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The Inauguration of NPC President Alison Kodjak
January 12, 2019
The inauguration of Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak. 112th President of the National Press Club on Jan. 12, 2019. Kodjak was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and during her inaugural address told a sold out ballroom audience that she wants to widen the Club’s role protecting freedom of the…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Adm. Karl Schultz
December 6, 2018
As climate change continues to erode seasonal ice coverage in the Arctic, access through the Northwest Passage continues to expand, opening up greater possibilities for scientific exploration and international trade. With just two aging icebreaker vessels currently capable of navigating this…
Read More2018 NPC Fourth Estate Award Honoring Dean Baquet and Martin Baron
November 29, 2018
Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron and New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet receive the National Press Club's most esteemed award, the Fourth Estate Award, at a Press Club gala in their honor on November 29, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Baquet and Baron are the 46th recipients of the…
Read MoreNPC Book Rap - Marvin Kalb: "Enemy of the State"
November 15, 2018
In his latest book, “Enemy of the People: Trump’s War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy,” legendary journalist Marvin Kalb pulls from our recent history to prove that the great American experiment would suffer certain failure if not for a free and vigorous…
Read MoreNational Press Club Journalism Insitute Briefing on Austin Tice
November 13, 2018
A briefing with Robert O'Brien, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, discussing the Austin Tice case. Also the National Press Club, along with the Free Austin Tice Coalition partners including: The Washington Post, McClatchy, Reporters Without Borders, and Georgetown University,…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Sec. Robert Wilkie
November 9, 2018
Tenth Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Hon. Robert Wilkie assessed the performance of his Department and outlined his goals for the care of our nation's Veterans just before the Veterans Day holiday at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on November 9, 2018.
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Doris Kearns Goodwin
November 5, 2018
On the eve of the midterm elections, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin shared her seventh book, “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon, November 5, 2018.
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Sen. Ben Sasse
October 31, 2018
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) discussed his book, “THEM: Why We Hate Each Other – and How to Heal,” at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon and Book Signing Event on October 31, 2018.
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with NASM Director Dr. Ellen Stofan
October 22, 2018
Dr. Ellen R. Stofan, former chief scientist at NASA and the first female director of the National Air and Space Museum, shared her vision for the future of the Museum and how the museum is helping lead the national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Lunar Program at a National…
Read MoreEmilio Gutiérrez-Soto Update - October 12, 2018
October 12, 2018
Eduardo Beckett, the lead attorney for Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto, the National Press Club's 2017 Press Freedom award winner, briefed reporters on continuing legal threats to the Mexican reporter on October 12, 2018.
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