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NPC Book Rap: Kevin Costner "The Explorers Guild: Volume One: A Passage to Shambhala"
Kevin Costner along with co-authors Jon Baird and Rick Ross will discuss their new book "The Explorers Guild" on October 23 at 12:00 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. The Explorers Guild, a clandestine group of adventurers who bravely journey to those places in which light gives way to shadow and reason is usurped by myth. The secrets they seek are hidden in mountain ranges and lost in deserts, buried in the ocean floor and lodged deep in polar ice. The aim of The Explorers Guild: to discover the mysteries that lie beyond the boundaries of the known world. Set against the backdrop of World War I…
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Embracing Algorithms and Predictive Analytics to Advance the Law
How the Legal Profession is Embracing Algorithms and Predictive Analytics to Advance the Law Washington, DC – We are increasingly living in an algorithmic world, where advanced analytical techniques are being used to predict human behavior across a spectrum of disciplines. The legal profession is hardly immune, and has started to embrace predictive analytics in litigation and in solving client problems associated with Big Data. Experts on how the law is advancing in our algorithmic era will discuss the topic at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on March 24. The panel will be…
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Foreign Policy: Embassies Discuss Their Agenda in the U.S.
Press attachés from Austria, Mexico, Ecuador and Sweden will talk about their communications strategy in the U.S. and answer questions regarding the benefits and challenges of the modern communication methods, including social media, during a 6:30 p.m. panel on April 8 in the National Press Club’s conference room. Moderated, on-the record discussion will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Tickets are free for NPC members and $5 for non-members. Pre-registration required. This panel is organized by the International Correspondents Committee. For more information about this…
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Book Rap: Steve Inskeep - "Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab"
Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR's Morning Edition, the most widely heard radio news program in the United States, will discuss and sign copies of his new book “Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab.” Tickets are $5 for NPC members; $10 public. This event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit NPC Journalism Institute. No outside books or memorabilia permitted. Books must be purchased through the National Press Club. All sales are final. “Jacksonland” tells the history of President Andrew Jackson's long-running conflict with John Ross, a…
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Taking Twitter to the Next Level
Now that you have the hang of tweeting, learn the easy way to adopt strategies that can boost your followers and engagement. Topics to be covered include: the optimum ways to tweet when news breaks, reaching the communities you're covering, and how to trend on Twitter. This session will be taught by Mark Luckie (@marksluckie), Creative Content Manager for Journalism & News at Twitter. Mark Luckie is a multi-platform journalist and editor, founder of the digital journalism blog 10,000 Words, and author of The Digital Journalist's Handbook, a guide to the tools necessary to thrive…
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Government Transparency vs. National Security: Press Rights, Limits & Ideals in a Post-9/11 World
How does a democracy achieve its public safety mission while honoring civil liberties -- particularly those liberties designed to keep a government true to its democratic character? The National Press Club Journalism Institute has assembled a panel of award-winning national security and press freedom experts to address this very question. We invite you to take part in this interactive session on Wed., January 21 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.:"Government Transparency vs. National Security: Press Rights, Limits & Ideals in a Post-9/11 World"Registration is required and is $5 for NPC members; $10 non-…
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Women's Groups Promote Sex Education for Policymakers
Women’s Groups Promote Sex Education for Policymakers; New Effort Launched to Send “Our Bodies, Ourselves” to Congress;Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns To Join Advocates at NPC Newsmaker WASHINGTON — With only a few weeks until the elections, women’s organizations are mobilizing to “educate Congress” on women’s health and reproductive issues by sending a copy of the landmark book, “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” to every member of Congress. Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns, who founded Every Mother Counts, will join the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, more widely known as Our Bodies,…
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An Evening with Judith Dwan Hallet
From the Vatican to Venezuela, from Berbers to buffalos, from gauchos to gold, the documentaries of Judith Dwan Hallet spread all over the map. A documentary filmmaker for over 40 years, she will discuss her career and her adventures making films around the world. She will show clips from eight films, starting with The Painted Truck, made in Afghanistan in 1971 before the ravages of war devastated the country. Next, segments from three documentaries she made for National Geographic Television: The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall: My Life with the Chimpanzees; The Gauchos of Argentina; and…
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Suze Orman and Tavis Smiley
Suze Orman and Tavis Smiley “Taking power back from banks for consumers, and the fight against poverty” Date: Thursday, Jan. 12 Time: 10 a.m. Location: Conference Rooms, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC Suze Orman, widely perceived as America’s leading authority on personal finance, will speak about her “People First” movement on behalf of consumers to fight banks and their fees. Those fees hit the poorest Americans hardest, and Tavis Smiley, the PBS broadcaster, will highlight his efforts to restore the nation’s prosperity as more and more Americans slip into…
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, will discuss prospects for a solution to the Cyprus question and how it would positively affect security, stability and cooperation in the Southeast Mediterranean. Also, recent and forthcoming meetings between leaders of the two parties in the context of UN negotiations; developments in the regional energy sector and their economic, political and strategic significance; and Cyprus' EU presidency in the second half of 2012.
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