Past Speakers
NPC Headliners Newsmaker: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer
January 30, 2023
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, will speak at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Newsmaker on Monday, Jan. 30 at 10 a.m. in the Ballroom. Comer is the chairman of the House Oversight Committee now that Republicans have taken control of the House of…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Owen Ullmann, "Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen's Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All"
November 16, 2022
Veteran Washington journalist Owen Ullmann will share insights about Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the subject of his new biography, "Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen's Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon: Veterans Affairs Secretary, Denis McDonough
November 7, 2022
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough will speak at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Luncheon on Monday, Nov. 7. McDonough will discuss the impact of the PACT Act, a bill signed in August by President Biden that expands medical benefits to veterans exposed to toxins from burn pits on…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Major Garrett and David Becker, "The Big Truth"
October 11, 2022
Less than a month before the midterm elections, CBS Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett and David Becker, one of the nation's leading elections experts, will discuss their new book, "The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of THE BIG LIE," at a National Press Club headliners book…
Read MoreNPC Newsmaker: Vanessa Nakate, Climate Activist and UN Goodwill Ambassador
October 7, 2022
Climate activist and UN Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate will address the need for the world's biggest polluters to compensate victims of climate change at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference on Friday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. UN climate negotiators have sought unsuccessfully to win "loss…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas
October 5, 2022
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, will release the results of a new federal report on the underrepresentation of Latinos in the media industry, including the film, television, news and publishing sectors, at a Headliners Newsmaker event on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. Last year, the 2021…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss and Brian Friedberg, "MEME WARS"
September 29, 2022
One of the leading experts on media and disinformation, Dr. Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media Politics and Policy at Harvard, will be joined by co-authors Emily Dreyfuss and Brian Friedberg at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Event on Thursday, Sept.…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Scott Higham & Sari Horwitz with special guest Beth Macy - “American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry”
September 22, 2022
Award-winning "Dopesick" author and journalist Beth Macy will join Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz for a discussion of their new books on the opioid crisis in America at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book and Author event on Thursday, Sept…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Daniela Pierre-Bravo, "The Other"
September 15, 2022
Bestselling author and MSNBC reporter Daniela Pierre-Bravo will discuss her new book, “The Other” at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Event on Thursday, September 15 at 6 PM. In “The Other,” Pierre-Bravo shares her journey as an undocumented immigrant from Chile, working odd jobs to…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: New York City Mayor Eric Adams
September 13, 2022
New York City Mayor Eric Adams will address gun control and manufacturers at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. A former captain in the New York Police Department, Adams has been an advocate for tougher gun laws. In June testimony before the House…
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