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NPC Reporter/Source Happy Hour (POSTPONED)
Journalists, are you looking to meet new sources? Communicators, are you looking to make connections with journalists who cover your issues? Then you’ll want to join us for our next Reporter/Source Happy Hour in the National Press Club’s Zenger Room on Wednesday, May 13 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. This gathering will focus on Education, Labor, Workforce, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) issues. If you cover any of these issues, or you represent organizations in this arena, the May 13 mixer is a great opportunity to make new connections in a casual, fun and relaxed…
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Sister Simone, Lawrence O'Donnell To Discuss New Report: Raising Rural Voices
Please join NETWORK, Sister Simone, and Lawrence O’Donnell for the release of Raising Rural Voices: Listening to the Hopes and Hardships of Rural Communities, on Tuesday, February 25th at the National Press Club. Last year, NETWORK staff visited 17 rural communities, listening and documenting the concerns of those communities. From immigration to health care to transportation, the report findings showcase how rural problems need rural solutions, and all too often, policymakers fail to address these issues. With the goal of helping to raise rural voices and concerns, the NETWORK team will host…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Reporter Jerry Mitchell - "Race Against Time"
Reporter Jerry Mitchell, who spent years investigating the most infamous murders of the civil rights movement, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners event on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 about his upcoming book, Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era. Race Against Time chronicles Mitchell’s quest to unearth the truth behind some of the most gruesome and harrowing unsolved murders of the civil rights era. Mitchell’s reporting is credited with helping to bring killers to justice for the assassination of Medgar Evers, the firebombing of…
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"India: The Modi Question" Documentary & Panel
On Tuesday, March 7th at 6 p.m., a truncated version of "India: The Modi Question" will be screened followed by a panel discussion organized by the Indian American Muslim Council. After the BBC aired this documentary on Jan. 17, the Indian government used its emergency powers to ban it from being aired in the country. Modi’s government also forced Twitter and YouTube to block the documentary in India under an unjust 2021 information technology law. The BBC documentary examines Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots when he was chief minister of the western Indian state. During the riots,…
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Solidarity for Shireen Abu Akleh
Veteran American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed on May 11, 2022 as she was covering a raid near Jenin in the West Bank. A correspondent for Al Jazeera, Shireen had been covering events in the region for 15 years and was following all the protocols to maintain safety. She was in plain sight of the Israeli forces. She was wearing a vest clearly marked PRESS, and was wearing her helmet. But, despite these precautions, evidence indicates she was fired upon and killed by the Israeli military. Shireen was a U.S. citizen and as such her death should receive a full investigation. The…
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Tackling News Deserts
How philanthropies and nonprofit newsrooms are making a difference Registration is essential in order to ensure attendees can gain access to the National Press Club.
Join us for an interesting discussion about the role philanthropies and nonprofit newsrooms are playing in trying to solve the huge problem of news deserts, both in regional areas and in underserved communities in the United States. We'll talk with leaders from the Pivot Fund, the Institute for Nonprofit News, the GroundTruth Project, and the Tiny News Collective, as well as a media expert from Axios, to talk about what's been happening and how it is (or isn't) making a difference. This is the third panel the National Press Club has held focused on the topic of tackling news deserts. The…
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RESCHEDULED: Documentary Screening of "Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover" & Panel Discussion
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Join the NPC Events Team for a screening of FRONTLINE's Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover followed by a discussion. FRONTLINE traces Elon Musk’s long and often troubled relationship with Twitter. James Jacoby and Anya Bourg follow Musk’s journey from being one of the platform’s most provocative users to becoming its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech issues and the company’s uncertain future. From the award-winning team behind Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos and The Facebook Dilemma, Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover traces two parallel stories – Musk’s political…
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NPC Headliners: Joseph Stiglitz
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz will release the findings of a new study on the relationship between press freedom and advancing democratic values and economic development at a National Press Club Headliners Coffee and Conversation at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17 in the First Amendment Lounge. Stiglitz's remarks will be followed by a panel discussion of the report with Arturo Herrera Gutierrez, global director for Governance Global Practice in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Practice Group (EFI) Vice Presidency, Governance at the World Bank, and Eliot…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: “Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation,” Sune Engel Rasmussen
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Wall Street Journal correspondent Sune Engel Rasmussen, who spent a decade reporting from Afghanistan, will discuss his new book “Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation” at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. Rasmussen, who began reporting from Afghanistan in 2014, tells the story of post 9-11 Afghanistan through the eyes of the people who lived it, among them: Zahra, a woman who returns to Afghanistan after living with her family in Iran with hope for a new future for her country; Omari, a Taliban fighter from a Pashtun…
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NPC Headliners: "A Protest History of the United States," Gloria Browne-Marshall
Emmy-award winner and author Gloria Browne-Marshall will discuss her new book, A Protest History of the United States at a Headliners Book Event on Thursday, May 29 at 6 p.m. A Protest History of the United States reviews more than 400 years of how Americans have expressed their displeasure with government policies and is being released at a time when many Americans are taking to the streets – both literally and virtually – to disagree with the current societal and governmental state of affairs. A key lesson found over those centuries: Lasting change is often the result of sustained,…
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