MoreVictims of Enforced Disappearance Day Event At National Press Club
August 28, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- August 30, 2019 10:00 am- 12:00 noon National Press Club, 13th Floor, Murrow Room 529 14th St., NW, Washington DC For more information: Sufi Laghari, Sindhi Foundation: [email protected], 202-378-0333 Leonce Byimana, TASSC International: Leonce@tassc.…
Read MoreNational Press Club Announces 2019 Press Freedom Honorees
August 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club today announced the foreign and domestic honorees of its annual John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award; selecting Aasif Sultan, a journalist with the Kashmir Narrator monthly magazine who has been jailed in the region for nearly a year…
Read MoreFormer Sen. Harkin & Internet Founder Vinton Cerf to Discuss How the Untapped Labor Pool of Nearly 11 Million People with Disabilities Can Boost Economy at National Press Club Headliners Event, Sept. 4
August 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Vinton Cerf, and other influential leaders in disability inclusion, technology, and advocacy will discuss how embracing assistive technologies and adopting an inclusive mindset will drive U.S. economic growth by employing the…
Read MoreUnited Mine Workers of America Pres. Cecil Roberts at National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker Sept 4 to Discuss Future of Coal, Jobs, Pensions, Green New Deal and the 2020 Campaigns
August 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The International President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Cecil Roberts will discuss the future of the coal industry and what effect he believes proposed climate change legislation and initiatives will have on the jobs outlook for coal…
Read MoreNational Press Club awards Edna Anne Rutland with the 2019 Julie Schoo Scholarship for Diversity in Journalism
August 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Edna Anne Rutland as the winner of its 2019 Diversity Scholarship Award. The award is for graduating high school seniors and totals as much as $20,000 over…
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