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National Press Club Freedom of the Press Awards
The National Press Club will honor its 2010 John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award winners at a special event on Nov. 15 in the Holeman Lounge. The award, given each year to one domestic and one international recipient, honors people who have contributed to the cause of press freedom and open government.This year’s U.S. winner is Charles N. Davis, an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism who has done more than most to force light onto parts of national, state and local governments that many in power would like to keep hidden from the press and the public. From 2005 until…
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Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme
Sheeran to Discuss "We Can End Hunger: 10 Ideas That Can Feed the World" Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Program, will speak on overcoming the challenges that threaten the state of food security in the world at a National Press Club luncheon on Sept. 29. As leader of the UN World Food Program since 2007, Josette Sheeran oversees the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. At a time of increasing weather-related disasters combined with economic pressures, WFP is feeding more than 100 million people in more than 70 countries, reaching out to hungry…
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Stomp The Presses!
Samples of wines, beer and spirits from around the world will be offered at "Stomp the Presses" at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, in the ballroom. Admission is $25; NPC members receive a 15 percent ticket discount. Tickets can be purchased online at www.press.org/events/stomp-presses, For the NPC member discount code, email Joshua Funk,[email protected] from Bell Wine and Spirits will guide attendees in tasting the more than 60 wines, cognacs, beers and spirits that will be available, including Flying Dog beer, Piper Heidsieck Champagne, selections from Charles Smith Winery, Cameron Hughes…
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Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca Cola Company
Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca Cola Company will address a Luncheon on Dec. 2. The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. and remarks begin promptly at 1 p.m., followed by a question period that concludes at 2 p.m. Cost of the luncheon is $17 for National Press Club members, $28 for their guests and $35 for the general public. To reserve, call 202-662-7501 or email [email protected] . To submit a question in advance, put KENT in the subject line and email it to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on Dec. 2.
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Dr. Christina Romer, Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Click here to watch the live video stream TOPIC: The Extraordinary Challenges and Policy Actions of the First Twenty Months of the Obama Administration The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. and remarks begin promptly at 1 p.m., followed by a question period that concludes at 2 p.m. Cost of the luncheon is $17 for National Press Club members, $28 for their guests and $35 for the general public. To reserve, call 202-662-7501 or email [email protected] . To submit a question in advance, put ROMER in the subject line and email it to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on Sept.1.
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Condoleezza Rice
This event is sold out Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak at an NPC luncheon on Friday, Oct. 15. Her appearance will coincide with the publication of her new book about her childhood in racially segregated Birmingham, Alabama. The book, "EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY PEOPLE: A Memoir of Family," focuses on Dr. Rice's life up to the 2000 election of George W. Bush. Dr. Rice chronicles her parents, Rev. John and Angelena Rice -- educational evangelists who helped shape her life and the lives of others through their unconditional love, unwavering support, and eternal optimism…
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YM Speed Networking
The Young Members Committee has invited a collection HR Directors and Managing Editors from the top news agencies and public relations firms in Washington to participate in the speed networking event. This is your opportunity to show off your resume in 3 minutes. Space is limited and no fee is required. Please RSVP to Tim Young at [email protected].
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Rev. David Beckmann to Discuss “Ending Hunger: the People and Congress”
Sept. 13 Luncheon Speaker Beckmann to Discuss “Ending Hunger: the People and Congress” Anti-hunger and poverty advocate the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World and this year's winner of the World Food Prize, will speak on “Eliminating Hunger: the People and Congress” at a National Press Club luncheon on Sept. 13. Beckmann, an economist and ordained Lutheran minister, was named a World Food Prize laureate in June. The award, established in 1986 by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug, is considered the Nobel Prize equivalent for food and agriculture. Beckmann has led…
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33rd Annual National Press Club Book Fair and Authors’ Night
Restaurant Week
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NPC Luncheon - Gerald Ford Journalism Awards
Screening of PBS' "The Ghost Army"
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