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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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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…
Type: Event
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Former Hostages Discuss Diplomatic Changes Needed to Bring Americans Home
A panel of former hostages will discuss how the U.S. government can end the use of hostage-taking as a diplomatic tool at a National Press Club Headliners event Friday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m. The Biden Administration said earlier this month that recovering Americans held hostage or unlawfully detained in foreign countries is a top tenet in its diplomacy. “In my call with families of loved ones held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad, I reaffirmed that their family members are a top priority in our diplomatic engagement,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote on Twitter after speaking with…
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NARUC-NASEO Task Force Press Conference: Electricity Planning for a 21st Century Power Grid
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the National Association of State Energy Officials have partnered on a task force to provide a forum to develop state-led pathways toward a more resilient, efficient and affordable grid. This initiative is supported by the U.S. Dept. of Energy. The NARUC-NASEO Task Force will host a press conference highlighting a suite of resources that have been developed over the past two years, including: (1) five example approaches (the Roadmap) that describe how aligned planning could work from state perspective across different regulatory…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Michelle Duster, "Ida B. the Queen"
The great-granddaughter of crusading journalist Ida B. Wells, author Michelle Duster, will discuss her new book Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells, at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event on Tuesday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m. ET. This 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 Duster in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected]. Please put "Wells" in the subject…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Girl Scouts of the USA Interim CEO Judith Batty
On Thursday, February 11, Girl Scouts of the USA Interim CEO Judith Batty will deliver a live national address on how the organization has pivoted in their operations since the pandemic began, how they have persevered in this “new normal” and what we can expect from the organization moving forward, including the annual anticipated tradition of cookie sales. This 1-hour program will stream live at 1:00 p.m. ET as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Newsmaker series, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Judith Batty grew up in Girl Scouting…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary
Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary will address the future of restaurants post-COVID-19 at a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. Chaudhary took the helm at Panera in May 2019, just eight months before Covid-19 emerged. The ensuing "stay-at-home" directives forced restaurants, bars and other gathering places to rethink their business models. As the pandemic progressed, restaurants had to adapt -- sometimes weekly -- to changing restrictions. Chaudhary will discuss how the restaurant industry is working to survive in a time of reduced or no capacity,…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Don Lemon, “This is the Fire”
Don Lemon, host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, will discuss his new book “This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends about Racism” at a National Press Club Headliners virtual book event at 2pm on Monday, May 10. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Lemon in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected], with “Lemon” in the subject line. In “This is the Fire,” Lemon, the country’s only Black prime-time news…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Mark Bittman, "Animal, Vegetable, Junk"
Mark Bittman, former New York Times columnist, food writer and best-selling author, will discuss his new book “Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal” at a National Press Club Headliners virtual book event at 2pm on Thursday, May 13. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. Viewers can submit their questions for Bittman in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected], with “Bittman” in the subject line. In “Animal, Vegetable…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: SPLC President & CEO Margaret Huang
Margaret Huang, President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will speak on the increase in hate crimes in America and the current state of white supremacist groups in our nation at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker event at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 16. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Huang in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected], with “SPLC” in the subject line.
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