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Late baseball immortal Hank Aaron spoke at Club in 1993
Baseball immortal Hank Aaron speaks at a National Press Club Luncheon Sept. 15, 1993. Henry (Hank) Aaron, legendary Hall of Fame baseball slugger noted for breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974, who died at age 86 on Jan. 2, once graced the National Press Club rostrum. Aaron spoke at a Club Luncheon on Sept. 15, 1993. Also noted for helping break baseball’s color barrier, he used his appearance at the Club to criticize the inadequate minority hiring in baseball. He discussed the importance of bringing minority athletes to positions of prominence to encourage minorities in all walks…
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Author describes life -- including the best borscht -- in Eastern Bloc countries after Soviet Union's collapse
"Stories and photos from my journey to unseat communism, clean the environment and find the best borscht in the remains of the Evil Empire." That's how National Press Club member Ron Hoffer described "From the Bronx to Berlin and Beyond," his new book of photos and short essays, at a Virtual Book Rap Jan. 21 sponsored by the Club's Book & Author Group. Hoffer, a professional in the field of geology and water resources, said the book is "about the first of my three decades of working as an international development professional for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World…
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Matthews sets Club on path toward greater diversity
Lisa Nicole Matthews took the gavel as the 114th president of the National Press Club on Friday promising to lead an effort to make the organization more diverse and inclusive. Matthews is the third Black Club president – following Sheila Cherry in 2004 and Jeff Ballou in 2017 – and the 14th woman to hold the position. “The very first presidents of the National Press Club did not look like me,” Matthews said at the online General Membership Meeting on Jan. 22. “They were not women. They were not Black. And they might not have imagined that some day someone like me would stand before you as…
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In Update-1 podcast, NPC member photojournalist describes her danger at Capitol during deadly attack
Photo: Christy Bowe National Press Club member Christy Bowe says she was in a “dangerous situation” when Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 realized she was a member of the media and began chanting insults directed at news organizations. In the second of a two-part series on the Club podcast, Update-1 featuring journalists who were on duty that historic day, NPC Broadcast Podcast Committee member and American University assistant professor in communications Gemma Puglisi interviews Bowe, a photojournalist who was on the East side of the Capitol. She says she…
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Club author Ed Barks discusses his book, 'Reporters Don't Hate You,' at Virtual Book Rap, Feb 4
Ed Barks, a National Press Club member and founder of the Club's independent authors group, plans to discuss his new book, "Reporters Don’t Hate You: 100+ Amazing Media Relations Strategies," at a National Press Club Virtual Book Rap sponsored by the Book & Author Group on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. To register for, and join the event, please contact Heather Forsgren Weaver at [email protected], who will send you the Zoom codes. As the author himself says, “Dealing with the press is a high wire act.” Company spokespersons hold their firm’s future in their hands when…
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Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary on the future of restaurants, Feb. 9
Niren Chaudhary, CEO of the Panera Bread Co. bakery-restaurant chain, will address the future of restaurants post-COVID-19 in a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 1 p.m. This one-hour program, part of the National Press Club Virtual Headliners series, will stream live, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Download a calendar reminder or access the livestream here. Niren Chaudhary, chief executive of the Panera Bread Co. Chaudhary took the helm at Panera in May 2019, just eight months before Covid-…
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Club serves as press filing center for inaugural events
As it has done throughout the past year of extraordinary news events, the National Press Club offered access to credentialed journalists covering this week's inaugural activities. Riley Beggin of the Detroit News was one of the journalists who utilized the National Press Club as a filing center while covering the presidential inauguration. Photo: Mike Freedman The Club pre-registered nearly 30 reporters and photographers representing news organizations in the United States and Canada, providing desk space, cable television, broadband access, Wi-Fi and water. "Following last week's failed …
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Author tells Legion post of overlooked aspects of Ike's presidency
Prof. William Hitchcock, author of "The Age of Eisenhower," discussed overlooked aspects of Eisenhower's presidency at a Jan. 19 Zoom meeting of National Press Club American Legion Post 20 attended by Post and Club members interested in Ike's legacy. The acclaimed University of Virginia historian spent 10 years researching an eight-year presidency that many of his colleagues thought too dull to be worth his effort. Hitchcock concluded otherwise. "His character was his defining quality," Hitchcock said. "He was non-ideological" and "governed from the center, which, while he was hugely popular…
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Club author tells Book Rap group of challenges in researching book on gangsters of 1930s
Around 1900, the automobile began to replace the horse. That meant the criminals who captured the public imagination also changed, from Wild West outlaws atop animals to fast-moving gangsters robbing stores and banks, rolling away from the crime scenes. National Press Club member Jeffery King recently published a book on one of those gangs and spoke about it Jan. 13 at a Virtual Book Rap sponsored by the Book & Author Group. The book, One of the Most Troublesome Robbery Gangs, tells the story of George McKeever and Francis McNeiley, who robbed and killed across the Midwest during the…
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COVID vaccine facts matter, but where they come from may matter more, panelists say
The U.S. is in the process of the largest vaccination campaign in its history. Journalists and communicators face many challenges as the story unfolds. From a historical distrust between minority communities and the medical establishment to the growing anti-vaccination movement, how can journalists and communicators reliably provide the public with trusted information so they can make life-or-death decisions about the COVID-19 vaccine? Offering their insights in a program on Jan. 13 were Jesse Holland, assistant professor of journalism at George Washington University, author, scholar and…
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