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Don't Fear the Math
Spreadsheets are much more than programs for doing your expense reports. Data skills can enhance your coverage of campaign money and help you watchdog how tax dollars are spent. Data tools like pivot tables can distill the daily deluge of data into killer statistics. This class takes spreadsheet programs like Excel to the next level, helping you harness the data and give your stories extra horsepower. Registration is $5 for NPC members; $10 public. Members should login for the promo code. The session will run from 9:00-12:00 p.m. "Don't Fear the Math," will be an introduction to using Excel…
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NPC Luncheon with Airline CEOs
The leaders of the nation's three largest airlines will explore what they call unfair international competition at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, May 15. Richard Anderson, Delta Air Lines chief executive, W. Douglas Parker, chairman and chief executive of American Airlines Group, and Jeff Smisek, chairman, president and chief executive of United Airlines, will make a joint appearance at the Club entitled “Restoring Fair Competition to the Skies.” They will argue that billions of dollars of subsidies from the governments of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to their domestic…
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District Country
Media Partner Tickets> Directions & Parking> National country music hit makers Love and Theft and The Cadillac Three are coming to downtown Washington, DC February 21, 2015 for the first-ever "District Country" concert to be held at the legendary National Press Club. "The National Press Club has hosted live performances from the likes of Billy Joel, James Taylor, Dolly Parton and Louis Armstrong over the past one-hundred years," said National Press Club Executive Director William McCarren. "We are excited to welcome these three modern country acts to our unique and intimate…
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Analyzing Media Coverage of Race in America
A panel of journalists from different sections of the media will discuss coverage of race in America at the National Press Club from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26. The panel discussion, co-sponsored by the National Press Club and the Capital Press Club, is titled: Coverage of Race in America: How are we doing? How can we do better?A cutting edge forum to analyze media coverage from Ferguson to Staten Island The Capital Press Club, the oldest African-American communications association in the country, was founded in 1944 at a time when African-Americans were not admitted to the National…
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The Political Punch of the Pro-Life Movement in the 2014 Elections and Beyond
The Political Punch of the Pro-Life Movement in the 2014 Elections and Beyond Susan B. Anthony List President to Discuss Pro-life Impact on Legislation, 2016 Presidential Race Washington, DC – A week ahead of the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the annual March for Life, Marjorie Dannenfelser – president of the national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List and its partner super PAC Women Speak Out – will discuss the movement’s electoral victories and legislative agenda at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference, scheduled for Thursday, January 15 at 10 a.m. Both groups are…
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iPhone Reporting: How to do it all with just one small device
iPhone Reporting: How to do it all with just one small device – Jan. 30, 9:30 – 11 a.m. Bloomberg Room WTOP reporter and iPhone whiz Neal Augenstein will offer a "how to" session at the NPC Journalism Institute on everything from reporting to recording with the popular phone that does much more. Learn the power of smartphone reporting with this interactive class - be sure to bring your phone! You'll learn: what iPhone reporting is, and what equipment is needed; how to turn a iPhone into a microphone; how to record and share audio; basics of shooting video; and how to create content on mobile…
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Congressional Campaign Update
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN UPDATE WITH DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN REP. STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY) AND HOUSE REPUBLICAN POLICY CHAIRMAN TOM PRICE (R-GA) 11 A.M. TUESDAY OCT. 30, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON, DC The National Press Club Newsmaker will provide a congressional campaign update one week before the election, with Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) and House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price (R-GA). Price and Israel will each give an opening presentation on the status and issues in the race, where all 435…
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NPC Luncheon with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who
Legendary vocalist Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend of The Who will discuss the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program, which serves teenagers and young adults with cancer. The program, founded a year ago by Daltrey and fellow rock icon Pete Townshend, is based at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Now the pair is moving forward with plans for Teen Cancer America, a program to set up units in hospitals and medical centers in strategic areas around the country. Daltrey and Townshend have supported a similar program called Teenage Cancer Trust in the United…
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South African Night: The Life, Legacy and Values of Nelson Mandela
“South African Night: The Life, Legacy and Values of Nelson Mandela.” The event will include remarks by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool; Edward Perkins, the first black U.S. ambassador to be sent to South Africa from 1986 to 1989; a panel discussion on Mandela’s “Life, Legacy and Values,” followed by a Q&A session, and a tasting of South African wines and cuisine. The panel includes Charlene Smith, the author of the biography, “Mandela: In Celebration of a Great Life,” and a newly published book, “Mandela and America.”
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UN Under-Secretary-General on Global Population
UN Under-Secretary-General On Global Population Trends and Ending Child Marriage Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, a physician and public health expert, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 21, in the Bloomberg Room of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC. UN Under-Secretary will speak on "Global Population Trends and New Initiatives on International Family Planning and Ending Child Marriage." The subject of "the girl child" with an…
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