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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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Fixers and Journalism: First-person insights into working together internationally
If you read an international news story today, it likely was reported with the aid of a fixer -- a local, on-the-ground guide who worked with American journalists abroad. On Thursday, Jan. 30 from 3 to 4:15 p.m., learn from the vast network of locally-based media employees who serve as guides to foreign journalists operating in unfamiliar terrain. Their intimate knowledge of local communities and relationships make fixers an essential part of the news-gathering process overseas. But fixers take great risk to help tell important stories. These cultural mediators frequently jeopardize their…
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NPC General Membership Meeting
The National Press Club will hold a general membership meeting for all Club members at noon Wednesday, Jan. 15. NPC members can view the livestream below with login.
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Gov. Terry McAuliffe - "Beyond Charlottesville"
Nearly two years after a "Unite the Right" white supremacist rally in Charlottesville resulted in the deaths of three people, former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe will share his new book, “Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism,” at a National Press Club Headliners book event August 6. The rally on August 11 and August 12, 2017 shocked the nation as white nationalists with flaming torches descended on the college town. In "Beyond Charlottesville,” McAuliffe writes about how the tragic event forced America to reckon with the rise of Neo-Nazis, white…
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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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Data journalism tools with Google News Lab
Enter the powerful world of data journalism and discover how to use it to tell deep, insightful stories. You’ll learn to find, analyze, interpret and visualize data using Google Permissions, Google Public Data Explorer, Google Crisis Map, Global Forest Watch, Election Databot, Tilegrams, Google Data GIF Maker, Flourish, Google Trends, Google Fusion Tables. This National Press Club Journalism Institute program will be held in conjunction with Google News Lab on Thursday, August 15. The program will begin promptly at 10 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room and run until 11:30 a.m. Doors will open at 9:45…
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NPC Newsmaker: Xiyue Wang's Wife Marks Third Anniversary of His Imprisonment in Iran
Marking the third anniversary of Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang’s false imprisonment in Iran, his wife Hua Qu will deliver remarks about the status of his case in a National Press Club Newsmaker event Thursday, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. in the Club’s Bloomberg Room. In August 2016, Xiyue had been conducting research for his doctoral thesis in Tehran when he was wrongfully arrested, charged and convicted of espionage and sentenced 10 years in prison by Iranian authorities. A naturalized American citizen, Wang has not seen his wife or six-year-old son in three years. He is being…
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“Higher Ed at a Crossroads: What role does the media play in the crisis?”
The National Press Club Events Committee will present “Higher Ed at a Crossroads: What role does the media play in the crisis?” on Thursday, September 5. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. when a light breakfast will be served. The panel will start at 9 a.m. The worst admissions scandal in the history of higher education has resulted in dozens of indictments and embarrassment for many of the nation’s most prestigious institutions. The perceived value of an elite education has skyrocketed to the point that parents will spend millions on gifts and contributions to ensure a place for their children.…
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GoPro Panel featuring Wil Tidman and Jim Geduldick
If you been on the YouTube web site in the past couple of years, or if perhaps your friends on Facebook or other social media have posted or sent you short videos taken by surfers beneath huge waves, sky divers jumping out of airplanes, or scientists hugging lions, you probably know something about the hottest camera on the market these days, the GoPro. Mounted on a skier's helmet, on the handlebars of a bicycle, or on the head of a dog, these cameras allow users to take videos from totally unique points of view. The striking results often go viral on the Internet and draw millions of…
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