Member News
Tell Us Your Top 5 Reasons For Being a Club Member
August 12, 2010
As members get on their way to winning $50 Fourth Estate gift certificates for recruiting five new members, we're soliciting your topfive reasons for being a National Press Club member. Follow this link http://press.org/membership/50for5 to submit your favorite reasons for being a Club member. To…
Read MorePlease Help Solicit Silent Auction Donations
August 10, 2010
We're in search of luxury items and experiences for this year’s silent auction, which will raise money for training programs produced by the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, the Club’s non-profit arm. The silent auction will take place during the annual Fourth Estate Award dinner Oct. 15…
Read MoreSpeed Networking, 6:30 pm Aug 11
August 9, 2010
Speed networking will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, in the Holeman Lounge. Club members are invited to attend to meet colleagues and representatives from around the region. Bloomberg, Platts and Discovery Studios are among the organizations that will be in attendance. There will be a…
Read More"Easy Rider" at 7 pm Aug. 12
August 9, 2010
"Easy Rider" will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, in the ballroom as part of "Screen on the Green Indoors" sponsored by the Events Committee. Free of charge. -- Dipka Bhambhani, [email protected]
Read MoreWomen Sought for Migraine Study
August 9, 2010
A sponsor of the 5K run/walk, Neurology and Headache Treatment Center, is in search of participants in a migraine study. If you suffer with recurring migraines, you are invited to volunteer for a clinical study involving 4,500 women who suffer from migraine headaches. The study will research the…
Read MoreDeadline to Submit Entries for Members' Photo Exhibit is Aug. 20
August 4, 2010
Entries are due by Friday, Aug. 20, for the NPC Members' Photography Exhibition. Photos may be dropped off in the NPC Membership Office beginning Monday, Aug. 9. Each member may submit up to four photos. The exhibit, sponsored by the Photography Committee, is open to all NPC members and is not…
Read MoreAndrew Price, 43 Years on NPC Staff
August 4, 2010
Veteran waiter Andrew Price reached a 43-year milestone at the Club this week. He has served meals to kings and presidents and movie stars, but what Price likes to do most is feed the media. "He picked the right job when he showed up for work one hot August day 43 years ago," Executive Director…
Read MoreFiction Writers Meet 1 pm Aug 5; Members Only
August 4, 2010
The Fiction Writers Workshop led by Joyce Winslow will meet in the Reliable Source Restaurant at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5. There is no charge. If you are unable to attend this inaugural meeting but are interested in joining the group, email [email protected].
Read MoreMember's Play at Greenbelt Arts Center
August 2, 2010
"Charleston Revisited," a play by Club member Anthony E. Gallo, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6 and 13, and Saturday, Aug. 7 and 14, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8 and 15, at Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway. Greenbelt , Md. Reserve at 301-441-8770. Tickets are $15; $12 for seniors…
Read MoreGolden Owl Ann Ewing Dies
August 2, 2010
Ann E. Ewing, 89, a Club member since 1952, died July 24. The Washington Post obituary described her as a journalist who specialized in writing about science and who is thought to be the first to report on so-called black holes. Ms. Ewing wrote from the late 1940s to the late 1960s for Science News…
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