Member News
Connect with fellow members at Meet the Press Club event April 19
March 26, 2012
Did you know that the Club features an exclusive, member only, networking event every other month? Please join us for the next edition of Meet the Press Club at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19 in the McClendon room. Reserve your spot by sending an email to Sarah Driggs at [email protected]. Meet the…
Read MoreThis Week in National Press Club History: Nehru, Gandhi, Gandhi and Sing Along with FDR
March 26, 2012
March 26, 2002: Actor Tony Curtis celebrates the arts at a National Press Club luncheon. March 29, 1933: Singers Morton Downey and John Charles Thomas perform at an evening event at the Club. Thomas sings an FDR favorite, “Home On The Range.” Roosevelt is the first president to speak at a Club…
Read MoreNew member Allison Priebe Brooks honored with "Golden Halo"
March 26, 2012
Evidence emerged at the Belle Haven Country Club last week that good works may have a genetic component. New NPC member Allison Priebe Brooks, daughter of 2011 Berny Krug Award winner Lou Priebe, accepted "The Golden Halo Award" from Alexandria's Campagna Center at the Belle Haven Country Club on…
Read MoreJournalists, communicators can apply for Asia Society's fellows program
March 26, 2012
The Asia Society seeks nominations and applications for the 2012-13 Bernard Schwartz Fellows Program (Spring/Summer 2012 to Summer 2013). The Bernard Schwartz Fellows Program seeks to contribute to a better understanding of policy challenges and opportunities related to Asia in the international…
Read MoreSilver Owls to honor former Club presidents on April 26
March 22, 2012
The "long, gray line" of former National Press Club and Washington Press Club presidents will be honored at the April 26 Silver Owls "hoot" in the Ballroom. The event will salute the 32 surviving ex-presidents of the NationalPress Club and 10 surviving ex-presidents of the old WPC, which merged…
Read MoreClinton advisor to speak April 3 at Club's 'Social Media 4 Social Good' series
March 22, 2012
Alec Ross, senior advisor for innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will be the featured guest in the second installment of the National Press Club’s “Social Media 4 Social Good” series on Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m.. Ross was named in 2010 as one of 50 Politicos to Watch by Politico,…
Read MoreFreelance Committee to hear about writing for radio March 26
March 21, 2012
NPC news journalist freelancers will learn how to expand their gigs and sharpen their news story telling skills by writing for radio at the next meeting of the Freelance Committee on Monday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. New NPC member Martin di Caro, an experienced radio freelancer whose news reports and…
Read MoreNew research librarian joins Library staff
March 21, 2012
Stop by the Eric Friedheim Library the next time you’re in the Club to say hello to Elizabeth Allin, NPC’s new research librarian. After spending several years with the Newseum and National Public Radio, she is well versed in the world of Washington journalism and is highly skilled in database…
Read MoreNPC member's memoir covers 'huge swath of history'
March 21, 2012
A new memoir by longtime NPC member John Adams, "In the Trenches: Adventures in Journalism and Public Affairs," is now available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. A foreword by Club member and former Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander describes the book as "addictive, each page and…
Read MoreFormer Washington Post editor to offer career coaching sessions
March 20, 2012
Jackie Jones, a former editor at The Washington Post and lecturer at Penn State University, will offer “spring cleaning” for careers in a four-week coaching session that starts April 5. In sessions for up to eight people, career counselor Jones will discuss planning and assessing goals, updating…
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