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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Sen. Joe Manchin & UMWA President Cecil Roberts
Joseph Manchin III, the senior senator from West Virginia and chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will join with the president of the United Mine Workers of America, Cecil E. Roberts Jr., as Roberts announces the UMWA’s principles for addressing climate change, energy transition, and government policies that affect workers in coal production and other parts of the energy sector at a National Press Club Virtual Headliners event on Monday, April 19 at 11 a.m. This one-hour news event will stream live on the club's website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the…
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Dark PR: Disinformation for Hire
The National Press Club Communicators Committee invites you to join the first in a series of critical conversations on disinformation and how we can address it as journalists and communicators. Disinformation, or the intentional spread of false information, is not new. However, the use of social media platforms and big data have taken it to a unprecedented new level, as the Cambridge Analytica scandal brought to light following the 2016 election. Propaganda is no longer the domain of governments and politics. Disinformation for hire efforts have been exposed at leading public affairs agencies…
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NPC Communicators Lunch and Learn: PR Trends During the Pandemic
A panel of communications industry experts will review the latest trends in public relations influenced by the global pandemic at the next NPC Communicators Virtual Lunch and Learn on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 12 p.m. EDT. Paul Duning, Phil Rabin and Jeffrey Davis of Capitol Communicator will discuss the transformation of the public relations profession that started before the onset of the coronavirus but has accelerated because of it. The NPC Communicators Team is hosting the session. Registration is free and open only to NPC members. The panelists will examine the restructuring of legacy…
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2020 Fourth Estate Award Gala
CBS News president Susan Zirinsky will receive the National Press Club's most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a gala in her honor on November 18, 2020. Zirinsky is the 48th recipient of the award, which recognizes journalists who have made significant contributions to the field. More Info & Tickets Press Release
CBS News president Susan Zirinsky will receive the National Press Club's most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a gala in her honor on November 18, 2020. Zirinsky became CBS News president and Senior Executive Producer of CBS News on March 1, 2019, and within nine months she oversaw an overhaul of the news division. An acclaimed journalist and highly respected senior executive producer at CBS News, Zirinsky began her career in the CBS News Washington bureau two weeks after the Watergate break-in. Over the next four decades she produced a wide variety of award-winning documentaries…
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7th Annual State of Black Tourism
The National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals will host its 7th Annual State of Black Tourism on Thursday, September 17, 2020, bringing together industry leaders from associations, DMO’s, corporations and elected officials to share their thoughts regarding the impact of current practices that affect Black hospitality professionals. The program will outline course correction strategies via data driven presentations and thoughtful discussions. This year’s program will also discuss the future of the industry post COVID-19 and George Floyd. To register for this online program, visit …
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: The Lincoln Project
Republican political strategists Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson, co-founders of The Lincoln Project, will give a candid assessment of the state of the 2020 race and the Lincoln Project's strategy to defeat Donald Trump and the Republican senators who support him at a virtual Headliners Newsmaker on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. Schmidt, Wilson, George Conway and several other Republicans formed The Lincoln Project political action committee in late 2019 with the goal of preventing Trump's reelection in the 2020 presidential election and ousting his supporters in the United States Senate. This one-hour…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Dr. Jane Goodall
Renowned ethologist and environmentalist Dr. Jane Goodall will join National Press Club President Michael Freedman on Friday, September 25 at 2 p.m. for a live-streamed Headliners conversation about the state of the world during the Covid-19 pandemic and the on-going threats caused by climate change. Dr. Goodall is the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees and a champion for animals and the environment. She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and Roots & Shoots, a youth-led global community action program with branches in 100 countries. Goodall is a Dame Commander of the Most…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden
As the United States confronts difficult questions about race and equality in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of law enforcement, Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden has engaged some of our nation’s great literary figures in conversation to highlight what literature and poetry can offer our nation. On Friday, September 11, the Librarian of Congress will deliver a live national address on the role of cultural institutions at times of social unrest and the opportunity to connect more Americans to our literary heritage and the treasures held by the Library of Congress during the…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Lisa Napoli, "Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News"
How did a former billboard salesman, baseball team owner and America’s Cup winner who hated news end up as the father of 24-hour news? Journalist Lisa Napoli, author of "Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and the Birth of 24-Hour News," will describe how Ted Turner flipped the switch on media with the creation in 1980 of the first 24-hour news channel at a virtual Headliners Book Event at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: The Commission on Presidential Debates
All three co-chairs of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) -- Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Dorothy S. Ridings, and Kenneth Wollack -- will join National Press Club (NPC) President Michael Freedman to discuss the upcoming 2020 general election presidential debates as part of a special NPC Virtual Newsmaker on Tuesday, September 1 at 3:00 p.m. ET. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can send their questions for the co-chairs in advance or during the…
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