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When a Crisis Goes Viral: How Social Media Has Become Inseparable From Crisis Communications
When a Crisis Goes Viral:How Social Media Has Become Inseparable From Crisis Communications2 p.m., November 12, 2013The National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge Crisis managers prepare for the worst. But today, when information travels faster than ever before, a PR nightmare can spread online before the communication director has time to react. What happens when a crisis goes viral? On November 12, 2013 at 2 p.m. at the National Press Club, join crisis communications veterans who will share their war stories from crises you have watched unfold in the news media. This expert panel will…
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Finding Common Ground with the NRA on Gun Control
Finding Common Ground with the NRA on Gun Control Washington, DC – Paul Helmke – former President & CEO of the Brady Campaign/Center to Prevent Gun Violence, former Republican Mayor of Fort Wayne, IN, former GOP nominee for U.S. Senate and currently a professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs – will address the political impasse over national efforts to reduce gun violence at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Friday, October 18. After the Newtown massacre last December, many expected some progress at the national level on efforts to…
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How to Write a Book
Join a book agent and four club members/book authors to discuss how to pitch and write a book at a program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in a program co-sponsored by the Professional Development Committee, Freelance Committee and National Press Club Journalism Institute. Book agent Deborah Grosvenor and authors Tom Dunkel, Alison Fitzgerald, Eleanor Herman and Tom Young, all of them members of the Club, will talk about their experiences and offer tips. Former Club President Jonathan D. Salant, chair of the Professional Development Committee, will…
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Campaign Finance Experts to discuss new Supreme Court Case focusing on Donations Limits to Candidates
Campaign Finance Experts Potter and Wertheimer to Discuss New Supreme Court Case Focusing on Donation Limits to Candidates Trevor Potter, president and general counsel, Campaign Legal CenterFred Wertheimer, president, Democracy 21 Tuesday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m.First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club With the U.S. Supreme Court about to hear arguments on another case that could allow donors to give millions of dollars more than they now can contribute to federal campaigns, two experts on campaign finance law will discuss the case of McCutcheon v. FEC and its impact on campaign finance…
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Floyd Abrams Book Event
National Press Club to Host First Amendment Attorney Floyd Abrams As U.S. prosecutors increasingly monitor reporters to get to the bottom of leaks, the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee will host leading First Amendment attorney and press-freedom advocate Floyd Abrams, who will discuss these issues and his new book. Abrams, a senior partner in Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, has been at the forefront of nearly every major press-freedom and free-speech case in the last 40 years—from the Pentagon papers in 1971 to the Citizens United case in 2010. His new book, “Friend of the…
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Ashton B. Carter
Rescheduled: Managing the Pentagon in an Era of Fiscal Uncertainty Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Ashton B. Carter will address strategic and budgetary challenges facing the Defense Department during a period of unprecedented fiscal uncertainty at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference on Tuesday, May 7. Carter was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Defense in October 2011 after serving as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics since April 2009. This National Press Club Newsmakers news conference is scheduled for 10:00AM, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in the Club…
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On the 30th Anniversary of "A Nation at Risk," Kids Still at Risk
On the 30th Anniversary of “A Nation at Risk,” Kids Still at RiskLeading Educators Call for New Direction for Education ReformFocused on the “Opportunity Gap” Professor Kevin Welner, University of ColoradoDirector, National Educational Policy Center Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford UniversityCo-Director, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education John JacksonPresident, Schott Foundation On the 30th anniversary of the landmark education reform report A Nation at Risk, which spawned a decades-long focus on closing the academic “achievement gap” between low-income and minority…
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Discussion of Foreign Correspondents' impact on International Relations
Giovanna Dell'Orto, a journalism professor, a former reporter with the Associated Press in Italy and the United States and a new member of the National Press Club, plans to discuss her new book, American Journalism and International Relations: Foreign Correspondence from the Early Republic to the Digital Era. The event, sponsored by the International Correspondents Committee, is open to the public, but reservations, including professional affiliation, should be made at [email protected]. Shedding new light on the debate regarding the importance of foreign news to America's international…
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Kyrgyz's First Deputy Prime Minister Djoomart Otorbaev
Courting the West: Meeting Economic Development ChallengesIn Central Asia’s Only Parliamentary Democracy At the risk of increasing tensions with Moscow, the Kyrgyz Republic – more commonly known as Kyrgyzstan – is seeking help from the West to stabilize its economy in the wake of years of ethnic clashes, revolts, transitional governments and political party conflicts. Despite its troubles, the country maintains a unitary parliamentary republic, unique among the nations of Central Asia. Kyrgyz First Deputy Prime Minister Djoomart Otorbaev will discuss his country’s economic development…
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The Right Honorable Alex Salmond, MSP, the First Minister of Scotland
The First Minister of ScotlandThe Right Honorable ALEX SALMOND, MSPwill discussSCOTLAND'S 2014 REFERENDUM ON INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM 1. The leader of the Scottish government, First Minister Salmond is visiting the United States during Scotland Week 2013 , a celebration of Scotland in the U.S. and Canada. At this NPC Newsmaker, he will review the opportunity the referendum, if approved, would give Scotland as an independent nation, and the importance of a values-led foreign policy. Contacts:National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN301/367-7711 (c), 301/530-1210 (t), 202/662-7540 (NPC…
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