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Library How-To: Use the Leadership Connect database
Potential sources for your stories are everywhere. Stay up to date with Leadership Connect, a database designed to find correct contact information for people and organizations. Whether you are trying to find the policy director for a member of Congress, board members for a foundation, or news media contacts, you can access Leadership Connect digitally in the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library. Representatives from Leadership Connect will demonstrate how to use the database at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The information resource is available at no cost to National Press Club…
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EAC 2020 Elections Summit
U.S. Election Assistance Commission 2020 Elections Summit Silver Spring, Md. – The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) will host a 2020 Elections Summit on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 22045. Ahead of the 2020 elections, the EAC is hosting an all-day summit to highlight important issues facing state and local election officials as they work to prepare for the 2020 primaries and general elections. State and local election officials, representatives from federal agencies that support elections,…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon: WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert
Following an exciting year for women’s basketball that culminated in the Washington Mystics netting their first-ever WNBA title, newly-appointed WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will discuss her vision and goals for the league at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Tuesday, March 3. Engelbert was appointed the first Commissioner of the WNBA last May (previous league leaders held the title of president), and officially joined the league on July 17. Engelbert came to the WNBA after more than 30 years at Deloitte, serving most recently as the company’s first female CEO (and the first…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Livestream will begin 8/7 at 1:00pm ET. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Cummings will address the Oversight Committee’s investigations into the Trump Administration. In a recent letter to acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Cummings complained that the White House had ignored the committee's requests for information and has not complied with the Presidential Records Act. The committee is seeking notes on President Trump's private…
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2019 Multicultural Media Correspondents Association Dinner
MEDIA ADVISORY RSVP Media Check In 5:30 pm, ET Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley To Host 2019 Multicultural Media Correspondents Association Dinner Premier Washington, DC Gala to Salute “The Fly Jock” Tom Joyner, Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Journalist Eun Yang and Parker Morse Tuesday, July 9, National Press Club, Washington, DC WHAT: The Multicultural Media Correspondents Association (MMCA), a national organization leading the call to increase diversity in media, will host its 4thannual correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC. Hosted by actresses and comedians Sherri Shepherdand Kym Whitley…
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America’s Gun Problem: Seeking Solutions Through Journalism
The prevalence of gun-related violence and deaths in America – the increase in mass shootings, violent domestic disputes, officer-involved shootings, accidents and suicides – has had a profound and traumatic effect on nearly every community and every facet of society. How these incidents are covered (or ignored, or hyped) in the media can, at its worst, compound or amplify that trauma. But what can journalism at its best – the hard-nosed brand of reporting that makes you think, makes you feel, and maybe even makes you act – do for an issue like gun violence? Can good, solid journalism…
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46th Annual NPC Journalism Awards Dinner
The National Press Club will celebrate the best in broadcast and print stories from breaking news and Washington regional reporting to humor, political journalism and many other categories at the 46th Annual Journalism Awards Dinner. Please join us at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28th starting with a reception in the Holeman Lounge followed at 7 p.m. with dinner and program in the ballroom. This event is business attire. Please find the full list of award winners here: https://www.press.org/news-multimedia/news/annapolis-capital-gazette-ba…-
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2019 NPC Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee
Livestream will begin 9/17 at 7:00pm ET. Relationships between politicians and the media who cover them have been tested throughout history, but on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 in the National Press Club’s historic ballroom, fun and friendly competition will prevail as lawmakers and reporters compete in the uproariously entertaining Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee. National Press Club President Alison Kodjak will serve as the host of this year’s Bee, while Dr. Jacques Bailly, the Scripps National Spelling Bee's official pronouncer and 1980 winner of their competition, will officiate.…
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Cameroon Crisis Coalition
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Fundamental tools for journalists with Google News Lab
Keep up with the latest technology for reporting in the digital age. Google News Lab Teaching Fellow Maggie Farley will teach you to use a broad range of Google tools, including Google Search, Google Alerts, Google Scholar, Google Permissions, Google Maps, Google Translate, Google Trends. This National Press Club Journalism Institute program will be held in conjunction with Google News Lab on Wednesday, August 14. The program will begin promptly at 10 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room and end at 11:30 a.m. Doors will open at 9:45 a.m. Registration is required. The cost is $5 for members of the…
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