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Media On Tap with Thom Loverro
ESPN 980 AM radio personality and Washington Examiner columnist Thom Loverro will speak at the Young Members committee's Media On Tap. Loverro, who co-hosts "The Sports Fix" on 980 weekdays from 12-2pm and makes appearances on 980's "The Sports Reporters" weekdays 4-7pm, was named Maryland Sports Writer of the Year in 2009 as a sports reporter at the Washington Times, where he worked from 1992-2009. According to his website, Loverro has won 27 national, regional and local journalism awards over his career, including a first place in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and a three-…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Marvin Kalb: "Enemy of the People"
After more than six decades of experience holding the powerful accountable, journalist Marvin Kalb has endured his fair share of hostility. But when President Donald Trump made the assertion just weeks after his inauguration that the press was the “enemy of the American people,” Kalb, who held a prominent position on President Nixon’s Enemies List, knew the media-bashing so characteristic of Trump’s presidential campaign had just reached a dark and dangerous turning point – a charge that if left unchallenged, was capable of completely eroding the public’s trust in the press and toppling a…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Dr. Paul Offit & "Bad Advice"
Dr. Paul Offit, an award-winning expert on vaccines, immunology and virology and co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine credited with saving hundreds of lives every day, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on Monday, October 29, to discuss his latest book: “Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians and Activists Aren’t Your Best Source of Health Information.” In “Bad Advice,” Dr. Offit uses harrowing and often humorous stories from his own experiences as one of the countries’ top pediatricians and leading vaccine advocates to illustrate why scientists must hone their…
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NPC Headliners Film Discussion: "Boy Erased"
In celebration of LGBT History Month, The Mattachine Society of Washington DC will discuss the upcoming Nicole Kidman/Russell Crowe feature “Boy Erased,” and lead a conversation with the film’s real-life subjects, Martha Conley and her son Garrard at a special National Press Club Headliners Event at 6:30 p.m., Friday, October 12. “Boy Erased” (set to be released in theaters by Focus Features on November 2) is based on Garrard Conley’s memoir (Riverhead Books, 2016), and tells his story (played by Lucas Hedges), as the son of a Baptist pastor from small town Arkansas, forced into a conversion…
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NPC Historical Talk: Bureau of Spies
NPC Photo Team Meeting
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NPC Headliners Book Event - Sean Parnell: "Man of War"
Author Sean Parnell will discuss his debut novel Man of War with CNN anchor Jake Tapper and National Press Club President Andrea Edney at a NPC Headliners Book Rap on Thursday, September 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Club's conference rooms. As a U.S. Army Ranger, Parnell commanded an elite infantry platoon known as the Outlaws, tasked with rooting out insurgents from a valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. His nonfiction account, entitled Outlaw Platoon, became a best-seller and “required reading” for young cadets across the country. Now Parnell brings his real-world experience and…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times"
The New York Times Magazine’s chief national correspondent Mark Leibovich has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career covering the political circus that is our nation’s capital – but behind the bylines and the campaign coverage, Leibovich harbored a dark secret: he was a born and bred New England Patriots fan… who longed to turn his critical eye on America’s other great spectacle/sport – professional football. When his idol Tom Brady finally returned one of his many calls back in 2014, Leibovich’s low-key obsession became the focus of a “four-year odyssey” into the belly of the “big game.” On…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Dan Abrams & "Lincoln's Last Trial"
It is the summer of 1859 and inside a small courthouse in Springfield, Illinois, a 22-year-old man named Peachy Quinn Harrison is on trial for murder. What might have been a quiet local case is suddenly thrust into the national spotlight when rising political star (and rumored dark-horse favorite for the presidency) Abraham Lincoln is hired to defend the young man. In “Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case that Propelled Him to The Presidency,” author and ABC News chief legal affairs anchor Dan Abrams throws the reader in the juror’s seat and unravels the pivotal, high-stakes proceedings in a…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Livestream will begin 8/21 at 10:00am ET. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will give a major policy speech on ending corruption in Washington at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Tuesday, August 21 at 10 a.m. in the Club’s conference rooms. This news conference is open to credentialed media and members of the National Press Club free of charge, however registration is required.
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Sean Spicer & "The Briefing"
Sean Spicer, former White House Press Secretary under President Trump, will share his new book The Briefing: Politics, The Press, and The President at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Monday, August 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the Club’s conference rooms. From his first press conference – an impromptu gathering in which Spicer blasted the media for allegedly misreporting the size of the crowds for Trump’s inaugural ceremony the day before – to his dramatic departure 6 months later following the raucous arrival of Anthony Scaramucci, Spicer’s tenure as White House Press Secretary was as…
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