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NPC Headliners Book Event: Mark Bowden - "The Last Stone"
Mark Bowden, the author of 13 books including the bestselling “Black Hawk Down,” will discuss his newest book, “The Last Stone,” at a Headliners Book rap at 6:30 p.m. on June 24. In “The Last Stone,” Bowden, who reported at the Philadelphia Inquirer for 20 years, returns to a 44-year-old crime that first captured his attention as a cub reporter at the now-defunct Baltimore News-American. The Lyon sisters, ages 10 and 12, disappeared on March 25, 1975, from the Wheaton Plaza shopping mall. A massive police investigation found nothing and the case languished until 2013 when a cold case squad…
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All Kids Bike Press Conference
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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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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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“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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Book Rap: Jessica Fellowes "A Year in the Life of Downton Abbey: Seasonal Celebrations, Traditions, and Recipes"
Jessica Fellowes, bestselling author and niece of “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes, will discuss and sign copies of her book "A Year in the Life of Downton Abbey." It's 1924 and there have been many changes in the world of Downton Abbey since we were first welcomed by the family and their servants twelve years ago. A generation of men has been tragically lost at the front, there are once again children breathing new life into the great house, a chauffeur now sits at the Grantham dinner table and hems are up by several inches. Yet despite all of this unsettling upheaval, it is a comfort…
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