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Census Database Training for Journalists
Census Database Training For Journalists - Sponsored by the NPC Journalism Institute’s Professional Development Committee The U.S. Census Bureau will host a special training workshop on Friday, Feb. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. to help reporters navigate its American Fact Finder database. Their web-based data can help journalists dig up information on population, housing, economic, and geographic details to back up any story. Learning to find key data will help beef up investigative and initiative stories as well as spot stories and help illuminate election year coverage on the issues. The…
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Career Spring Cleaning
Former Washington Post editor and Penn State University lecturer Jackie Jones will offer `spring cleaning' for careers in a four-week coaching session that starts April 5. Career counselor Jones will discuss planning and assessing goals, updating plans and getting re-energized in sessions for up to eight people. The group will meet from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, April 5 to 26, in the Bloomberg Classroom. The cost is $80 for members, $200 for non-members. Payment must be received in advance to reserve a slot, and there are no refunds. Because space is limited, participants must reserve at…
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Ronald S. Lauder
Predicting What Israel Will Do in an Unpredictable Middle East World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder to offer insight and analysis as the Arab Spring becomes a memory and as Israel aims to “brand” itself before the international community President of the World Jewish Congress and former U.S. ambassador Ronald S. Lauder will appear at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, where he plans to warn that any effort by a drifting and unstable Egyptian government to abrogate its peace treaty with Israel will have disastrous and immediate consequences for the Middle…
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Michael Dirda Book Event: "On Conan Doyle"
Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda will discuss his latest book, "On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling," at 7:00 pm Monday, Dec. 12, in the Bloomberg Room. "On Conan Doyle" offers a spirited account of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s life and work. Best known now as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Doyle was also a master of the supernatural short story and a pioneer of science fiction. He wrote historical fiction, essays, and memoirs; spoke out on social causes from imperialism and racial injustice to more liberal divorce laws, defended wrongly…
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NPC Communicator Debate
This event will be moderated by Immediate Past President Alan Bjerga.
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OECD Data Diving
And how does the U.S. compare? – Diving for OECD Data International rankings and comparisons are powerful tools for reporting and analysis. But it is not always obvious where to find the right data and how to decipher each comparison. This course presents an overview of the data resources of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and provides an introduction into data journalism and data-based storytelling. Topics covered include economics, taxation, education, health care, social policy and the environment. The data sets comprise most advanced economies in America…
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70th Anniversary of the Soviet-American Alliance in World War II
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet-American alliance in World War II,a panel of high-level Russian businessmen and former government officialswill discuss, A RUSSIAN-AMERICAN ALLIANCE: LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE The speakers are:DAVID YAKOBASHVILI, Chairman, Russian-American Business CouncilEVGENY SAVOSTIYANOV, Vice Chairman, Center for Russia-USA RapprochementSERGEY ROGOV, Head, Institute of USA and Canada, Academy of Sciences They will be in Washington to meet with American counterparts to discuss cooperation in political, business, economic, defense and other areas. They will recap…
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NPC Luncheon with Natalie Cole
GRAMMY® Winner Natalie Cole to Speak on Hepatitis C at Luncheon, Oct. 19 GRAMMY® award winning entertainer Natalie Cole, daughter of singing legend Nat King Cole, will address a Press Club Speakers luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Ms. Cole, diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C in 2008, is lending her voice to Merck and the American Liver Foundation’s national public health initiative, Tune In to Hep C. Cole will visit Washington, D.C., to meet with leading patient advocates and will address the National Press Club to help elevate the discussion around chronic hepatitis C and encourage others…
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Foursquare & Location-based Tools Class
In the location class we will start by discussing what location-based tools such as Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places are and how they work. We will then look at how they can be used to gather information, identify sources, and promote yourself or your organization. There is a class fee of $25 for NPC members and $50 for nonmembers. The fee can be paid by credit card, check, or member account. Register online at http://bit.ly/6f1yyA or by contacting Beth Shankle at [email protected] or 202-662-7509. Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops, but computers will also be…
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