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Chuck Leavell
Newsmaker: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones DATE: Tuesday, March 29 TIME: 2:00 pmPlace: First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20045 Rock and roll legend Chuck Leavell, longtime keyboardist and musical director for The Rolling Stones, will discuss his new book about sustainable, smart growth, entitled, “Growing a Better America,” at a National Press Club Newsmaker. A conservationist, Leavell is co-founder of the eco-web site Mother Nature Network (MNN), the world’s most visited for-profit environmental web site. His…
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SEO Primer: How We Search and How Search Works
SEO theories may be obvious to those who have been involved in search for any length of time, but for people who haven’t, it can be difficult to know what’s concrete advice, what’s speculation, and what’s just plain terrible. For that matter, it can be difficult for those outside of SEO to know what’s smart and what’s considered search engine manipulation. Join the NPC’s professional development committee for a lively session with Vanessa Fox, who worked at Google and built Webmaster Central, which provides tools, information, and community for site owners about how their sites are…
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Thrillist.com Panel
The Young Members and Events Committees present an evening with Adam Rich, Co-Founder/Editor-In-Chief of Thrillist.com on Wednesday, February 2 at 7PM. Rich and his business partner Ben Lerer took their idea of a no-BS city guide that catered to guys in his age bracket from a small, well informed email newsletter to 2.2 million daily subscriptions in 18 localized markets in the U.S. and the U.K. in just over 5 year time. Thrillist.com was ranked number 93 in Inc Magazine's 2010 list of the 500 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. Last year, Rich was also featured in INC…
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Bourbon and Book Event
Author Dennis Pogue will discuss his book, Founding Spirits: George Washington and the Beginnings of the American Whiskey Industry. This talk will be accompanied by multiple whiskey and cocktail tastings, which are provided by the National Distilled Spirits Council. This event is sponsored by the Young Members Committee. For more information, please contact Tim Young at [email protected].
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Middle East Coverage Panel
Washington Post Foreign Editor Douglas Jehl will discuss coverage of hot spots in the Muslim world as the keynote speaker at an event on coverage of the Middle East from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Tuesday, Dec. 14, in the First Amendment Lounge. The evening also will include a panel discussion, “Teaming Up: How Joint Reporting Projects are Enriching Coverage of the Middle East,” featuring Ruth Eglash, social affairs reporter for The Jerusalem Post, and Hani Hazaimeh, senior reporter for the Jordan Times. They paired up in a project run by the ICFJ designed to bring more perspective and sophistication…
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Sally Quinn, Washington Post Journalist and Moderator of “On Faith”
WHY JOURNALISTS MUST UNDERSTAND RELIGION Washington Post journalist, author and Washington DC insider, Sally Quinn founded and moderates “On Faith,” an interactive feature on religion from The Washington Post. It features a panel of renowned religious scholars, theologians and thinkers of all faiths and no faith. “On Faith” is the first worldwide, interactive discussion about religion and its impact on global life. Over the last four years, Quinn has pursued a religious education with the same drive and rigor she once gave to politics, leveraging her rolodex from 30 years as a columnist.…
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Libel Law Seminar
First Amendment expert Bruce Brown and Gregg Leslie, legal defense director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, on Monday, Nov. 15 will bring to light what journalists must know about defamation in the new media world. The two attorneys will discuss recent developments and upcoming conflicts in libel and privacy law, especially in the context of new technologies that have revolutionized mass media. Working journalists, students and others will learn concrete lessons about protecting oneself against libel litigation. Brown is a partner at Baker & Hostetler, where his…
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Get PR Smart The New Age of Media Monitoring
The New Age of Media Monitoring As the face of media rapidly evolves, the importance of monitoring your brand's image has become crucial to engaging audiences. Today's media monitoring must go beyond traditional press clippings to encompass the communities where conversations are taking place. Educate yourself on the newest tools being used to effectively and inexpensively conduct media monitoring at our upcoming Get PR Smart event.Where: National Press Building 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor Washington, DC 20045When: Friday, October 29, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. - 11:30…
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Power and Press: Washington Reporting in the Obama Era
NPC President and Bloomberg reporter Alan Bjerga will address students, interns and others involved with the Washington Programs Consortium, a voluntary group representing colleges and universities with special academic programs in the nation's capital. Bjerga's speech will focus on "Power and Press: Washington Reporting in the Obama Era." The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. To RSVP, please contact NPC Professional Development Committee member Wes Pippert at [email protected]. The committee is part of the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library,…
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The National Press Club & Reporters Without Borders Present a Truth Teller Series On: Colombia Spying on Reporters
The National Press Club & Reporters Without Borders Present a Truth Teller Series On: Colombia Spying on Reporters Colombian reporter Hollman Morris will discuss his experience working under the surveillance of the Department of Administrative Security, Colombia’s intelligence agency, which has often been accused of threatening and harassing journalists critical of the government. As well Colombian journalist, Claudia Duque, will address a lawsuit brought against former President Alvaro Uribe, for his involvement in the illegal surveillance of reporters. Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, 7:00 p…
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