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NPC Headliners Luncheon: Panera Bread Founder Ron Shaich
Livestream will begin 4/26 at 1:00pm ET. In 2017 Panera Bread founder Ron Shaich took the company he had once proudly taken public in the early 1990s off the public stock exchange and stepped down as its CEO. Shaich did this, he said, to protect the fast-casual empire and its more than one hundred thousand employees from falling prey to the pressures of shareholders chasing short-term profits. On Friday, April 26, Shaich will deliver a speech at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon detailing why he believes Wall Street’s fixation on short-term profits has led to greater social…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Jill Abramson - "Merchants of Truth"
Award-winning journalist Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, will deliver an insider’s look at the transformation of journalism and the business of news at a Headliners breakfast conversation on Feb. 14 at 9 a.m. in the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Restaurant. Abramson will discuss and sign her new book, “Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts.” Doors open with a light breakfast of assorted pastries, coffee and tea at 8:30 a.m. The program will begin promptly at 9 a.m. Tickets cost $10 for members and $15 for non-members. When…
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Washingtonian editors to discuss investigative December cover story
Washingtonian Food Editors Jessica Sidman and Anna Spiegel will discuss their December 2018 cover story on the rise and fall of Chef Mike Isabella at a Story Tellers session on at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 17. Storytellers is a new idea designed for journalists across mediums to talk about their work and share ideas. Read the story here: https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/11/26/the-inside-story-of-mike-isabe… How did they get Isabella to talk on the record? How did they follow documents and talk to investors? How did they co-write a story and go through the editing process? Whether you cover daily…
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NPC Broadcast Team
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Yoga Class with the NPC Events Team
Join National Press Club member and journalist Bara Vaida for a free, stress-relieving yoga class on Tuesday April 24. Bara first began practicing yoga 20 years ago as a way to manage the pressure of daily deadlines while covering Congress for National Journal. She recently took her yoga practice to the next level by entering a 200-hour teacher-training program at Tranquil Space in Dupont Circle. She expects to complete the course and become a registered yoga teacher in the spring of 2018. Her classes aim to help students find strength and balance, on and off the mat. Please register below…
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NPC Broadcast Team
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NPC History and Heritage Team
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Commemorating 400 Years of African American History
NPC Headliners Book Event: Mark Bowden - "The Last Stone"
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NPC House Team
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NPC Headliners Team
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