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Finding Your Voice: 50 Essential Strategies for Great Writing
Roy Peter Clark, one of journalism's most influential writing coaches, makes his happy return to the National Press Club to conduct one of his popular and informative writing workshops. Clark taught writing at the Poynter Institute for 40 years. He is the author of 18 books on writing, reading, language and journalism, including Writing Tools, The Glamour of Grammar, Help! for Writers, How to Write Short, and the Art of X-ray Reading. He promises to add music to the learning. He'll be signing copies of his books. The event will take place in the Holeman Lounge, from 9.30am to 11am. Tickets…
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Trolling the News: Protecting Journalists From Online Harassment
The National Press Club Journalism Institute and PEN America have teamed up to present an important discussion to help and empower writers, journalists and all those active online with practical tools and tactics to defend against hateful speech and trolling. Participants include: Soraya Chemaly, Women’s Media Center Wesley Lowery, The Washington Post Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic Jonathan Weisman, The New York Times Suzanne Nossel, chief executive officer of PEN America Michelle Ferrier, founder Troll-Busters.com, associate professor, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University…
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"We know you": The Nipsey Hussle story and how the L.A. Times got it right
In her speech at the Free Expression Awards at the Newseum in April, filmmaker Ava DuVernay said she “gasped” when she saw the way the L.A. Times had covered the life and death of South Los Angeles rap artist Nipsey Hussle--”the way that they had honored him on the page.” The National Press Club Journalism Institute invites you to a community conversation with the team behind that coverage, to discuss what it takes to represent underrepresented communities and their major figures in a way that feels right to residents. “Sometimes people would talk for hours," said L.A. Times Staff Reporter…
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Invisible ways reporters signal they can be trusted with high-stakes stories (or can't)
What makes a whistleblower or someone who’s been a victim of a crime or major misdeed willing to come forward to a particular journalist or outlet? On June 18, come hear from the subject of the Washington Post story "'The man who attacked me works in your kitchen’: Victim of serial groper took justice into her own hands," as well as her advocate and the Washington Post journalists they trusted. Lauren Clark, who was attacked after a jog by a man who was then hired by a restaurant a block away from her apartment, and her advocate Kristin Eliason will talk about what factors they considered…
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Fact-Checking, Fake News and the Future of Political Reporting
Toastmasters
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Freelancers at Risk: Photojournalism and the Call for Global Safety Standards
NPC Luncheon with Airline CEOs
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D.C. Open Government Summit Celebrates Sunshine Week 2016
NPC Events Committee
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How To Get On TV
How To Get On TV
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Investigating Power - Then and Now
“Investigating Power – Then and Now”Panel Discussion and Preview of Online Multimedia Project HonoringIndependent Journalism in AmericaApril 25 6:30 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge For his newest book, The Future of Truth: Power, the News Media and the Public’s Right to Know (Public Affairs), bestselling author Charles Lewis has been researching the most mortally consequential deceptions by government and private industry, the origins and trajectories of public relations and propaganda, and the truth-telling capacity of journalists and their news organizations over the past century. In our new…
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