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What is Journalism For? A Conversation with Jon Allsop
On April 22, 2025, at 3:00PM, the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club will host a virtual event with author and journalist Jon Allsop. Allsop, who recently authored What is Journalism For?, will read from his book and discuss its major themes, such as the relationship between journalism and activism and what’s at stake when journalism is threatened. He will also participate in a Q&A session with Press Freedom Center Director Bill McCarren and take questions from the audience. If you wish to attend this event, please RSVP at this link. If you wish to cover this event, please…
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Vivian Awards
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National Press Club President Emily Wilkins will recognize journalist and communicator members for outstanding service to the Club at the Vivian Awards ceremony on Wednesday, December 11 at 6:00 p.m. The presentation will take place at the National Press Club in the First Amendment Lounge and is open to those Club members who are actively involved with one of the Club's 16 teams. "The Vivians" are named after former club president Vivian Vahlberg and honor the Club's top volunteers.
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Dark PR, Part II: Disarming Disinformation
The second in a series of critical conversations on disinformation and how we can address it as journalists and communicators.
The National Press Club Communicators Committee invites you to join the second event in a series of critical conversations on disinformation, dark PR, and how we can address it. The upcoming conversation will look inward at how we, as communicators, can help protect our clients and the public from intentional deception enabled by social networks, big data, and even bad actors within our industry. On Thursday, October 15, at noon, learn how we can fight disinformation campaigns, create effective industry regulation and examine and improve ethics around deception in public relations and public…
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Young Members Kick-Off Meeting & Happy Hour
*Must be a Young Member of the National Press Club to join (35 years old and under)*
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Meet the Media Virtual Panel Discussion with Washington Post Health & Science Reporters
Hardly a month goes by where we don’t hear or read about major cutbacks in news operations around the country or yet another media outlet folding. Earlier this year, however, The Washington Post did the unusual. It announced plans to add more than 70 positions to its operations. A significant part of that expansion includes increasing its Health and Science coverage and adding a new section focused on health, wellness, and well-being to help meet the growing demand for fact-based, practical, and accessible health and wellness journalism. On Wednesday, Oct. 26, from noon to 1 p.m., the…
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Silver Owls Fall Hoot
Join the Silver Owls on November 10, 2023 in welcoming new members of their group and honoring incoming Golden and Platinum Owls. Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt will headline the evening, which includes a three-course dinner and entertainment by a New Orleans-style jazz band. The Hoot is open to all Press Club members and their guests. Tickets are $65, which includes the club's superb three-course dinner and two glasses of wine. The meal is preceded by a cash bar. Silver Owls are those who have been members of the Press Club for 25 years or longer. Golden Owls are those who have been members 50…
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Communicators Team Holiday Reception
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The Communicators Team is having their holiday reception at 6 p.m. in the Cosgrove Lounge. Grab a drink at the Reliable Source and head over to the Cosgrove Lounge to mingle over hors d'oeuvres!
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Press Briefing on the National Security trial of Jimmy Lai
Jimmy Lai, former publisher of Apple Daily, has been imprisoned in Hong Kong for nearly four years. His trial, under the City’s National Security Law is set to resume Nov. 20, and Caoilfhionn Gallagher, head of Jimmy's legal team, will provide an update on the case. It is anticipated that the defense will begin their case on Nov. 20 and that Jimmy Lai will provide testimony. Gallagher will also discuss the recent changes in Hong Kong law that led to this case. Jimmy Lai’s time in prison has taken a physical toll on him. His son, Sebastien Lai, will discuss his father's declining health and…
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Photography Team Holiday Party
National Press Club's Photography Team holds its annual holiday party on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 12:00 noon in the Cosgrove Lounge. The event offers an opportunity to thank our intrepid crew of volunteer photographers for covering Club events for the Wire and web site during the year. And as we've done before, we ask holiday party participants to send in a digital photo on a holiday-related theme to display and tell the story behind the photo. The photo theme this year is "play". Participants can interpret the theme any way they want, with creative or inventive interpretations encouraged. Send…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "The Devil Behind the Badge," Rick Jervis
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Pulitzer Prize-winning USA Today reporter Rick Jervis will discuss his new book, "The Devil Behind The Badge," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. In "The Devil Behind The Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer, Jervis, who lives in Austin, tells the shocking story of a U.S.Border Patrol agent turned serial killer who, over the course of 12 days in September 2018, lures four victims into his white Dodge truck, drives them to the edge of town, shoots them at close range and leaves them dead or dying on the sides of rural…
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