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Former and current Broadcast pros reflect on the bright side of moving to the ‘dark side’ (Broadcast Team)
The reference to the dark side is tongue-in-cheek, by the way! This will be a hybrid gathering (both Zoom and in the Cosgrove Room of The Reliable Source). In no particular order, the planned participants (all Club members we call friends) are: Lori Russo, President Stanton Communications Debra Silimeo, President, The Silimeo Group Bill McCloskey, former Director of Media Relations, BellSouth (AT&T) Our Co-Vice Chair Adam Konowe will lead this part of the meeting, Adam is Senior VP, Edelman. Join us for this monthly Broadcast Team meeting, Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. ET via zoom or…
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Everything you need to know about podcasts featuring Melissa Kiesche, SVP, Edison Research (Broadcast Team)
“Everything you need to know about podcasts” with guest speaker Melissa Kiesche, SVP, Edison Research. Edison Research does exhaustive research on this growing media form. Here’s what it says on their website calling itself “The Leading Podcast Research Company In The World”: Edison Research data powers many of the most listened-to podcasts in the world, and our industry studies on consumer behavior, demographics, and monetization of podcasting are used by scores of successful companies in the space Join us for our monthly Broadcast Team meeting, Thursday, October 6 at 12 p.m. ET via zoom or…
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News Conference with Family of Shireen Abu Akleh
Lina Abu Akleh is in Washington to receive the President’s Award from the National Press Club in honor of her aunt, Shireen, a veteran correspondent from Al Jazeera who was killed while covering an Israeli military action in the West Bank in May. In addition to being a well-known, and highly regarded journalist, Shireen was also an American citizen. Her protective vest was clearly marked PRESS at the time she was killed. There have been no charges filed or notices of discipline or suspension for this killing. Several investigations have concluded that the shot that killed Shireen was fired…
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NPC Newsmaker: Vanessa Nakate, Climate Activist and UN Goodwill Ambassador
Climate activist and UN Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate will address the need for the world's biggest polluters to compensate victims of climate change at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference on Friday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. UN climate negotiators have sought unsuccessfully to win "loss and damage" compensation for countries most affected by flooding and other disasters wrought by climate change from countries that are the biggest greenhouse gas contributors. Nakate, inspired by Greta Thunberg, is Uganda's first youth climate striker. She went on to found the Rise Up Movement, an…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Major Garrett and David Becker, "The Big Truth"
Less than a month before the midterm elections, CBS Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett and David Becker, one of the nation's leading elections experts, will discuss their new book, "The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of THE BIG LIE," at a National Press Club headliners book event on Tuesday, October 11 at 6:30 PM. Garrett and Becker's new book examines the potentially dire consequences for the 2022 midterms and beyond. Filled with interviews with key players — election workers, January 6th Committee members Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md), Georgia…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss and Brian Friedberg, "MEME WARS"
One of the leading experts on media and disinformation, Dr. Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media Politics and Policy at Harvard, will be joined by co-authors Emily Dreyfuss and Brian Friedberg at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Event on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 6:30 PM. Donovan, Dreyfuss and Friedberg will discuss their new book “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America” that dives into how bad actors are using hate-based memes and social media to spread disinformation online and to organize various communities…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Owen Ullmann, "Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen's Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All"
Veteran Washington journalist Owen Ullmann will share insights about Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the subject of his new biography, "Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen's Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Yellen is the first person to hold all three of America’s top economic policy positions: Treasury Secretary (the first woman to hold the job), chair of the Federal Reserve (also the first woman to hold the job) and of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. In "Empathy…
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Broadcast Team Meeting with Brad Mielke of ABC's "Start Here" Podcast
The Broadcast-Podcast team will be joined by special guest Brad Mielke of ABC's "Start Here" Podcast on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6pm. Members are welcome to join the discussion in-person in the Cosgrove Lounge or remotely via zoom. The team meets monthly and serves as a forum for members interested in multimedia journalism, including radio, television, podcasting and digital. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions. Interested in joining this month's meeting? Email [email protected] for more information.
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Photo Team 2022 Holiday Party
Join National Press Club's Photography Team for its 2022 holiday party, Thursday, Dec. 8 at 12 noon in the Cosgrove Lounge. The party begins with a self-funded lunch from the Reliable Source, followed by recognition for the Photo Team's corps of intrepid volunteers who shoot Club events for the Wire, web site, and social media. A highlight of the Photo Team holiday party is the annual photo show-and-tell, with this year's theme: street photography. Please send in a street photography digital image to team co-chair Alan Kotok at [email protected], by Monday, Dec. 5. As in the past, party-…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, will release the results of a new federal report on the underrepresentation of Latinos in the media industry, including the film, television, news and publishing sectors, at a Headliners Newsmaker event on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. Last year, the 2021 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that Hispanics make up 18% of the population but held just 12% of the jobs in the media industry. Castro, born in San Antonio, is a second-generation Mexican American. After serving five terms as a state legislator in Texas, Castro was elected in 2012 to…
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