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Facebook and Pinterest 101
Facebook and Pinterest 101 – Thursday, June 21, 9:30 – 11 a.m. in the Bloomberg Classroom If you’re feeling behind the curve on using social media tools, now’s your chance to catch up! Join us for a beginner’s session where you’ll learn how to discover trend stories, share your work with a wider audience, and more using these social media tools. Please make sure to have a Facebook and Pinterest accounts set up before the session. Pinterest requires a Facebook account and invitation to join, so please contact [email protected] if you have questions or need assistance prior to the session.…
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Learn the Secrets of the Freedom of Information Act
Learn the secrets of the Freedom of Information Act, the invaluable reporting tool that too many journalists ignore. Through FOIA requests, appeals and even litigation, reporters and other professionals can extract invaluable documents from the federal government and uncover great stories that have never been told. Join three FOIA experts in a lively, practical-oriented discussion about filing effective requests, negotiating with government gatekeepers, finding likely sources and turning the law into your sword. Nate Jones is FOIA Coordinator with the National Security Archive, an award-…
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NPC Freelance Committee to Face the FAQs – Should I Write a Book?
NPC Freelance Committee to Face the FAQs – Should I Write a Book? A workshop on Monday, May 21, 2012, 6:30 p.m. So you are a professional reporter looking for a new way to reach readers and impress editors. Should you consider writing a book? Learn the facts. In this hour lecture and discussion we’ll cover some of the important FAQs that can help you decide whether you should be an author and bookmaker as well as a journalist. Here are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions that need answering when considering writing a book:WHO: Who me? Who am I writing the book for? *WHAT: What am…
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Managing Online Data with Excel
Learn how to manage online data with Excel at a National Press Club professional development event at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 25, in the Bloomberg Room. The class is free for National Press Club members and $15 for non-members. NPC members should login for the discount code. Reporters can find all kinds of interesting data online these days, but you need tools to comb through it. Excel is a common and valuable tool that can help do just that. Unfortunately, for many of us, its behavior can seem frustrating and odd rather than empowering and delightful. Take some time to get to know Excel…
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Google Fusion Tables For Content Producers
Join us for this intensive, hands-on introduction to Google Fusion Tables, one of the hottest new technologies available. Fusion Tables is a free tool that most newsrooms and others working with data use to create maps and real-time data visualizations.This session is being taught by NYC-based John Keefe, an award-winning journalist and the Senior Editor for Data News & Journalism Technology at WNYC, New York Public Radio. Keefe infuses WNYC's journalism with data reporting and interactive news applications, including census analysis, map mashups, news charts and SMS-based crowdsourcing…
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NPC Luncheon with Ken Salazar
Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversees energy development on the nation's public lands and oceans, will speak to a National Press Club luncheon on Tuesday, April 24. Salazar is expected to discuss gas prices, offshore drilling, domestic energy development and other energy-related issues. The Press Club luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1:00 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session, ending at 2 p.m. Advance reservations should be made through (202) 662-7501 or [email protected]. The cost of luncheon admission is $19 for…
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Get Up to Speed on Ethics.gov
Get up to speed on ethics.gov Macon Phillips, White House new media director, will discuss and answer questions about the administration's new web portal for ethics data on Wednesday, April 11 in a program developed by the National Press Club's Journalism Institute and the Regional Reporters Association. Phillips will discuss ethics.gov, which is a jumping-off point for information on White House visitor logs, foreign lobbyist registrations, campaign finance reports and more. The program starts at 10:30 a.m. and will be held in the Bloomberg Room, next to the press club library. Space is…
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Election 2012 Boot Camp: Refresher Class in Excel
Refresher Class in Excel The National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Regional Reporters Association will hold the next in a yearlong series of programs for reporters covering the 2012 campaign with refresher course in Microsoft Excel. The program will be held in the Bloomberg Classroom at the National Press Club on March 14 at 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The program, which will be led by RRA board member Herb Jackson of The Record (Bergen County, NJ), is designed as a follow-up to last month’s Federal Election Commission data diving class, but anyone who missed that class could still…
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Status of Women and Human Rights in Afghanistan
Status of Women and Human Rights in Afghanistan Sima Samar, MD, Chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and a former member of the Afghan Cabinet. will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in the Bloomberg Room of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC. Sima Samar, an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, will address the issues faced by Afghan women and human rights situation in Afghanistan especially with international forces including U.S. announcing their…
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Surveillance in America
This Event has been canceled until further noticeThe Events Committee presents “Surveillance in America: Its Ramifications and Proliferations; Their Impact on You and Everyone, Everyday” on March 30th, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge. This event is a scientific, non-partisan overview of the who, what, when, where and why of surveillance in the United States by global expert and longtime member of the intelligence community, William F. Eyre, Ph.D. Dr. Eyre will discuss the volume and complexity of thousands of pages of statutes and arcane regulations relating to citizens’ privacy,…
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