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Sunshine Week: Dispelling the Gathering Clouds
NPC Broadcast Team
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: National Commander of The American Legion Denise Rohan
Denise Rohan, the National Commander of The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans organization, will discuss ways that the Trump Administration and Congress can improve the delivery of benefits to the country’s more than 20 million veterans at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Friday, February 23 at 10 a.m. in the club’s Bloomberg Room. Rohan, who represents 2 million Legionnaires from more than 13,000 posts worldwide, will discuss the need to preserve and improve the Department of Veterans Affairs, including VA hospitals. Additionally, she will propose ways to increase…
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Review of 2017 Virginia Elections with Incoming Delegates Chris Hurst & Danica Roem
Vivian Awards
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Meet the new Federal Election Commission website
Part 1 of the series "It's Never Too Early to Follow the Money" Oct. 13 - Meet the new Federal Election Commission websiteAs frequent users know, things have changed dramatically this year at the FEC’s URL. This is a chance to learn the tricks and functionality of this important website from some of staffers who helped revamp it. It’s also a chance to bring your requests for old favorites you’d like to see restored.
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"Nobody Speak" - Film Screening
NPC Pub Quiz Night
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Mental Health & The Opioid Crisis
Livestream will begin at 2:00pm EDT. Last month, President Trump said the country’s opioid crisis “is a national emergency.” He went on to say “we’re going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money” to counter opioid addiction. But, what has happened? Is money being appropriated? What is needed? On Monday., Sept .25, at 2 p.m.(NOTE :NEW TIME), in the National Press Club’s Bloomberg Room, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), Co-Chair of the House’s Addiction Treatment and Recovery Caucus, will be joined by three frontline healthcare workers to discuss the opioid crisis and what they see…
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NPC Newsmaker with Radio Caracas Television CEO Marcel Granier
On Thursday, May 18, at 10 a.m., the National Press Club will hold a Newsmaker news conference with the CEO of Venezuela’s Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), Marcel Granier, in the club’s Bloomberg Room. Venezuela is in the midst of a political and economic crisis. Despite having the world’s largest oil reserves, Venezuela is experiencing hyperinflation and a deep recession. Prices rose by 800 percent in 2016, with the International Monetary Fund predicting inflation could hit 2,200 percent by the end of 2017. Over the past two months, hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the…
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Protecting the First Amendment: World Press Freedom Day at the National Press Club
Protecting the First Amendment: World Press Freedom Day at the National Press Club
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NPC Newsmaker with March for Science Organizers
The international organizers of the world’s first-ever March for Science will discuss their plans and goals at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference, Mon., April 10 at 10 a.m. in the club’s Murrow Room. On April 22, 428 marches have been scheduled across the world, including the flagship event in the nation’s capital. Speakers at Monday’s Newsmaker include: Caroline Weinberg, National Co-Chair, March for Science Christine McEntee, Executive Director & CEO, American Geophysical Union Ayana Johnson, Co-Director of Partnerships, March for Science Kristian Aloma, Director,…
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When Journalism Becomes the Story: How Does the Press Respond?
NPC Member Tour of Bloomberg News
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