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Book Rap: Rick Beyer & Elizabeth Sayles "The Ghost Army of World War II"
Historian Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles will discuss and sign copies of their latest book “The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery.” In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with truckloads of inflatable tanks, a massive collection of sound-effects records, and more than a few tricks up their sleeves, their job…
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NPC Freedom of the Press Committee
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NPC General Membership Meeting
NPC members: click here to view the meeting via live webcast (requires login).
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NPC Freedom of the Press Committee
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NPC Freedom of the Press Committee
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NPC Newsmakers Committee
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NPC Newsmakers Committee
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NPC Committee Chairs
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Joe Saltzman: The Depiction of Washington Journalists in Film and Television
Even before Jimmy Stewart invaded the National Press Club bar to try to beat up a reporter in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Washington reporters have been portrayed countless times in the movies and on television. Joe Saltzman, a journalism historian at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School, has studied this in detail and he will report his findings to the Club in an entertaining presentation on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. These portrayals are often riddled with stereotypes and mythologized, Saltzman says, and that influences the public’s perception of what Washington…
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"Majority Starts Here" Documentary Screening
NPC Newsmakers Committee
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