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Conversations with Correspondents: Sally Hayden on Libya’s detention centers
Sally Hayden, an Irish journalist focused on migration, conflict and humanitarian crises, will discuss her new book “My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route” at a virtual event at 12 p.m. on April 29. With unprecedented access to people currently inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden’s book is based on interviews with hundreds of refugees and migrants who tried to reach Europe and found themselves stuck in Libya once the EU started funding interceptions in 2017. It is an intimate portrait of life for these detainees, as well as a condemnation of…
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NPC Communicators Candid Conversation: Combating Global Disinformation
The National Press Club Communicators Team will host an online/virtual “Candid Conversation on Combating Global Disinformation” on Thursday, April 14 at 6:00 p.m. EDT to discuss how public diplomacy, military and Intelligence Community communicators are navigating increasingly complex and muddied information environments. Disinformation has infiltrated nearly every aspect of society. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown that this problem has reached the highest geopolitical, military and diplomatic levels. Distinguished speakers from the Department of Defense, State Department, and…
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Working Together to Advance Sustainable Agriculture
Companies have made commitments to decrease the footprint of food production. The challenge becomes building roadmaps that can achieve those goals. Gaps exist with limited solutions to make meaningful, immediate impact. Join us for a dialogue to help build pathways and accelerate efforts to sustainably nourish the world. For those unable to attend in person, a livestream will be available. Register in advance for this webinar: https://elanco.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fd6uT9EGSqWfyGRjsbGQeg Confirmed speakers include: Moderator Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse Communications Jeff Simmons,…
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NPC Newsmaker: Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID
This newsmaker will now be virtual-only.
As the coronavirus pandemic enters a new phase and with mask mandates in question, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will speak to the National Press Club on April 29 about what direction the virus may take us this summer and beyond. Fauci has been the leading public health voice during COVID-19 pandemic and is the chief medical advisor to President Biden. As the leader of NIAID, Fauci has a long and distinguished career having led the federal response to most of the major disease outbreaks over the last 40 years including HIV/AIDS, Ebola…
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World Press Freedom Day
The National Press Club will host a World Press Freedom Day virtual event on Tuesday, May 3 at 10 a.m. The panel will discuss significant developments in press freedom during the past year focusing on cases where the National Press Club is particularly involved including: Austin Tice and Emilio Gutierrez-Soto. There will be special emphasis on some of the most dangerous places in the world for working journalists including: Ukraine, Mexico, Afghanistan and China. Daryabi will join the panel to discuss Afghanistan and there may be other special guests. In 2011, the only year when World Press…
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NPC Communicators Team Lunch & Learn - How to Publish a Book
National Press Club Communicator members Ed Barks and Edward Segal are returning to the "Lunch and Learn" series on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 12 noon to share their experience in book publishing since they participated in a similar session hosted by the Communicators Team nearly two years ago. The accomplished writers took separate paths to publish their books. Barks published his independently while Segal went the traditional route and worked with a publishing house. They say determining the best publishing method depends on professional or business intentions and timelines. Barks and…
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Moment of Silence for Shireen Abu Akleh
The National Press Club will hold a moment of silence event to mark the killing of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin. Scheduled speakers at the event include NPC board member and Bloomberg Government reporter Emily WIlkins and Al Jazeera bureau chief Abderrahim Foukara. Coverage is welcome but there will not be a Q&A as part of the event. Entry requirements: Everyone entering the National Press Club must show a proof of vaccination and a photo ID.
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Conversations with Correspondents: Politico’s Christopher Miller and Ukrainian journalist Tanya Kozyreva on Reporting from Ukraine’s Frontline
Join us on Tuesday, June 21 at 12 p.m. for this virtual event.
Christopher Miller, world and national security reporter at Politico who has lived for more than 12 years in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, and Tanya Kozyreva, a Ukrainian journalist who has been a Pulitzer Prize nominee and is an incoming Nieman Fellow at Harvard, discuss what it’s like to cover Russia’s war on Ukraine from the frontlines, in a virtual event on Tuesday, June 21, at 12 p.m. Miller joined Politico in April after several years with BuzzFeed News covering the frontline of the war in Donbas that began with Russia’s 2014 invasion as well as the full-scale assault that began in…
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NPC Membership Committee
National Press Club Membership Committee Members have some of the most important tasks of any Club members, helping further the goals of the Club by carefully reviewing applications for membership and ensuring that those selected are working to advance the cause of ethics and professionalism in journalism and communications. They also help tell the National Press Club by inviting and encouraging journalist and communicator colleagues to also become members. This meeting will be online/virtual. To participate - or if you would like to join the Membership Team - please contact Team Leader Cary…
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Climate Emergency and Energy Security
Over 850 elected officials and veterans commend IRA passage to combat the climate crisis and increase international security. Elected veterans call for a Climate Emergency Declaration.
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