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NPC Luncheon with Derrick Johnson
New NAACP President Derrick Johnson addressed the future of the NAACP at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Aug. 29, 2017.
Type: Media
Can We Talk? Public Access, Security And Civility In A Hyper-Partisan Age
In hopes of de-escalating the increasingly fraught relations between the press and the people they cover, the National Press Club’s nonprofit Journalism Institute on Aug. 4 convened Can We Talk?, an open meeting for newsmakers, the people who protect them and the people who cover them. After a year of violent words and sometimes violent acts, we believe the time has come to talk with each other —instead of at each other — about how we can all do a better job for the democracy we serve. We hope this will mark the beginning of a continuing conversation. We are starting with a focus on Capitol…
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Gen Mark A. Milley
The Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon on July 27, 2017.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Rep. Mark Meadows
As the House and Senate negotiated the final version of legislation to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC-11) spoke at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on July 24, 2017.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Amtrak CEO Wick Moorman
The President and CEO of Amtrak, Charles W. "Wick" Moorman IV, discussed the challenges facing America’s passenger rail system and the changes to come at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on July 12, 2017. Moorman’s speech focused on the renovation of New York’s Penn Station and other needed infrastructure projects, as Congress considers President Trump’s pledge to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure.
Type: Media
NPC Headliners Book Rap - Peter Baker and "Obama: The Call of History"
Chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, Peter Baker, appeared at a National Press Club Headliners event on June 29th, 2017 to discuss his new book, "Obama: The Call of History."
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel discussed "Moving Forward in Chicago" including new initiatives for education and other programs at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on June 20th, 2017. Mayor Emanuel said he wants to guarantee the future success of students by requiring public high-school seniors to provide a college or trade school acceptance letter, proof of military enlistment or a job offer in order to graduate.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps General Joseph F. Dunford, spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon on June 19, 2017. General Dunford, the 19th Joint Chiefs chairman, discussed a number of important issues facing the U.S. military including the latest strategy for defeating the Islamic State and other terrorist groups, challenges from North Korea, cyber warfare, weapons acquisition, and recruiting and strengthening U.S. alliances.
Type: Media
NPC Headliner: Ken Burns Previews "The Vietnam War"
Filmmakers Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein and Retired Air Force Chief of Staff General Merrill A. McPeak, a Vietnam War veteran, presented a special "members-only" NPC Headliner preview of their PBS documentary series "The Vietnam War" at the National Press Club on June 14th, 2017. Following the screening they discussed the work and their process, and took questions from NPC president Jeff Ballou and the audience.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with FBI Director Robert Mueller III
Robert Mueller discussed the challenges of protecting the public's safety and civil rights, and the relations between the media and the FBI at a May 16, 2008 NPC luncheon event.
Type: Media