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NPC Newsmaker: Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID
This newsmaker will now be virtual-only.
As the coronavirus pandemic enters a new phase and with mask mandates in question, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will speak to the National Press Club on April 29 about what direction the virus may take us this summer and beyond. Fauci has been the leading public health voice during COVID-19 pandemic and is the chief medical advisor to President Biden. As the leader of NIAID, Fauci has a long and distinguished career having led the federal response to most of the major disease outbreaks over the last 40 years including HIV/AIDS, Ebola…
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World Press Freedom Day
The National Press Club will host a World Press Freedom Day virtual event on Tuesday, May 3 at 10 a.m. The panel will discuss significant developments in press freedom during the past year focusing on cases where the National Press Club is particularly involved including: Austin Tice and Emilio Gutierrez-Soto. There will be special emphasis on some of the most dangerous places in the world for working journalists including: Ukraine, Mexico, Afghanistan and China. Daryabi will join the panel to discuss Afghanistan and there may be other special guests. In 2011, the only year when World Press…
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NPC Communicators Team Lunch & Learn - How to Publish a Book
National Press Club Communicator members Ed Barks and Edward Segal are returning to the "Lunch and Learn" series on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 12 noon to share their experience in book publishing since they participated in a similar session hosted by the Communicators Team nearly two years ago. The accomplished writers took separate paths to publish their books. Barks published his independently while Segal went the traditional route and worked with a publishing house. They say determining the best publishing method depends on professional or business intentions and timelines. Barks and…
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NOAA to announce new National Weather Service director
NOAA will announce the new director of the National Weather Service during a press briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and by audio for reporters who cannot attend in person. Press briefing/Q&A with the NOAA Administrator and new National Weather Service director WHO: Rick Spinrad, Ph.D., NOAA Administrator New National Weather Service Director
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Conversations with Correspondents: Politico’s Christopher Miller and Ukrainian journalist Tanya Kozyreva on Reporting from Ukraine’s Frontline
Join us on Tuesday, June 21 at 12 p.m. for this virtual event.
Christopher Miller, world and national security reporter at Politico who has lived for more than 12 years in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, and Tanya Kozyreva, a Ukrainian journalist who has been a Pulitzer Prize nominee and is an incoming Nieman Fellow at Harvard, discuss what it’s like to cover Russia’s war on Ukraine from the frontlines, in a virtual event on Tuesday, June 21, at 12 p.m. Miller joined Politico in April after several years with BuzzFeed News covering the frontline of the war in Donbas that began with Russia’s 2014 invasion as well as the full-scale assault that began in…
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NPC Membership Committee
National Press Club Membership Committee Members have some of the most important tasks of any Club members, helping further the goals of the Club by carefully reviewing applications for membership and ensuring that those selected are working to advance the cause of ethics and professionalism in journalism and communications. They also help tell the National Press Club by inviting and encouraging journalist and communicator colleagues to also become members. This meeting will be online/virtual. To participate - or if you would like to join the Membership Team - please contact Team Leader Cary…
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Arc Health Sponsors a Luncheon on Health Equity in honor of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s Birth Date and Historic Statue Unveiling on Capitol Hill
The event will be held at the National Press Club and will be moderated by comedian Willie Macc, with an introduction by the grandniece of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Mayor Jereleen Holleman-Miller. In attendance will be Rev. Dr. Johnnie Greene Jr., Bravo TV star Karen Huger, former NBA player Dale Davis, former NFL player Vernon Davis. Many of the guests will speak about Health Equity and the National Awareness Campaign for Preventive Health. Arc Health created this event to honor ideas and programs that would have been likely championed by the late, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. The main creator of…
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One Year Since The Fall of Kabul: A Conversation on Press Freedom in Afghanistan
Reporters from Afghanistan and the US will discuss the current state of press freedom in the war-torn country at a virtual event at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. You can watch this event live via the YouTube player below. After the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan one year ago this month, news organizations scrambled to help colleagues and their families out of the country. Reporting only became more difficult for those who stayed. Since taking control of Kabul, the Taliban has beaten, arrested, and raided the homes of journalists. The situation has been particularly dire for…
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NPC Communicators Virtual Lunch & Learn: ROI for Strategic Communicators
The National Press Club Communicators Team will host a virtual "Lunch & Learn" program focused on how strategic communications professionals can measure and deliver quality return on investment (ROI) from their campaigns. The 1-hour online discussion will feature Beth Egan, Associate professor of Advertising at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Beth Egan is perfectly situated to speak about return on investment—what it means in the strategic communications context, how we can explain it to our clients and the C-suite in terms they understand, and…
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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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