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Screening of "Black Press: Soldiers without Swords"
Event Description: The National Press Club, Events Committee, is featuring the documentary The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, by award-winning director Stanley Nelson. The film debuted on PBS during Black History Month 1999 and was featured by NPR during the March On Washington 50th Anniversary recognition. Nelson was the Sundance Film Festival winner of the “Freedom of Expression Award in 1999 and the documentary was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It was in 1827 that a group of black writers and journalists in New York created the nation’s first black-owned and operated newspaper…
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Young Members Happy Hour with Eric Geller
NPC Young Members and their guests are welcome to join Politico’s Cybersecurity Reporter and Spelling Bee runner-up Eric Geller for cocktails and conversation. Eric Geller is a cybersecurity reporter at POLITICO, covering the White House and the Departments of Justice, State and Commerce. His beat includes cyber policymaking at the Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council; American cyber diplomacy efforts at the State Department; cybercrime prosecutions at the Justice Department; and digital security research at the Commerce Department. He has also covered global…
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Young Members “Giving Thanks” Happy Hour
It’s the season to give thanks and the Young Members Committee at the National Press Club is thankful for YOU so please join us for a festive reception in the holiday spirit. All National Press Club Young Members and their guests are welcome. Light drinks, snacks, and other refreshments will be provided.
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NPC Pub Quiz
Pub Quiz is still a great opportunity for Club members and friends to connect with each other and to make new friends, too. This month we'll be gathering in-person at the National Press Club on Friday, November 12. Invite a friend, enjoy some tacos and test your knowledge! Simply form your team and register here. Don’t have a team? Don’t worry. Just register yourself and the Club will team you up with other players. Pub Quiz is brought to you by the Club's Events Team, and the questions are brought to you by Brainstormer Trivia, which presents trivia questions and events to thousands of…
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Photos Reveal Three Generations of Dioxin Effects
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National Press Club's Photography Team presents Club member and documentary photographer Ben Sarao, who made photos of children with birth defects traced to dioxin poisoning in rural Illinois in 1972 and Vietnam in 2019. Sarao compiled the photos in a new book, Shared Tragedy, that he will describe for participants. Joining Sarao to discuss this work is Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist Deborah Blum, director of the Knight Science Journalism program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The program is open to National Press Club members and guests. The event is also offered via…
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Broadcast Team Meeting with Sam Ford, WJLA
WJLA General Assignment Reporter Sam Ford will join us virtually for a special Broadcast-Podcast Team meeting from 12-1PM on Thursday, May 5. Sam has been with WJLA-TV for 30 years. He has been a broadcaster for 45 years, starting with radio stations in Kansas and Minnesota before moving on to television. Previously, Sam spent nine years as a correspondent for CBS News. During his tenure at the network, he was stationed at CBS bureaus in New York, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. Prior to CBS, he reported for WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sam is a founding member of the National Association…
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Food Photography Dinner
Shoot your food: Learn and practice food photography Here's a chance for National Press Club members to refine their food photography skills, and enjoy a dinner with colleagues. NPC's Photography Team invites Club colleagues to a talk by Washington, D.C. food and travel photographer Jennifer Chase on Wed., July 20, in the Cosgrove Lounge beginning at 6:00 pm. Chase will help participants shoot better food photos that capture more colors, textures, angles, and backgrounds. And the Club kitchen will prepare a few sample dishes for participants to practice their new skills. After the talk,…
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Former and current Broadcast pros reflect on the bright side of moving to the ‘dark side’ (Broadcast Team)
The reference to the dark side is tongue-in-cheek, by the way! This will be a hybrid gathering (both Zoom and in the Cosgrove Room of The Reliable Source). In no particular order, the planned participants (all Club members we call friends) are: Lori Russo, President Stanton Communications Debra Silimeo, President, The Silimeo Group Bill McCloskey, former Director of Media Relations, BellSouth (AT&T) Our Co-Vice Chair Adam Konowe will lead this part of the meeting, Adam is Senior VP, Edelman. Join us for this monthly Broadcast Team meeting, Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. ET via zoom or…
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Everything you need to know about podcasts featuring Melissa Kiesche, SVP, Edison Research (Broadcast Team)
“Everything you need to know about podcasts” with guest speaker Melissa Kiesche, SVP, Edison Research. Edison Research does exhaustive research on this growing media form. Here’s what it says on their website calling itself “The Leading Podcast Research Company In The World”: Edison Research data powers many of the most listened-to podcasts in the world, and our industry studies on consumer behavior, demographics, and monetization of podcasting are used by scores of successful companies in the space Join us for our monthly Broadcast Team meeting, Thursday, October 6 at 12 p.m. ET via zoom or…
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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America VP to speak at American Legion Post 20 meeting
Tom Porter, the Executive Vice President for Government Affairs, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, will be the guest speaker at the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 meeting on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 12 noon in the McClendon Room. Porter will discuss the recently passed PACT Act, which expands VA health care and benefits to veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. Porter is a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, and his service has included deployments to Afghanistan and the Arabian Gulf as a Public Affairs Officer. Prior to joining IAVA in 2015, he was Vice…
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