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Vivian Awards
National Press Club President Michael Freedman will recognize journalist and communicator members for outstanding service to the Club at the Vivian Awards ceremony -- 6:00 p.m. Friday, December 18, via Zoom. All members are welcome! "The Vivians" are named after former club president Vivian Vahlberg and honor the Club's top volunteers.
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NPC Election Results
Election Day is here! Please join us as we reveal the 2020 NPC election results via Zoom Webinar. All members are welcome! The evening will open with an introduction by NPC President Michael Freedman, followed by the announcement of the election results by NPC Past President and Election Chair Jonathan Salant, and end with the acceptance speech of the president-elect. Please feel free to enjoy a libation and join in a virtual toast/congratulations to our winners! To attend, please register via the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iN2EWPcjSUevIzBzLlthDA Questions? …
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Photography Committee Holiday Party
Join this year's Photography Committee virtual holiday party on Thursday, Dec. 17 at 5:00 pm. All Club members are invited to the online happy hour party, so bring your own food and drink to the screen. Speaking of food and drink, the holiday party will give party-goers a chance to show off a photo about food or drink and tell the story behind the photo. Which food or drink? That's up to you. Please send in one electronic image, in jpg or png format, that we will display. Each participant can then tell us more about the photo, limited to five minutes. Send your photo to [email protected] by…
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Vivian Awards
National Press Club President Lisa Matthews will recognize journalist and communicator members for outstanding service to the Club at the Vivian Awards ceremony on Wednesday, December 15 at 6:30 p.m. The presentation will take place at the National Press Club in the Holeman Lounge and is open to those Club members who are actively involved with one of the Club's 14 teams. "The Vivians" are named after former club president Vivian Vahlberg and honor the Club's top volunteers.
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Broadcast Team Happy Hour
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NPC Radio Play: It's a Wonderful Life
The National Press Club, in association with CBS Radio Network and American Heritage Magazine, presents Marty Bufalini’s “It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Show,” an adaptation of the classic story of George Bailey who, exasperated by life's challenges, wishes he'd never been born. Granted his wish by his guardian angel, he learns the positive impact that each of our lives has on so many others. Featuring 19 members of the National Press Club covering 43 roles, it premieres here at 8pm on Tuesday, December 21. We hope you'll join us.
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544 Days the Podcast
For 544 days, National Press Club Member Jason Rezaian was held hostage in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. Interrogated. Sealed off from the outside world. He was accused of being an American super spy, though his formal title was Washington Post Bureau Chief in Tehran. Back home, his family and his newspaper were doing everything they could to raise the alarm about his detention. Meanwhile, the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the U.S. were dragging on. Pretty soon, it became clear that his fate depended on those talks. 544 Days is a Spotify Original podcast, produced by Gimlet, Crooked…
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Writing With Fire: Screening and Conversation with Directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
We invite you to a special screening of the Oscar-nominated film Writing with Fire, which shares the story of Khabar Lahariya, the only news network in India run by women. With wit and grace, this fierce band of Dalit (low caste) women serve as an anchor for truth and justice, and a pillar of democracy. Together, they defy the bounds of gender and caste, and redefine what it means to be powerful, in their homes and for the world. “The most inspiring journalism movie — maybe ever. An essential portrait of the fight for press freedom…Writing with Fire reminds us that there are always people who…
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The Impact of Murrow on Reporting from Ukraine
The often thoughtful, informed, descriptive, eloquent, and insightful network reporting from war-torn Ukraine has drawn comparisons to that of broadcast legend Edward Murrow, who established the standards of modern broadcast journalism during World War II. On Tuesday, April 5, at 7pm ET, Casey Murrow, Edward R. Murrow's son, and an honorary lifetime member of the National Press Club, will join a Zoom gathering of the combined Broadcast/Podcast and History & Heritage teams to talk about his father's life and legacy. The one-hour conversation (with member questions) will also include a…
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"Bring Them Home" Film Screening & Directors Discussion
The National Press Club will host an evening film screening of “Bring them Home,” a powerful, timely short documentary from Washington Post Opinions about the growing crisis of Americans being held hostage by foreign governments. The 32-minute film will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A with directors Kate Woodsome and Ray Whitehouse and Executive Producer Jason Rezaian. “Bring Them Home” follows a Washington, D.C. family caught in the middle of longstanding U.S.-Iran tensions when American Emad Shargi is wrongfully imprisoned during a visit to Tehran. Shargi’s wife and…
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