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Panel: How To Professionalize Your Freelance Business
Are you using all the tax breaks available for your business? Do you know how the DC government can help you with business planning? How can your style reflect your brand as a freelancer? To answer these questions, the Freelance Committee invites you to an informative panel: "How To Professionalize Your Freelance Business" on Thursday, 3 April 2014, 6:30-8:00 pm in the First Amendment Lounge. The panelists: Meisa Bonelli, a Wall Street finance and tax professional, business match-maker, and mentor is the President of Millennial Ventures, Inc. and Managing Partner of Millennial Tax. Millennial…
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NPC Luncheon with Secretary Ernest Moniz, U.S. Department of Energy
Livestream starts at 1pm EST U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is wrestling with the challenges posed by unprecedented domestic supplies of energy and the demands in some quarters to push for more exports. He will address that issue and others at a National Press Club Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $22 for Club members and up to one guest, and $36 for non-members. Tickets must be purchased at time of reservation. For questions regarding…
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The Kalb Report: A Conversation with Dan Rather on a Presidency, a Legacy and a Day that Changed America
On November 22, 1963 time stood still as the nation and the world grappled with the sudden and tragic loss of an extraordinary leader. Now 50 years since that fateful day, we remember the life and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. Dan Rather was on the scene in Dallas that day, reporting for Walter Cronkite and CBS News, and helped break the story we could not bear to hear. On the next Kalb Report, two legends of journalism, Dan Rather and Marvin Kalb discuss reporting the unthinkable and the profound impact of the events of that tragic day. The Kalb Report is produced by the National…
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John DiMaggio Presents Voice Acting Documentary, "I Know That Voice"
The National Press Club will host the East Coast premiere of the voice acting documentary I Know That Voice on Friday, November 8, at 6:00 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. The film’s executive producer, Annie Award-winning and Emmy-nominated voice actor John DiMaggio, will be on hand to introduce the film and answer questions after the screening, followed by a meet-and-greet and signing. DiMaggio is known for voices such as Bender in Futurama; Jake the Dog in Adventure Time; Marcus Fenix in Gears of War; Rico in The Penguins of Madagascar; Dr. Drakken in Kim Possible; and Schnitzel in Chowder. I…
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When a Crisis Goes Viral: How Social Media Has Become Inseparable From Crisis Communications
When a Crisis Goes Viral:How Social Media Has Become Inseparable From Crisis Communications2 p.m., November 12, 2013The National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge Crisis managers prepare for the worst. But today, when information travels faster than ever before, a PR nightmare can spread online before the communication director has time to react. What happens when a crisis goes viral? On November 12, 2013 at 2 p.m. at the National Press Club, join crisis communications veterans who will share their war stories from crises you have watched unfold in the news media. This expert panel will…
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Where Were You When Kennedy Was Shot?
Four journalists who went on to prominent careers share their experiences in Dallas on Nov. 22 1963 when Lee Harvey Oswald’s shots changed their lives – and the life of the nation – forever. CBS News Senior Correspondent Bob Schieffer was a cub reporter on the Fort Worth Star Telegram when he answered a phone call from Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother, asking for a ride to Dallas to see her son. PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer covered the arrival of Air Force One for the Dallas Times Herald before being plunged into the day’s events that took him to Parkland Hospital and the Dallas police…
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Campaign Finance Experts to discuss new Supreme Court Case focusing on Donations Limits to Candidates
Campaign Finance Experts Potter and Wertheimer to Discuss New Supreme Court Case Focusing on Donation Limits to Candidates Trevor Potter, president and general counsel, Campaign Legal CenterFred Wertheimer, president, Democracy 21 Tuesday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m.First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club With the U.S. Supreme Court about to hear arguments on another case that could allow donors to give millions of dollars more than they now can contribute to federal campaigns, two experts on campaign finance law will discuss the case of McCutcheon v. FEC and its impact on campaign finance…
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Government Public Affairs Offices: More Hindrance Than Help?
The National Press Club hosts a panel next week to debate whether federal public-affairs offices hinder more than help the cause of open government. The panel includes a number of experts from the fields of journalism, public relations and academia who can give voice to multiple perspectives. The event is sponsored by the National Press Club’s Press Freedom and Young Members Committees. Although executive branch communications offices can be useful, at times indispensable, in helping the press cover the government, reporters need to always be free to seek information in other ways. Yet doing…
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NPC Luncheon with Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will report on major health issues and challenges at a Tuesday, Sept. 10, National Press Club luncheon. A part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since 1946, CDC is charged with protecting public health and safety via the control and prevention of disease, injury and disability. It focuses on infectious disease, food-borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and health and health promotion. The CDC also researches and provides information on non-infections diseases, such as…
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2014 Fourth Estate Award Gala Honoring Charlie Rose
Sponsorship Information> Past Winners> CHARLIE ROSE NAMED RECIPIENT OF 2014 NATIONAL PRESS CLUB FOURTH ESTATE AWARD-- NPC’s Honor one of the Most Prestigious Awards in American Journalism -- Charlie Rose, acclaimed broadcast journalist and interviewer, has been selected as the 2014 recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, the National Press Club’s most-honored prize. Rose will receive the award later this year at a gala dinner in Washington, D.C. He is the 42nd recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, which recognizes a journalist who has made significant contributions to the field through…
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