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Freelancer Team Meeting
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The National Press Club Freelancers' Team offers an opportunity for members to go-it alone, together. Our monthly meetings via Zoom offer freelancers a chance to talk shop, meet editors and hear from experts to help strengthen their business. For this month's meeting—Thursday, April 17, at 12pm EDT, via Zoom—we'll be doing some show & tell. We want to hear about your recent wins: stories published, pitches landed, gigs acquired, doors opened, comfort zones eclipsed, etc. How did it come about? What was the process like? We're betting there's insight and inspiration for others to glean…
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American Legion Post 20 Meeting
American Legion Post 20 meeting on June 11 notes 250th anniversary of U.S. Navy
On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the creation of a naval force, and the upcoming meeting of American Legion Post 20 looks ahead to the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy. The luncheon meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 11 at noon in the McClendon Room at the National Press Club. The guest speaker will be Dale Eng, with the Communication and Outreach Division of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Post 20 has been affiliated with the National Press Club for more than a century. The post was formed at the urging of famed World War I General John J. Pershing…
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What is Journalism For? A Conversation with Jon Allsop
On April 22, 2025, at 3:00PM, the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club will host a virtual event with author and journalist Jon Allsop. Allsop, who recently authored What is Journalism For?, will read from his book and discuss its major themes, such as the relationship between journalism and activism and what’s at stake when journalism is threatened. He will also participate in a Q&A session with Press Freedom Center Director Bill McCarren and take questions from the audience. If you wish to attend this event, please RSVP at this link. If you wish to cover this event, please…
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Dark PR, Part II: Disarming Disinformation
The second in a series of critical conversations on disinformation and how we can address it as journalists and communicators.
The National Press Club Communicators Committee invites you to join the second event in a series of critical conversations on disinformation, dark PR, and how we can address it. The upcoming conversation will look inward at how we, as communicators, can help protect our clients and the public from intentional deception enabled by social networks, big data, and even bad actors within our industry. On Thursday, October 15, at noon, learn how we can fight disinformation campaigns, create effective industry regulation and examine and improve ethics around deception in public relations and public…
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Meet the Media Virtual Panel Discussion with Washington Post Health & Science Reporters
Hardly a month goes by where we don’t hear or read about major cutbacks in news operations around the country or yet another media outlet folding. Earlier this year, however, The Washington Post did the unusual. It announced plans to add more than 70 positions to its operations. A significant part of that expansion includes increasing its Health and Science coverage and adding a new section focused on health, wellness, and well-being to help meet the growing demand for fact-based, practical, and accessible health and wellness journalism. On Wednesday, Oct. 26, from noon to 1 p.m., the…
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American Legion Post 20 Meeting
Due to a speaker cancellation, American Legion Post 20 has changed plans for its Jan. 8 meeting. Post 20 member and Military Veterans in Journalism founder Zack Baddorf will lead a panel discussion on various media/military issues. Topics will include politicization of the military and its impact on the military / veteran community, the challenge of reaching audiences across a partisan divide, and the importance of nuanced military / veterans affairs coverage. The panel will include Post 20 members Kevin Wensing, Jim Noone, Ken Dalecki, Evelyn Moy, possibly with other panelists yet to be…
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NPC Headliners: Marvin Kalb
Former CBS News correspondent Marvin Kalb will discuss his new book, "A Different Russia: Khrushchev and Kennedy on a Collision Course," at a virtual Headliners Book Event on Friday, Jan. 24, at 2:30 p.m. The event will be broadcast via livestream on the Club's website. "A Different Russia" is the third in the series of Kalb's memoirs. This one focuses on his time as the Moscow correspondent for CBS News. Kalb, who speaks Russian, kept a daily record of his broadcasts on the building confrontation between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy. Kalb, 94, hosted "The…
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Communicators Team Meeting
National Press Club Communicators Team members help further the goals of the National Press Club through their participation in and support of activities that advance the cause of journalism and defend the freedom of the press. Join the Communicators Team here to receive team updates and the invitations to team meetings.
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American Legion Post 20 Meeting
Political History Curator to Discuss 2024 Campaign and Election at American Legion Meeting
Dr. Claire Jerry, curator of the Division of Political History with the National Museum of American History, plans to discuss the 2024 election season at the next meeting of American Legion Post 20. Dr. Jerry will address how the museum recorded and interpreted the events of the 2024 electoral season and how those events are reflected in exhibits. The luncheon meeting takes place at noon on Wednesday, February 12 in the McClendon Room at the National Press Club. All Press Club members are invited. American Legion Post 20 has been affiliated with the Press Club for more than a century.
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Photography Team Meeting
You must be a NPC member to attend and registration is required.
Plan the Photo Team agenda for 2025 The National Press Club Photography Team's first meeting of 2025 will generate ideas for the group's programs and activities in 2025. The meeting is Thursday, Jan. 23 at 12:00 noon in the McClendon Room, with in-person and remote participants invited. The session starts at 12 noon with a self-funded lunch from the Reliable Source. The meeting itself begins at 12:30 pm for both in-person and remote participants. We will begin the meeting with a review of Photo Team activities in 2024, followed by brainstorming on opportunities and challenges faced by…
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