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NPC Headliners Breakfast: Ron Nyswaner
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Screenwriter and director Ron Nyswaner will speak on provoking conversations through media and his portrayal of the LGBTQ+ community and their stories at a National Press Club Headliners breakfast on December 4. From his Academy Award-nominated screenplay for the seminal AIDS film “Philadelphia,” to the first mainstream transgender-focused film “Soldier’s Girl,” to Showtime’s upcoming “Fellow Travelers” focusing on the 1950s Washington, D.C. Lavender Scare and the men and women caught up in it, Ron Nyswaner has been the lens through which many Americans have viewed the stories of the LGBTQ+…
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Tackling News Deserts
Exploring how some news outlets are working to improve coverage of underserved communities Registration is essential in order to ensure attendees can gain access to the National Press Club.
Join us for an interesting discussion about how ethnic media and other media outlets are tackling the huge problem of news deserts for communities that are underserved by many mainstream media outlets. Communities of color or underrepresented groups often do not have their stories or concerns told unless they are connected to a big (often negative) event. But, several news outlets have tackled this issue directly, by focusing their journalism prowess on those audiences. We'll talk with leaders from thegrio, Telemundo, Native News Online, the Washington Informer, and the 19th to hear their…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Deesha Dyer "Undiplomatic"
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Hear how Deesha Dyer, a hip-hop journalist without political connections, conquered her imposter syndrome and landed one of the most coveted jobs at The White House at a Headliners book event on Thursday, April 25 at 1 p.m. Though Dyer had been repeatedly told she had, “an attitude problem that would lead to nowhere,” she rose to become White House social secretary, one of the senior protocol faces in the Obama administration. In a memoir titled, “Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble,” Dyer candidly details her journey of her life before, during and after her time…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: “American Mother” featuring Diane Foley
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Join Diane Foley, mother of Jim Foley, a freelance journalist captured and beheaded by ISIS in 2014, for a discussion on "American Mother," written with National Book Award-winner Colum McCann. Foley will share her journey from the time of her son’s captivity to the years after his death. Nearly seven years after her son’s death, Foley spent three days in a Virginia courthouse in the presence of her son’s killer. Her passion to keep her son’s memory alive let to the creation of the James Foley Legacy Foundation—a nonprofit that “advocates for the freedom of all Americans held hostage abroad…
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NPC Headliners: Joseph Stiglitz
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz will release the findings of a new study on the relationship between press freedom and advancing democratic values and economic development at a National Press Club Headliners Coffee and Conversation at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17 in the First Amendment Lounge. Stiglitz's remarks will be followed by a panel discussion of the report with Arturo Herrera Gutierrez, global director for Governance Global Practice in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Practice Group (EFI) Vice Presidency, Governance at the World Bank, and Eliot…
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NPC Headliners: President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition and the Assistant Secretary for Health for HHS
On Tuesday, May 28 at 2 pm, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and members from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (Council) will discuss the challenges and opportunities to improve the mental health and well-being of Americans through physical activity. Distinguished panelists include Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the Assistant Secretary for Health for HHS, Council Co-chair and 2X WNBA MVP and Olympic Gold Medalist Elena Delle Donne and Council member Dr. Feranmi Okanlami of the University of Michigan. The Council works to address the nation’s…
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Embassy Press Attaché & National Press Club Mixer
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The National Press Club cordially invites embassy press attachés to join Club members for an exclusive reception on Wednesday, May 29, from 6-8 p.m. The club's press attaché mixer aims to bring together Washington’s diplomatic community with the National Press Club’s vibrant network of journalists. The event, which is sponsored by the Club’s International Correspondents Team, is an opportunity for journalists to build relations with embassy officials from the countries they cover. Small bites will be provided.
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Steve Herman "Behind the White House Curtain"
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Voice of America chief national correspondent and author Steve Herman will speak at 6 p.m. on June 5 at a National Press Club book event on his latest “Behind the White House Curtain,” which reveals the inner workings of the White House press corps and the relationship between the president and the press. Herman’s career includes covering the White House during the Trump administration as well as the first eight months of the Biden administration. In a recent interview, Herman said, “There is always tension in the symbiotic relationship between administration and the media. We need each other…
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2024 "Press vs. Politicians" National Press Club Spelling Bee
Following the Spelling Bee, stay for the National Press Club's Debate Watch Party in the Ballroom at 8:30 p.m. Club members must be logged into their press.org account in order to access tickets at the member rate.
Relationships between politicians and the media who cover them have been tested throughout history, but on Thursday, June 27, 2024 in the National Press Club’s historic ballroom, fun and friendly competition will prevail as lawmakers and reporters compete in the uproariously entertaining Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee. The first such event was held in 1913, with newly elected President Woodrow Wilson in the audience for the inaugural showdown, which was won by members of the House and Senate. The Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee was reinstated on its 100th anniversary in 2013 and has…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "Reinventing the Wheel," Patricia A. Broderick
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Judge Patricia A. Broderick, a senior judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, will discuss her new book “Reinventing the Wheel: Hard Roads Can Lead to Beautiful Places” at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Tuesday, June 25 at 6 p.m. She will be joined by Sen. Tom Harkin, one of the main authors of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. After suffering life-changing injuries in a car accident as a teenager, Broderick resolved to forge a new path through life as a woman in a wheelchair. What followed was a life of career achievement and personal adventure (…
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