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Senior Communicators Roundtable Dinner
National Press Club members are invited to join us for another lively discussion with fellow senior communications leaders on current topics that we all face in our function and profession. By sharing our concerns, ideas, approaches and strategies, we help each other be more effective in our roles for our organizations. Three-course dinner with wine served for $58 per person Cash bar at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. This event is open to NPC members first. While guests may be invited, please let Paul Minehart ([email protected]) know in advance. Guests will be on a wait…
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NPC Newsmaker: NACCHO Official on Preparing for Coronavirus at the Local Level
George Roberts Jr., president of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, will discuss how county and city health officials across the country are preparing for the coronavirus at a National Press Club Newsmaker event on Friday, March 6 at 11 a.m. Roberts has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Texas Public Health District since November 2006 and has 35 years of healthcare experience, mostly in hospital administration. Roberts will make brief remarks followed by a question-and-answer session. This news conference will take place in the Club's Zenger…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: CDC Update on Coronavirus Outbreak
As additional cases of a novel coronavirus (first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China) are confirmed in the United States, Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an update on the CDC’s ongoing response to the coronavirus outbreak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 11. Topic: "2019 Coronavirus: What We know, What We’re Doing" Speaker: CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, MD Date/Time: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 10:00 a.m. Location: National Press Club (529 14th…
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NPC Newsmaker: Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to announce new initiatives
Following President Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday evening, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5 to announce new initiatives designed to better serve America’s veterans and their families. Secretary Wilkie will discuss the Trump Administration’s plan to prevent veteran suicide, and will outline how the VA will implement the kinds of sweeping organizational changes needed to optimize new technologies and innovations and provide veterans with modern services. This news conference is open to…
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NPC Press Briefing: Debra Tice, mother of detained journalist Austin Tice
Debra Tice, the mother of detained journalist Austin Tice, will hold a news conference on Monday, Jan. 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the National Press Club to provide an update and to be part of the announcement of the second annual Night Out For Austin Tice, a national awareness campaign. Unjustly detained in Syria since August 2012, Austin Tice is a freelance journalist who worked for both McClatchy and The Washington Post. Debra Tice, who spent 83 days in Syria looking for her son, has been advocating for his release for more than 7 years. Austin is the only American journalist currently being held…
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Conversations with Correspondents: Geoffrey Cain on China's 'Perfect Police State'
Join us on Friday, July 16 at 12 p.m. for this virtual event. Click here to register.
Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning foreign correspondent and National Press Club member, will discuss his new book “The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future” at a virtual event at 12pm on Friday, July 16. Click here to register Blocked from facts and truth, under constant surveillance, surrounded by a hostile alien police force: Xinjiang’s Uyghur population has become cursed, oppressed, outcast. Most citizens cannot discern between enemy and friend. Social trust has been destroyed systematically. Friends betray each other, bosses…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., will speak about the Air Force mission in an ever-changing national security environment at a National Press Club in-person Headliners event on Friday Aug. 6. The one-hour Newsmaker will be held at 2 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge. The event is open to credentialed media, service members and Club members, but registration is required. Click here to register. Attendees will be expected to have a vaccination card on their phone or recent negative COVID test to enter the Club.The program will also stream live on the Club's website and YouTube…
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Teamsters Union Leadership Candidate Debate
Two candidates vying to lead the 1.4 million member Teamsters union will face off in a debate at the National Press Club at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 1. The election of the new general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters marks the beginning of a new era for the powerful union. Teamsters President James P. Hoffa, 80, will step down in March after leading the organization for 23 years. His father, Jimmy Hoffa, led the organization from 1957 until 1971. Two longtime labor leaders are seeking the post. Teamsters International Vice President-East Sean M. O'Brien, representing the…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, will speak at an in-person National Press Club Newsmaker about the representation of Latinos in Hollywood and media. Castro is seeking more representation for Latinos in Hollywood, book publishing and journalism and wants more transparency from employers about the diversity of their organizations. The one-hour Headliners Newsmaker will be held at 11 a.m. in the Holeman Lounge. The event is open to credentialed media and Club members. Registration is required. Attendees must have a vaccination card on their phone or recent negative COVID test to enter the Club.…
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Moment of Silence for Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The National Press Club will hold a moment of silence in observance of the third anniversary of the murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi on Friday, October 1 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Khashoggi, who was openly critical of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in his columns for the Washington Post, was ambushed by 15 Saudi government officials inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and killed and dismembered on October 2, 2018. National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews will lead fellow Club members, staff and other…
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