Press Releases
100 authors under one roof: 42nd annual NPC Book Fair set for Friday, Nov. 1, 2019
September 29, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- One hundred authors -- and their books -- will be under one roof at the National Press Club, just in time for the gift-giving season. Navigate national politics and history, whisk your way to tasty treats, or laugh with your little one during the 2019 Book…
Read MoreCDC Director Robert R. Redfield to stress importance of immunization at National Press Club Headliners Luncheon, Oct. 16
September 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert R. Redfield, MD, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will make remarks at an October 16 National Press Club Headliners Luncheon about the importance of immunization as the winter flu season is set to begin. In his…
Read MoreLetter signed by 173 members of Congress delivered to White House in bipartisan bid to secure the freedom of journalist Austin Tice
September 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A bipartisan letter was sent Friday morning to President Donald Trump, signed by 173 members of Congress, asking him to work urgently toward the safe return of veteran U.S. Marine Corps captain and award-winning journalist Austin Tice, who has been held in…
Read MoreNational Press Club to hold moment of silence on Oct. 2 to mark the first anniversary of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
September 26, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club will hold a moment of silence in observance of the first anniversary of the murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday, October 2 at 10:00 a.m. Khashoggi, who…
Read MoreGerald Bostock and Attorneys to discuss the State of LGBTQ Rights in the Workplace at National Press Club Headliners event following oral arguments in their case before the US Supreme Court on Oct. 8
September 26, 2019
ASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Gerald Lynn Bostock, the plaintiff named in the case of BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, was fired from his job as a county child welfare services coordinator when his employer learned he joined a gay recreational softball league. On October 8, his case…
Read MoreFormer New York Times op-ed editor, bestselling author, Washington Post investigative reporter to teach at half-day writing workshop at the National Press Club
September 26, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether you're a journalist or a nonfiction author--or you aspire to be one--you'll leave Pro Tips: Writing Workshop 2019, a half-day nonfiction writing workshop at the National Press Club, with concrete skills that will help you take your work to the next…
Read MoreImmigration Courts in Crisis: Top Leaders for Immigration Judges, the American Bar Association and Immigration Lawyers to Discuss Sweeping Changes in Court Policy and Operations at National Press Club Newsmaker Panel 10 a.m., Sept. 27
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sept. 27, the National Press Club will host a panel to discuss sweeping and controversial changes in the nation's immigration courts. Panelists will be the Hon. Ashley Tabaddor, president of the National Association of Immigration Judges; Judy Perry…
Read MorePrime 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…
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