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NPC Headliners Book Event: Dorothy Butler Gilliam - "Trailblazer"
Legendary civil rights journalist and activist Dorothy Butler Gilliam will share her aptly titled new memoir, "Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Monday, January 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Club’s Zenger Room. Gilliam’s more than 60-year-career in journalism began in the segregated South where she made a name for herself reporting on the integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas for the Tri-State Defender. In 1961 she became the first black woman reporter for the Washington Post and worked…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Review of the 2018 Hurricane Season & Forecast for the Future
This event has been postponed due to the ongoing government shutdown. With another challenging Hurricane Season in the books, NOAA hurricane forecasting expert Dr. Gerry Bell and MIT disaster resilience expert Jeremy Gregory will discuss the impacts of the 2018 season and the status of the 2017 season rebuilding effort at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Tuesday, January 15th, 10 a.m. in the Club’s Zenger Room. Bell, a hurricane climate specialist and research meteorologist at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in College Park, Maryland, will focus on the 2018 season impacts, climate…
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NPC Board of Governors
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Inauguration of Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak - 112th President of the National Press Club
The National Press Club Board of Governors request the pleasure of your company at The Inauguration Gala for Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak 112th President of the National Press Club Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Cocktails at 6:30 p.m. Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Black Tie Optional Join us for a night that will include roasts, toasts and a swearing in with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The inaugural gala begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $110 for members and one guests, and $140 for non-members. Kodjak, the health-policy correspondent on National…
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Rep. Ben Ray Luján, Democratic Congressional Campaign Chair
NPC House Committee
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NPC Luncheon with National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis
National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis will speak at a National Press Club luncheon August 1. He will discuss this year’s 100th anniversary of the nation's system of national parks and the agency’s focus on creating the next generation of park visitors, supporters and advocates. He will also discuss the challenges in trying to operate and maintain expanding park system during an era of fiscal restraint. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $24 for National Press Club members (NPC Members may…
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NPC Board of Governors
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Former Chief Prosecutor for Guantanamo to discuss lawsuit against Library of Congress
Updated Report of Forced Organ Harvesting in China
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2016 Fourth Estate Award Honoring Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer, acclaimed journalist and CNN's lead political anchor and host of “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” will accept the National Press Club's most-honored prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a gala on Sept. 20 in Washington, D.C. Blitzer is the 44th recipient of the award, which recognizes a journalist who has made significant contributions to the field. “Through his more than four decades in journalism, Wolf Blitzer has served as the world's eyes and ears on some of the most important stories of our time, the embodiment of the Fourth Estate's first awardee, Walter Cronkite,”…
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National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner
43rd Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards The National Press Club's 43rd Annual Journalism Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, August 4th, beginning with a Reception in the Holeman Lounge at 6 p.m., followed by Dinner and a Program at 7 p.m. in the Ballroom. Tickets to this event are $50.00 per person. Reservations are required and MUST be made through Eventbrite. For more information, contact Joann @202-662-7532 or [email protected].
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