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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Vecchio
Carlos Vecchio, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States, will deliver an address at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Tuesday, July 30 at 11:00 a.m. on the current situation in Venezuela and the role he says the United States and the international community must play to aid the Venezuelan people as they struggle to recover their freedom. Vecchio was appointed ambassador to the United States in January 2019 by Juan Guaidó, who declared himself Interim President after a widely boycotted election last year that many foreign governments refused to recognize. This…
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NPC Newsmaker: Andy Parker & the case for revisiting Section 230
Andy Parker, activist, author, and father of slain journalist Alison Parker, will make the case for revisiting the immunity and protections enjoyed by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other online publishers of third-party content under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) at a National Press Club Headliners newsmaker event Tuesday, August 6 at 2:00 p.m. Parker’s daughter Alison was 24-years-old and working as a journalist with CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, VA when she was assassinated on live TV by a disgruntled former co-worker. The murderer filmed the killing and then…
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NPC Newsmaker: Xiyue Wang's Wife Marks Third Anniversary of His Imprisonment in Iran
Marking the third anniversary of Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang’s false imprisonment in Iran, his wife Hua Qu will deliver remarks about the status of his case in a National Press Club Newsmaker event Thursday, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. in the Club’s Bloomberg Room. In August 2016, Xiyue had been conducting research for his doctoral thesis in Tehran when he was wrongfully arrested, charged and convicted of espionage and sentenced 10 years in prison by Iranian authorities. A naturalized American citizen, Wang has not seen his wife or six-year-old son in three years. He is being…
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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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Moment of Silence Event for Journalist Dylan Lyons
The National Press Club will host a moment of silence for all those who wish to gather in a show of support for Spectrum News 13 journalist Dylan Lyons who was a victim gun violence while out covering a story. Dylan was just 24 years old. The Club will also wish a complete recovery for photojournalist Jesse Walden, also injured in the shooting and now in hospital in Orlando. NPC President Eileen O’Reilly will make brief remarks and lead those in attendance in a moment of silence for Dylan and for Jesse’s continued recovery. Live video of the event will be available below.
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), will address the prospects for restoring government in Northern Ireland following the adoption of a new post-Brexit trade agreement at a Headliners Newsmaker at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 at the National Press Club. Britain and the European Union on Feb. 28 agreed on the Windsor Framework, a post-Brexit trade agreement for Northern Ireland that replaces the Northern Ireland Protocol, a stopgap measure that kept Northern Ireland in the EU for the purpose of facilitating trade. Donaldson's party had boycotted…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Northern Ireland's First Minister-elect Michelle O’Neill
Northern Ireland’s First Minister-elect Michelle O’Neill will address the state of US-Irish relations and the prospects for forming a new government in Northern Ireland at Headliners Newsmaker event on Thursday, March 16 at 2 p.m. at a National Press Club. Britain and the European Union on Feb. 28 reached a post-Brexit trade agreement for Northern Ireland that is expected to ease tensions that arose on the island after the split. Disagreements arising from Brexit caused the Northern Ireland government to collapse. The Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement requires Northern Ireland’s government to…
Type: Event
Webcast: Conversation with Rana Ayyub and Eileen O'Reilly
The Press Club’s 2022 John Aubuchon Honoree for Press Freedom Rana Ayyub in conversation with National Press Club President Eileen O’Reilly about the state of press freedom in India. She has reported on religious violence, extrajudicial killings by the state, and insurgency and is a contributor to Washington Post Opinions. Ayyub has faced government intimidation including travel restrictions for her work and has been experiencing threats of violence. The Indian government has been using the judicial system to harass, intimidate and imprison journalists. O’Reilly will connect with Ayyub ahead…
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The Deepwater Horizon Coastal Restoration Halftime Report
The Deepwater Horizon Coastal Restoration Halftime Report is the topic of an event Monday, February 12 at 10 am to 11 am, Bloomberg Room. Tim Richardson will host the event releasing a 150-page report on Deepwater Horizon grants made to Gulf Coast states, counties, parishes and NGOs. The Deepwater Horizon Halftime Report offers a concise means of assessing where most oil spill coastal restoration funding has gone, including: 223 grants of $5 million or more that total $8.4 billion as of October 1, 2023. The 223 grants equal 12% of the over 1,800 Deepwater Horizon grants, accounting for 86…
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Pras Michel honored by LA Naval Academy
The Los Angeles Naval Academy will be honoring Grammy Award-winning Rapper and Fugees founding member, Prakazrel “Pras” Michel for dedicating his time to mentor at-risk youth who are charting a course from the inner cities to the world’s oceans and seas as part of the maritime industry and the seagoing military services. Pras’ involvement with the Academy, his contributions and time creates a conduit for his fans and youth that the ocean and the life of a mariner has no restrictions or boundaries. The event is being held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, Feb. 21st in the Zenger Room of the National…
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