Past Speakers
NPC Virtual Book Event: Maria Hinojosa, "Once I Was You"
November 12, 2020
Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa will discuss her book “Once I was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America," and the role she feels the Latinx community played in the 2020 election at a virtual Headliners Book event on Thursday, November 12 at 4 p.m. ET. In "Once I Was You,"…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: Senator Bob Dole
November 11, 2020
Former Sen. Robert Dole, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will headline a National Press Club virtual Newsmaker event commemorating Veterans Day and the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. He will be interviewed by Club President Michael…
Read MorePOSTPONED: NPC Newsmaker: U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie
November 10, 2020
This event, originally scheduled for 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, November 10, has been postponed. We will update this page with the new date and time as soon as it has been rescheduled.
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: Bob Costas
November 6, 2020
As the prime-time host of 11 Olympic games, seven Super Bowls, seven World Series, and 10 NBA finals, legendary broadcaster and play-by-play announcer Bob Costas has called some of the most significant moments in modern American sports history. On Friday, November 6, Costas will join National…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Book Event: Erin Brockovich, "Superman's Not Coming"
October 30, 2020
Twenty years after the release of the movie that made her a household name, Erin Brockovich - the legal clerk turned consumer activist - is still fighting for the rights of Americans to clean, safe water. In her new book, “Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins
October 23, 2020
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will deliver brief remarks and engage in a virtual Q&A on the latest COVID-19 therapeutic and vaccine developments at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker presentation on Friday, October 23 at 2:00…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Book Event: Kara Goldin, "Undaunted"
October 19, 2020
On Monday, Oct. 19, Hint founder and CEO Kara Goldin will discuss her new book, "Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters," and explain how she turned an unsweetened flavored water into one of the biggest beverage companies of the decade. The book blends stories from Goldin's own experience with…
Read MoreNPC Newsmaker: Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
October 9, 2020
Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion turned writer and political activist, will deliver a live address on the state of human rights and press freedom in his native Russia, as well as the related crackdown ongoing in Belarus, at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker on Friday, October 9…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Book Event: Ted Jackson, "You Ought To Do A Story About Me"
October 5, 2020
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Ted Jackson of the New Orleans Times-Picayune will discuss his book “You Ought To Do A Story About Me: Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption," at a virtual Headliners Book event on Monday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. ET. The book…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: Dr. Jane Goodall
September 25, 2020
Renowned ethologist and environmentalist Dr. Jane Goodall will join National Press Club President Michael Freedman on Friday, September 25 at 2 p.m. for a live-streamed Headliners conversation about the state of the world during the Covid-19 pandemic and the on-going threats caused by climate…
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