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NPC Virtual Book Event: Bill Novelli, "Good Business”
Bill Novelli, one of the pioneers of social marketing, will discuss his book, Good Business: The Talk, Fight, Win Way to Change the World, at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 29. In Good Business, Novelli aims to prove that you can do well (creating economic and financial success for yourself and your company or organization) by doing good (helping to solve the world's and society's major problems) and argues that you can make a positive social difference regardless of what business you are in or where you are in your career. This one-hour program will…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Dan Morain, "Kamala's Way"
Veteran journalist Dan Morain, who wrote his first story about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in 1994 for the Los Angeles Times, will discuss his new biography, Kamala's Way: An American Life, at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event at 1 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 25. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Kamala's Way, published Jan. 12, takes readers from her early years in Oakland and Berkeley through her rise in politics to the second-highest office in…
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Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team invites all NPC Members to our Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists. During COVID-19, our regular in-person dinners will be virtual and change to “Make Your Own Cocktail” Zoom sessions at no cost to NPC members. Our next virtual gathering will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Participation is limited to 30 members. 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…
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Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team invites all NPC Members to our Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists. During COVID-19, our regular in-person dinners will be virtual and change to “Make Your Own Cocktail” Zoom sessions at no cost to NPC members. Our next virtual gathering will be held on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Participation is limited to 30 members. 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…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Ron Brownstein, “Rock Me on the Water”
The stars aligned in Los Angeles in 1974 as a diverse group of talents across film, music, and television hit a creative zenith, jolting American popular culture and in turn, American politics. Atlantic senior editor Ron Brownstein, who analyzes that pivotal year in his new book, “Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics” will discuss what we can discern about our political future from the current generational cultural divide at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 20 at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event. This one-hour program will…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Elizabeth McGowan, “Outpedaling the Big C”
Celebrating both National Bike Month and National Melanoma Awareness Month, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth McGowan will discuss her memoir “Outpedaling the Big C: My Healing Cycle Across America” at a National Press Club Virtual Headliners Book Event on Wednesday, May 19 at 2 p.m. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club's website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can submit their questions for McGowan in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected] Outpedaling the…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Lisa Napoli, "Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News"
How did a former billboard salesman, baseball team owner and America’s Cup winner who hated news end up as the father of 24-hour news? Journalist Lisa Napoli, author of "Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and the Birth of 24-Hour News," will describe how Ted Turner flipped the switch on media with the creation in 1980 of the first 24-hour news channel at a virtual Headliners Book Event at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Brian Stelter, "HOAX"
Over the course of two years, CNN Worldwide’s chief media correspondent and Reliable Sources anchor Brian Stelter interviewed more than 250 current and former Fox News insiders in a bid to understand why the network dropped the “fair and balanced” claim and embraced “fake news.” Stelter chronicles what he learned about the multibillion-dollar media powerhouse and its ties to President Donald Trump in his new book “HOAX: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth.” On Tuesday, September 8, Stelter will discuss his findings and what he calls “the collusion between Fox News…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Max Brooks, "Devolution"
Bestselling author Max Brooks will deliver a talk entitled, “Zombies, Bigfoot, and COVID: How Fiction Can Prepare Us For Disasters,” at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. Brooks is perhaps best known for reinventing the modern zombie genre with his "Zombie Survival Guide" and his novel, "World War Z." More than a mere horror tale, "World War Z" builds on Brooks’ extensive research in pandemic planning – which Brooks says the Trump administration largely ignored in its response to COVID-19 – as well as describing how a pandemic threat can transform…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Jacob Soboroff, "Separated"
In June of 2018 award-winning NBC News and MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff traded his mic and camera for a small blue notebook and walked into a large detention facility where 1,500 migrant boys were being held after being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. The notes he took that day, and the conversations he would later have with affected families and inside sources, formed the basis of his harrowing New York Times bestseller “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy.” On Thursday, August 27, Soboroff will share what he has learned from the children and families he has…
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