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NPC Luncheon with Chris Evert, Publisher of Tennis Magazine
Tennis great Chris Evert, ranked the world’s number one tennis player for seven years, will explain how tennis can have a positive impact on communities at a National Press Club luncheon May 7. Evert, the publisher of Tennis Magazine and lead tennis anchor for ESPN’s coverage of top tennis matches including the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, still holds the record on clay of any player for any single surface with a 125-match winning streak that stretched from August 1973 to May 1979. In 1974, she won 55 straight matches. Since her retirement from tennis in 1989 after 17 years as a…
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Twitterocracy: How Social Media Are Transforming Politics And Journalism
Thank you for your interest in "Twitterocracy: How Social Media Are Transforming Politics and Journalism." This event has reached capacity. A live stream will be available the day of the event. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. The 2012 election campaign took the use of social media tools to new heights with citizens, politicians and journalists informing, persuading and mobilizing their fellow citizens. New research findings and programming models are demonstrating how social media are revolutionizing the way we communicate in a democracy.Learn from top…
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Introduction to Tumblr
If you've been wondering just what Tumblr is and why everyone seems have one but you, sign up for our Introduction to Tumblr class from 9:30-11:00 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. Tumblr is a blogging platform that lets you quickly and easily post everything from photos, to text to video. Come find out more about its applications and create your very own Tumblr site. Registration is required. Registration is free for NPC members; $15 for non-members. This session will be taught by Elizabeth Allin, research librarian at the NPC Journalism Institute.
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Write It-Say It: How Word People Can Love Being Online and On Air
Lee Powell, AP broadcast reporter and producer, will give practical writing tips from a reporter-turned video journalist. Registration is required. Club members can attend at no charge; non-members pay $10. The session will run from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Gone are the days when newspaper reporters only typed out words on a page. Or television stations rolled with a "crew." Doing news today means doing it all. Reporters shoot video. Photojournalists report. Everyone is struggling to marry pictures with words all while staying true to the story. There is good news: if you can write, you can craft…
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NPC Luncheon with Mariska Hargitay, actress and founder of Joyful Heart Foundation
VIP guests: Click here to preview and download receiving line photos. Emmy Award-winner Mariska Hargitay, who stars as Olivia Benson on television's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," will speak at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon on March 13 in the Holeman Lounge. Hargitay is also the founder of Joyful Heart Foundation, whose mission is of healing, educating and empowering survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $21…
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Databases 101
Databases 101 will be taught by David Donald, data editor at the Center for Public Integrity, who has taught journalists all over the country how to extract great stories from piles of data. David's database class will show how to use databases to make connections in databases where the secrets of governments, companies and candidates are hidden. Such connections – "mash-ups" if you will – are difficult if not impossible with spreadsheets, and learning a database program such as Access will open possibilities for your data-driven stories. He will also teach techniques for finding government…
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Spreadsheets 101
Spreadsheets 101 will demonstrate how Excel and other programs can be powerful tools for putting yourself in charge of your data, following the campaign money and holding accountable the officials who spend our tax dollars. Spreadsheets 101 will help orient reporters with basic and powerful features of Excel that make data analysis a snap, including importing, formatting and sorting. The class will be taught by JoElla Straley from NPR's research library. The class will run from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon in the Bloomberg Room.
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Vivian Awards
The time for the Vivian Awards is here! Monday, January 8, 2018 in the historic and beautiful Holeman Lounge. We are excited to honor the team members who exemplify the spirit of former president Vivian Vahlberg – whose record of outstanding service to the National Press Club inspired these awards. So, please join us as we celebrate and thank these fine volunteers for their service and magnificent leadership in 2017. See you there!
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NPC Headliners Breakfast with Walter Isaacson & "Leonardo da Vinci"
Livestream will begin 12/18 at 8:30am ET. Walter Isaacson, former editor of Time and former CNN chairman, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners Breakfast at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, to discuss his new book, Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci is the latest in a series about intellectual giants by Isaacson, a former chief executive of the Aspen Institute who is now a history professor at Tulane University. He has previously written best-sellers about Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. “This book is the capstone to Isaacson’s biographies on genius, creativity,…
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Lightening the money
Part 3 of the series "It's Never Too Early to Follow the Money"Nov. 3 - Lightening the moneyU.S. companies are facing heightened pressure to play the political money game – and heightened risk if they do. The Center for Political Accountability, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization started by former reporter Bruce Freed, has been working for years to urge the corporations — some of the biggest spenders in congressional and legislative races — to reduce that risk by disclosing their political spending even when they are not legally required to do so. And he’s had some success. Join Freed and…
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