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The Digital Learning Gap
Mark your calendar! Cox is making an announcement with special guests and you don’t want to miss it. We cannot allow this pandemic to create an irreversible homework gap for students without Internet. Join Pat Esser, president and CEO of Cox Communications, and Michael Powell, president and CEO, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, for an exclusive event to highlight the new challenges the pandemic has presented in today’s learning environment and what schools and families can do to connect and thrive in this new phase of the digital divide. This virtual event will take place…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, who is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. Booker was elected to the Senate from New Jersey in 2013 after serving as mayor of Newark, and was re-elected in 2014. He is up for re-election again in 2020 and a state law allows him to simultaneously run for president and the Senate. This news conference will take place in the Club’s 4th Floor Broadcast Operations Center, and is open to credentialed media and members of the National Press Club; however, registration is…
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Nigerian Judiciary and the Imo State Election Crisis
The Nigerian Judiciary and the Imo State Election Crisis – The Collapse of Democracy: a Summation and Press Conference Presented By: U.S. Council on Nigeria Speaker: Bruce Fein, Esquire, Constitutional and International Lawyer and Former Associate Deputy U.S. Attorney General
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Sen. Bob Graham to discuss classified documents detailing Saudi Involvement in 9/11 Plot
Last month, the Administration and Congress released a redacted version of the missing 28 pages from the Congressional Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks. These formerly classified documents reinforce the belief that the 19 hijackers—most of whom spoke little English, had limited education and had never before visited the United States—did not act alone in perpetrating the sophisticated 9/11 plot. It suggests a strong linkage between those terrorists and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi charities, and other Saudi stakeholders. On Aug. 31, at 10 am, in the National Press Club’s White Room…
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NPC Book Discussion with Jay Newton-Small
NPC Book Discussion with Jay Newton-Small
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Kennedy-Nixon Debate Makeup Artist
Presidential makeup artist, author and media coach Lillian Brown will be interviewed in a one-hour broadcast at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Broadcast Operations Center on the fourth floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reserve at (202) 662-7501 or [email protected]’s interview is in conjunction with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy-Nixon debates and is co-sponsored by the Broadcast and History and Heritage committees. Brown applied makeup to both Kennedy and Nixon before three of the four televised debates in 1960. She will also discuss…
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Education Nation
President of NBC News Steve Capus and NBC’s President of Strategic Initiatives Lisa Gersh at National Press Club Newsmaker Event,2 p.m., Wed, Sept. 22nd Will discuss Education Nation a national education summit being convened by NBC in New York City, Sept. 26-28 involving Sec. of Education Duncan, governors, mayors, teachers, school administrators, CEO’s and leading education advocates from across the nation. "The state of education in America is facing a number of complex challenges. Many students are falling behind, dropping out and leaving school unprepared for today's jobs in alarming…
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Addressing Unfinished Learning in DC
We invite you to join us in person for our Addressing Unfinished Learning in DC hybrid event! EmpowerK12 is hosting an event on November 16 in conjunction with the release of an updated brief on unfinished learning from the 2020-21 school year. The study utilizes DCPS and charter data from the spring (MAP, iReady, Reading Inventory, etc.) to examine trends in fall-to-spring growth and differences in achievement compared to spring 2019. Deputy Mayor of Education Paul Kihn, Acting State Superintendent of Education Dr. Christina Grant, and Patricia Brantley, Chief Executive Officer,…
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Tour of the Club's Broadcast Operations Center
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Join us for a tour of the Club’s Broadcast Operations Center (BOC) at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27. Randy Hall, NPC's Director of Facilities and Media, will provide the tour. You will go behind-the-scenes of the magic that the BOC staff performs for Club events as well as satellite media tours, media training, webcasting, and TV and video production. The facility features two studios, two post-production suites and transmission services via satellite, fiber or IP. The studio and its services are available to the public, but this tour is for Club members only. Upon arrival, please gather in the…
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Tour of the Club's Broadcast Operations Center
Club members must be logged into their press.org account in order to register for this event.
Join us for a tour of the Club’s Broadcast Operations Center (BOC) at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. Randy Hall, NPC's Director of Facilities and Media, will provide the tour. You will go behind-the-scenes of the magic that the BOC staff performs for Club events as well as satellite media tours, media training, webcasting, and TV and video production. The facility features two studios, two post-production suites and transmission services via satellite, fiber or IP. The studio and its services are available to the public, but this tour is for Club members only. Upon arrival, please gather in the 13th…
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