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NPC General Membership Meeting
Virtually join fellow National Press Club members at the Fall general membership meeting on Friday, October 16, at 12:00 pm. The general meeting will be held via link below. Members will have the opportunity to ask questions and make comments during the meeting, but we encourage you to register and ask questions in advance. The meeting business will include an update on the Club’s response to the coronavirus and path forward. If you have questions, contact Kate Helster at [email protected]. Click Here to Participate
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Ted Jackson, "You Ought To Do A Story About Me"
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Ted Jackson of the New Orleans Times-Picayune will discuss his book “You Ought To Do A Story About Me: Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption," at a virtual Headliners Book event on Monday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. ET. The book chronicles the growth of Jackson's friendship with a drug-addicted former NFL star whom he first encountered sleeping under a bridge in New Orleans in 1990. After taking the photograph, Jackson woke the man to get his name. "You ought to do a story on me," the man told Jackson. When Jackson asked why,…
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NPC Communicators Lunch & Learn: Media Relations Strategies
Former NPC board governor and communications strategy consultant Ed Barks will discuss how to work with the media to achieve critical business and public policy goals at the NPC Communicators Lunch and Learn on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 12 p.m. Ed will provide tips for developing magnetic messaging, granting interviews and engaging on digital media during this session, which is hosted by the NPC Communicators Team. Registration for this virtual meeting is free and open to NPC members only. Dealing with the press is a high wire act. Skilled spokespeople realize that they hold their company’s future…
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NPC Communicators Lunch and Learn: How to Communicate Effectively with Congress
Many communications campaigns support legislative or regulatory advocacy efforts, and it is helpful to better understand best practices for working with members of Congress and their staff. Join the Communicators Team of the National Press Club for a virtual conversation about meaningful ways to work with federal lawmakers and stakeholders. It will be conducted during a Zoom videoconference on Thursday, Oct. 8 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Registration is free and available to Club members only. Public affairs is by far one of the most beneficial yet overlooked tactics in the strategic…
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NPC Virtual Headliners Book Event: Nikita Stewart, "Troop 6000"
New York Times reporter Nikita Stewart will discuss her year with Troop 6000, the first Girl Scout troop founded by and for girls living in a homeless shelter in Queens, N.Y., at a virtual NPC Headliners book event on Thursday, May 21 at 3 p.m. Stewart is the author of “TROOP 6000: The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a Shelter and Inspired the World,” which is available for sale on Tuesday, May 19. She will be interviewed by National Press Club President Michael Freedman in an online event open to the public. Freedman will also take questions from the audience. Send your questions here:…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: American Nurses Association President Dr. Ernest Grant
American Nurses Association President Dr. Ernest Grant, who called nurses “warriors without armor” in their fight against COVID-19, will participate in a live fireside chat on Friday, May 15. Dr. Grant will discuss the role of nurses in the global pandemic and his priorities for 2020, "The International Year of the Nurse." This special Newsmaker event will be delivered via livestream as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Newsmaker series. A recent survey conducted by the ANA of more than 20,000 nurses nationwide found that 66% of American nurses lacked the necessary personal protective…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack
Thomas J. Vilsack, the 32nd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, will speak at a National Press Club Virtual Headliners event at 2 p.m. Friday, March 26. Secretary Vilsack was confirmed on February 23, 2021 to lead the Department of Agriculture – a role in which he served for eight years under President Barack Obama. He is the second longest serving agriculture secretary. Vilsack is slated to speak about some of his priorities for the coming term including transforming America’s food system, creating fairer markets for producers, ensuring equity, developing new income opportunities with climate…
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NPC Virtual Opening Day with Fred Frommer & Phil Hochberg
Welcome the start of the 2021 baseball season by tuning in to a virtual Headliners book event with author Fred Frommer and former Washington Senators announcer Phil Hochberg on April 1 at 2 p.m. Frommer, former AP reporter and author of “You Gotta Have Heart: Washington Baseball from Walter Johnson to the 2019 World Series Champion Nationals," and Hochberg, now a Washington lawyer who represents sports leagues, will discuss the relationship U.S. presidents have with baseball. Past NPC President Michael Freedman will moderate the event. President William Howard Taft was the first president to…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: John Woodrow Cox, "Children Under Fire"
John Woodrow Cox, whose series for The Washington Post on the impact of gun violence on children in America was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, will discuss his new book “Children Under Fire: An American Crisis,” at a National Press Club Headliners virtual book event at 2 p.m. Monday, April 12. According to a study published in the medical journal Pediatrics, firearm-related fatalities are one of the top three causes of death for children 17 and under in the United States, taking more young American lives annually than childhood cancers and other medical conditions. Thousands of…
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Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team invites all NPC Members to our Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists. During COVID-19, our regular in-person dinners will be virtual and change to “Make Your Own Cocktail” Zoom sessions at no cost to NPC members. Our next virtual gathering will be held on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Participation is limited to 30 members. Join us for another lively discussion with fellow senior communications leaders on current topics that we all face in our function and profession. By sharing our…
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