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NPC Board of Governors Meeting
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Gail J. McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross
Gail J. McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross, will deliver a speech entitled "One Year After the Haiti Earthquake: Progress and Challenges" at a National Press Club luncheon on Jan, 12, 2011. In 2008, McGovern was tapped to head the $3.3 billion organization which is the nation's leading emergency response and blood services organization, has overseen the response to several high-profile disasters and has initiated steps to reduce the Red Cross's deficits and streamline its operations. Prior to joining the Red Cross, McGovern was a faculty member at the Harvard Business…
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Speed Networking
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National Press Club Freedom of the Press Awards
The National Press Club will honor its 2010 John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award winners at a special event on Nov. 15 in the Holeman Lounge. The award, given each year to one domestic and one international recipient, honors people who have contributed to the cause of press freedom and open government.This year’s U.S. winner is Charles N. Davis, an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism who has done more than most to force light onto parts of national, state and local governments that many in power would like to keep hidden from the press and the public. From 2005 until…
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NPC Board of Governors Meeting
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Senator Jim Webb
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED Senator Webb to Speak on Governing Principles for U.S. National Security U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 10:00 a.m. on Pearl Harbor Day, Tuesday, December 7, in the Zenger Room of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC. He will speak on the need for a set of governing principles to be put into place that will clearly define the strategic objectives of the United States. Sen. Webb, who chairs Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, will outline…
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90 Writing Secrets in 90 Minutes
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS. Save the date for this exciting workshop by one of the nation's top prose experts. On Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 9:30 a.m., writing instructor Roy Peter Clark leads "Writing Tools: Essential Strategies for Every Writer," a session geared toward giving writers specific strategies and tools to improve their craft. The 90-minute session, hosted by the Eric Freidheim National Journalism Library's Professional Development Committee, offers attendees 90 writing secrets in 90 minutes. Clark is a senior scholar at the Poynter Institute.…
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Class on Database Use for Investigative Reporting
Award-winning journalists will demonstrate how to creatively use databases for enterprise reporting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Bloomberg classroom. There is no admission fee. Robert Benincasa, NPR's computer-assisted reporting producer, and Chris Adams, an investigative reporter for McClatchy newspapers, will share tricks of the trade in a program designed for students and working professionals alike. Reservations are required for the 90-minute presentation, [email protected]. Benincasa has been with NPR's investigative unit since 2008 and previously served as…
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NPC Board of Governors Dinner
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Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme
Sheeran to Discuss "We Can End Hunger: 10 Ideas That Can Feed the World" Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Program, will speak on overcoming the challenges that threaten the state of food security in the world at a National Press Club luncheon on Sept. 29. As leader of the UN World Food Program since 2007, Josette Sheeran oversees the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. At a time of increasing weather-related disasters combined with economic pressures, WFP is feeding more than 100 million people in more than 70 countries, reaching out to hungry…
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