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Mining for News Gold in U.S. Foreign Aid
Learn about a treasure trove of data and insights that most journalists routinely miss in an interactive online workshop for members of the National Press Club on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. US Eastern Time. Edward DeMarco, a former Bloomberg international politics editor in Washington and National Press Club member who went on to work in Africa as a strategist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for a decade, steers you through a raft of overlooked sources and other information. He’ll provide pointers on how to: Get clues ahead of the curve about U.S…
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Lunch and Learn Program: How to Increase Organic Social Media Engagement
Communicators write social media posts for their organizations (or clients) to reach online communities with news and information. Getting posts liked is one thing, but the real power of social media is getting your posts shared and re-shared. Most people don’t have the time or inclination to do more than simply click the share button on a social media post. But those clicks have little, if no, impact to getting a post noticed. On Oct. 20, at noon (ET), NPC Member and co-founder of SpeechifAI Tudor Mihailescu will talk about the challenges of getting attention on social media and an…
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Broadcast Team Meeting with Brad Mielke of ABC's "Start Here" Podcast
The Broadcast-Podcast team will be joined by special guest Brad Mielke of ABC's "Start Here" Podcast on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6pm. Members are welcome to join the discussion in-person in the Cosgrove Lounge or remotely via zoom. The team meets monthly and serves as a forum for members interested in multimedia journalism, including radio, television, podcasting and digital. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions. Interested in joining this month's meeting? Email [email protected] for more information.
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Photo Team 2022 Holiday Party
Join National Press Club's Photography Team for its 2022 holiday party, Thursday, Dec. 8 at 12 noon in the Cosgrove Lounge. The party begins with a self-funded lunch from the Reliable Source, followed by recognition for the Photo Team's corps of intrepid volunteers who shoot Club events for the Wire, web site, and social media. A highlight of the Photo Team holiday party is the annual photo show-and-tell, with this year's theme: street photography. Please send in a street photography digital image to team co-chair Alan Kotok at [email protected], by Monday, Dec. 5. As in the past, party-…
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Copyright Basics for Content Creators
Copyright provides protection to photographers and other content creators against unauthorized use of our work. But copyright can also make publishers a target for accusations of violating copyrights, whether deserved or not. Thus, knowing the basics of copyright can help both creative professionals and publishers protect their products. Joining National Press Club's Photography Team on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 12 noon in the Cosgrove Lounge is Joshua Kaufman, partner and head of the Copyright and Licensing Group at the law firm Venable LLP in Washington, DC. Mr. Kaufman counsels and litigates on…
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NPC Candid Conversation: How to Achieve Fair Representation of Hispanic & Latinx Media in Newsrooms
Did you know that Latino underrepresentation in the American media and entertainment industries has barely improved over the last decade? According to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, presented last month at the National Press Club by Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Tex, Latino journalists only represent 12% of employees in media organizations, despite making up nearly 19% of the U.S. population. Hispanic representation in the media workforce has grown at a slower pace (only 1%) than in non-media industries, which grew from 15 to 18%. Hispanic media workers are also less likely to…
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NPC Candid Conversation: Health Disinformation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Health communication has life or death consequences. During the global pandemic, uncertainty and changing public health guidance has bred distrust and an onslaught of false and misleading information about precautions and vaccine safety. The COVID-19 global pandemic has been a particularly challenging experience given the severity of the virus, the evolving health guidelines, and the different policies enacted at the city, state, and country levels worldwide. Agreeing on the baseline facts has never been harder before — especially for public health. On Wednesday, December 14 at 11:00 a.…
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Photography Team Meeting
Join National Press Club's Photography Team as they hear long-time Club member Christy Bowe tell about her 30-year journey through photography and journalism in her new book "Eyes That Speak," a series of pictures with behind the scenes stories from big events in Washington, including the National Press Club. Bowe will talk about personal and career highlights described in the book, as well as life lessons learned through the years that influence her photography today. The session on Tuesday, Oct. 19 begins with a self-funded lunch from the Reliable Source at 12:00 noon, with the discussion…
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Photography Team Holiday Party
Join National Press Club's Photo Team for its annual holiday party, either in-person or online, on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 12 noon. In-person participants will start with a self-funded lunch at 12 noon in the Cosgrove Room, with the program for in-person and online participants beginning at 12:45 pm. Participants are asked to send a digital image on the theme of "family" to Photo Team co-chair Alan Kotok at [email protected] by Wednesday, Dec. 1. (You can define or interpret the family theme any way you want.) At the holiday party, we will display the photos received and ask participants to…
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Photography Team Meeting with Peter Krogh
Peter Krogh, a photographer and recognized expert on digital asset management, is joining National Press Club's Photography Team on Thursday, Mar. 10 at 12:00 noon help get NPC members started in managing their growing numbers of digital images. The Photo Team meeting takes place on Thursday, March 10, at 12:00 noon in the Cosgrove Lounge on the 14th floor. The meeting begins with a self-funded lunch from the Reliable Source, with the discussion beginning at 1:00 pm. The meeting will be available via Zoom for remote participants at 1:00 pm. The event is free, but registration for both in-…
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