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NPC Luncheon with Harry Shearer, Comedian
Harry Shearer, famed voice of “The Simpsons,” “Saturday Night Live” comic, radio host of “Le Show,” and star of the film “This is Spinal Tap,” will accuse the national press of perpetuating media myths in major news coverage at a National Press Club luncheon March 14. Shearer says he hopes to “enhance the feeling of shame among practitioners” in the press, whom he says have a “blindness to accuracy.” He will argue that the nation’s top editors and producers are “notoriously herd-oriented,cling to first-draft versions of news stories, and are reluctant to adjust news narratives when new…
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Trumpet the Club: Communications Committee
Trumpet the Club: Communications Committee Reception5:30 pm Feb. 11 National Press Club members interested in joining the Communications and Marketing Committee are invited to a reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, in the Club mezzanine area. Learn how the committee promotes Club-sponsored activities, including the annual 5K run and the NPC Awards for outstanding journalism. RSVP to committee chair Tom McMahon at [email protected] or 202-429-3106.-- Tom McMahon, [email protected]
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Membership Committee meeting
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NPC Luncheon with Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, will address the National Press Club at a luncheon on February 3, 2011. The head of the Federal Reserve is often called the “second most powerful position in the country.” Bernanke has steered the economy through the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and will discuss the burgeoning economic recovery. This luncheon is open only to National Press Club members and their guests. The National Press Club luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and remarks will begin just after 1:00 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer…
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Young Members Committee meeting
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Young Members Committee meeting
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Address the National Press Club
Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, will talk about accelerating innovation to help meet our energy and climate goals at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, November 29. As United States Secretary of Energy, Chu, is charged with helping implement President Obama’s agenda to invest in clean and renewable energy, end the nation’s addiction to foreign oil and address the global climate crisis. Chu was co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997. Prior to his appointment, Chu was director of DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and professor of physics and molecular and cell biology…
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Newsmakers Committee Meeting
This event has been postponed.
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Young Members Committee meeting
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Stomp The Presses!
Samples of wines, beer and spirits from around the world will be offered at "Stomp the Presses" at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, in the ballroom. Admission is $25; NPC members receive a 15 percent ticket discount. Tickets can be purchased online at www.press.org/events/stomp-presses, For the NPC member discount code, email Joshua Funk,[email protected] from Bell Wine and Spirits will guide attendees in tasting the more than 60 wines, cognacs, beers and spirits that will be available, including Flying Dog beer, Piper Heidsieck Champagne, selections from Charles Smith Winery, Cameron Hughes…
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