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Hostage Aid Worldwide Launch Event
Hostage Aid Worldwide (HAW), in participation with the James Foley Legacy Foundation, invites you to its upcoming launch event that will host a number of renowned panelists and former hostages to discuss the increasing threat of hostage taking globally and ways to intercept the hostage business model with a focus on JCPOA and international hostage conventions. Event Hosted by Nazanin Boniandi, Actress & Amnesty International UK Ambassador Featured Keynote Speakers Senator Jeanne Shaheen Congressman Ted Deutch Diane Foley, President and Founder, James Foley Legacy Foundation
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), lead House manager of the second Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump, will speak Monday, March 8 at 2 p.m. at a National Press Club virtual Headliner event. Raskin will discuss how the United States can move forward amid polarized politics. The one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Headliner series, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. Opening remarks from Raskin will be followed by a moderated question-and-answer session. Viewers may…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna
Mercy Corps CEO, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, will address the humanitarian mission and efforts to protect the world’s most vulnerable communities during a global pandemic at a National Press Club Headliners Virtual Newsmaker event at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 25. With nearly 6,000 team members, Mercy Corps serves in more than 40 countries, including conflict zones and difficult access areas. It is one of the largest non-governmental aid organizations that is working to meet the needs in Syria – now in its 10th year of sustained conflict. Mercy Corps’ COVID-specific response has reached more than 15…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Lisa Napoli, "Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie"
NPR Journalists Susan Stamberg, Nina Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer will join author Lisa Napoli to discuss her new book “Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR" at a National Press Club virtual Headliners Book and Author webcast at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 29. The one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Napoli, Stamberg, Totenberg and Wertheimer in advance or during the…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes, "Lucky"
Amie Parnes, senior correspondent for The Hill, and Jonathan Allen a senior political analyst for NBC News, will discuss their book, “Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency,” at a National Press Club Headliners virtual book event at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. Their dogged reporting goes behind the scenes to explain how Biden's campaign almost failed then recovered through a string of game-changing breaks. With extraordinary access to key players in both the Democratic and Republican campaigns, Allen and Parnes deliver an inside look at power plays, miscalculations and the struggles…
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NPC Communicators Program: Evaluating PR Wire Services & Media Databases
Long before the introduction of email, paid wire services provided an effective and efficient way to distribute press releases because they were sent directly to the newsroom by teletype machines. Today, public relations practitioners have many more tools for disseminating news and reaching key reporters and editors. Join the Communicators Team for an online discussion led by team member Steve Honig on the evolution of paid press release wires from print to digital systems. The session will be on Thursday, March 11 at 6 p.m. Admission is free for all members of the National Press Club.…
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NPC Communicators Team Program: How To Rock Your Next Presentation (online or in person)
In the early days of the pandemic, we all got a bit of a pass with remote meetings and presentations. If the dog barked in the background, if the kids jumped in front of the camera, if our background was nothing more than a lonely light switch, people understood. We were all in the same boat. This medium was new to all of us. All that has changed. Why? SOME people have gotten very good at it. They’re the new standard against which we are all being judged. In fact, it’s been said that anything communicated using a screen is now compared with everything else we see on any screen. So your Zoom…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: U.S. Space Force Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond
Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, will discuss its mission and accomplishments of the space force in its first year as an independent branch at. National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 3. Raymond will address threats to access and freedom to maneuver in space, the branch's work to enhance strategic stability, further global alliances and partnerships, and its work in establishing norms of behavior -- the effects of which can extend well beyond the space domain. This one-hour…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
In the summer of 1968, just a few days before the start of the Democratic National Convention and mere months after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Chicago to protest the War in Vietnam and what they believed was a broken democratic system. What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. By the convention’s end, hundreds of protestors had been injured and arrested, and eight of the protest’s organizers were indicted for violating the Rap Brown law…
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Communicators Team Monthly Meeting
National Press Club Communicator 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 in defending freedom of the press. They also help tell the National Press Club story though their participation in and help with developing compelling NPC programming and activities and by inviting and encouraging journalist and communicator colleagues to also become members. The Communicator Team has well-defined activities already with great participation in the design and discussion of communicator…
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