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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: National Academies Releases 2017 Affordable Drugs Report
Livestream will begin 11/30 at 1:00pm ET.Viewers can email questions for the panel to [email protected] - please include your name and affiliation. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will release and discuss the findings of their new affordable drugs report at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker this Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 1:00PM in the club’s Fourth Estate. The new report examines patient access to affordable and effective drug therapies in the U.S. and recommends a number of policy actions aimed at improving the affordability of…
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Food Biochemist Shirley Corriher
Salt or sugar meat? Douse tomatoes with vodka? Answers coming Oct. 5 Food expose biochemist Shirley Corriher is returning to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 6-7:30 p.m. The last time Corriher visited the Club, she explained how to make Starbucks coffee drinkable, how to un-glue and why garlic sometimes turns blue. This time, Corriher will join executive chef Susan Delbert to show whether one should sugar rather than salt meat before cooking, whether Parmiagiana Reggiano is the new Viagra and whether to douse tomatoes with vodka before eating. Corriher is a frequent TV guest…
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NPC Breakfast with University of Missouri President Michael Middleton
Michael Midddleton, the University of Missouri System interim president, will speak at a National Press Club Speakers breakfast on Tuesday June 21. Middleton was appointed to head the University of Missouri last year following racial tension and protests on its flagship campus. He will speak about moving the university forward amid a national conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion that was sparked by the protests. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. with remarks beginning at 9 a.m. followed by a Q&A session ending at 10 a.m. Tickets cost $24 for National Press Club members…
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Chris Brann: Fighting to Bring His Abducted Son Nico Home from Brazil
NPC Newsmaker ProgramMEDIA ADVISORY TO: Daybooks/Calendar/Correspondents/Assignment Editors/Press OfficesFROM: Herb Perone, NPC Newsmakers Chairman, 301-512-7636, [email protected] Chris Brann: Fighting to Bring His Abducted Son Nico Home From Brazil Washington, DC – Chris Brann, the father of five-year-old Nico Brann, of Houston, Texas, will tell his harrowing tale of his ongoing struggle to bring his abducted son home from Brazil publicly for the first time. Examining the case with Brann will be his international lawyer Jared Genser and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the Sean…
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Cuba's Minister of Public Health to Discuss Prevention of STDs, Especially AIDS
Cuba’s Minister of Public Health to Discuss His Nation’s Progress In Prevention of STDs, Especially AIDS Washington, DC – Dr. Roberto Morales, Cuba’s Minister of Public Health, will discuss Cuba’s program for preventing sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV AIDS, at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on July 1. A committee of independent experts assembled by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) which visited Cuba in March to analyze the island nation’s progress in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis…
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Advanced Facebook: How to Make the World's Largest Social Media Network Work for You
Learn how to leverage Facebook to bolster your reporting and your brand with Don Seymour, Facebook’s Politics & Government Outreach Manager. This intermediate level class includes an overview of Facebook and the resources it offers to journalists. Seymour will cover how to create an effective public Page, and will review best practices including how to break news and engage with your audience. Don’t get left behind. Seize your social media moment! Registration required. Fee: $5 for National Press Club members, $10 for non-members. NPC members should log in for the promo code.
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Defense Industry CEOs to discuss Sequestration and National Security
Defense Industry CEOs to Discuss Sequestration and National Security A panel of chief executive officers from the defense industry will discuss their views on the effects of budget cuts and the threat of sequestration on national security at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3 in the National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.Panelists:• Wes Bush, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corp.• David P. Hess, president, Pratt & Whitney• Dawne S. Hickton, vice chair, president and chief executive officer, RTI…
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Get It Online: The Online Election - Social Media and the 2012 Presidential Race
The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election is like none we have ever seen before. Americans now follow real-time debate commentary via Twitter, advocate for their candidates on Facebook and join Internet memes with Tumblr. Balancing tried-and-true strategies with bold experimentation, the campaigns of both President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney have invested heavily in social media as part of their fundraising, grassroots and media strategies. They have had to. This panel will focus on how the 2012 presidential candidates have used social media as part of their campaign strategies, what…
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Presidential Debate Viewing Party
Looking for a fun way to experience the presidential debates? Or are you a journalist covering the debates for work or fun? Come watch or cover them with fellow Press Club members and bring your friends. There will be a working area for journalists, and debates will be televised in the Truman Lounge for members only as well as the Bloomberg Room, where the event will be open to the public. Food is available to order from the Truman Lounge and drinks will be available to order from both locations. The event is free and is hosted in a non-partisan atmosphere. The schedule is below: All the…
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Vice Presidential Debate viewing party
Looking for a fun way to experience the presidential debates? Or are you a journalist covering the debates for work or fun? Come watch or cover them with fellow Press Club members and bring your friends. There will be a working area for journalists, and debates will be televised in the Truman Lounge for members only as well as the Bloomberg Room, where the event will be open to the public. Food is available to order from the Truman Lounge and drinks will be available to order from both locations. The event is free and is hosted in a non-partisan atmosphere. The schedule is below: All the…
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