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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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One Year Since The Fall of Kabul: A Conversation on Press Freedom in Afghanistan
Reporters from Afghanistan and the US will discuss the current state of press freedom in the war-torn country at a virtual event at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. You can watch this event live via the YouTube player below. After the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan one year ago this month, news organizations scrambled to help colleagues and their families out of the country. Reporting only became more difficult for those who stayed. Since taking control of Kabul, the Taliban has beaten, arrested, and raided the homes of journalists. The situation has been particularly dire for…
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NPC Communicators Virtual Lunch & Learn: ROI for Strategic Communicators
The National Press Club Communicators Team will host a virtual "Lunch & Learn" program focused on how strategic communications professionals can measure and deliver quality return on investment (ROI) from their campaigns. The 1-hour online discussion will feature Beth Egan, Associate professor of Advertising at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Beth Egan is perfectly situated to speak about return on investment—what it means in the strategic communications context, how we can explain it to our clients and the C-suite in terms they understand, and…
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Mining for News Gold in U.S. Foreign Aid
Learn about a treasure trove of data and insights that most journalists routinely miss in an interactive online workshop for members of the National Press Club on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. US Eastern Time. Edward DeMarco, a former Bloomberg international politics editor in Washington and National Press Club member who went on to work in Africa as a strategist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for a decade, steers you through a raft of overlooked sources and other information. He’ll provide pointers on how to: Get clues ahead of the curve about U.S…
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National Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (NCJJR)
The National Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (NCJJR) will hold a news conference with national community leaders and activists at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to announce a campaign of initiatives and programs against gun violence.
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Lunch and Learn Program: How to Increase Organic Social Media Engagement
Communicators write social media posts for their organizations (or clients) to reach online communities with news and information. Getting posts liked is one thing, but the real power of social media is getting your posts shared and re-shared. Most people don’t have the time or inclination to do more than simply click the share button on a social media post. But those clicks have little, if no, impact to getting a post noticed. On Oct. 20, at noon (ET), NPC Member and co-founder of SpeechifAI Tudor Mihailescu will talk about the challenges of getting attention on social media and an…
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NPC Communicators Legends Dinner with Frank Sesno
Frank Sesno, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, author and education leader will be the featured guest for a National Press Club Communicators Legends Dinner on Tuesday, October 25. Sesno directed the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs for 11 years and now serves as director of strategic initiatives. At GW, he founded Planet Forward in 2009 to launch the next generation of environmental storytellers and highlight transformative ideas for sustainability issues. He also focuses on disinformation campaigns and how news organizations need to understand and respond to…
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In-Person Book Talk: "Between Thought & Action"
Join this in-person book talk about Fethullah Gulen`s intellectual biography of thoughts, words, & actions including interviews w/followers. REGISTER About the book, "Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gülen" This volume has two goals. One is to explore the life and the thought of Fethullah Gulen and the important educational and peace-inducing activities in which he and those inspired by him have been engaged for several decades. The outcome of those efforts—of creating schools and providing diverse social and cultural services that bring people together…
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NPC Candid Conversation: How to Achieve Fair Representation of Hispanic & Latinx Media in Newsrooms
Did you know that Latino underrepresentation in the American media and entertainment industries has barely improved over the last decade? According to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, presented last month at the National Press Club by Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Tex, Latino journalists only represent 12% of employees in media organizations, despite making up nearly 19% of the U.S. population. Hispanic representation in the media workforce has grown at a slower pace (only 1%) than in non-media industries, which grew from 15 to 18%. Hispanic media workers are also less likely to…
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