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Caring for photojournalists: Preventing burnout, treating trauma and ensuring equity
Visual journalists have been on the front lines of the pandemic, injured at protests and attacked at the Capitol insurrection. Holding a camera makes those who are reporting on events a visible target for law enforcement or people angry at the media. And working remotely is not an option when you’re the community’s eyes and ears at the scene. So how do we care for photojournalists facing more pressure than ever under exhausting and dangerous circumstances? Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Press Photographers Association for honest answers to this question…
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Getting it right: Breaking news, the Inauguration, and the Capitol insurrection
Newsrooms mobilize on instinct when news breaks. Those split-second decisions — how we describe an individual or a group and their actions — can define reality for millions of people. The Capitol insurrection provides lessons for the upcoming Inauguration in what loaded language to avoid, questions to ask in real time, and how your values influence the way audiences understand and remember world events. Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and Resolve Philly for a practical program that will leave you with tips you can use to ask the right questions in real time and prepare to…
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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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COVID vaccine: How to communicate reliably and combat disinformation
We start 2021 with a COVID vaccine, but the rollout has been slower than planned and a coordinated public health communication effort is needed to convince people to get vaccinated. Public opinion research shows a number of challenges: some people are justifiably skeptical of “big Pharma” and government; others are actively working to spread disinformation about the vaccine; and many remain unconvinced of the vaccine’s safety. What is being done to overcome these challenges, how can communicators be most effective, and how can reporters best cover the vaccination story and combat the…
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What’s next for White House coverage? Trump, Biden, and the future of US political reporting
As president-elect Joe Biden prepares to lead a deeply divided country, what’s next for White House coverage? What can past coverage and recent experiences teach us about envisioning a better future for how journalists cover the president, and how Americans understand the United States? Register now for this program, a partnership between the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, which will address these topics. Date: Friday, December 18, 2020 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST / 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PST Joining us with…
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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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Pro Tips: Writing refresh
Find motivation and some new tools for energizing your writing in this afternoon workshop. After a year of working from home, journalists and communicators around the country are hitting reset on their routines as they consider life after vaccination. Add “Pro Tips: Writing refresh” to your toolkit as you reset. In this 3-hour workshop, we’ll get you motivated with: Tips on energizing tired writing Structuring stories with inclusivity at their core Writing killer headlines that attract, rather than distract While the formal program begins at 1 p.m. ET, participants are invited to join at…
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Career Connection: Defining your digital footprint
Making an impression on a potential employer starts long before an email or phone call. By then, your digital footprint has done the talking … don’t let it send someone walking. “Career Connection: Defining your digital footprint” is a weeklong series of hands-on workshops to help you create and maintain the journalism/writing identity you want to showcase to sources, employers, and publishers. The class will meet from noon to 1 p.m. ET daily, from Monday, May 10 to Friday, May 14. Designed to focus on accomplishing practical tasks in short bursts, each daily program will highlight parts of…
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