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D.C. government order temporarily ends in-person dining at Club due to coronavirus
The National Press Club has been forced to suspend indoor dining under new rules from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser designed to control the spread of the coronavirus. In addition, non-essential business activities will be suspended until Jan. 15. To comply with this order, the Club will be taking the following actions: Temporary suspension of indoor dining for restaurants and banquets. Take-out and delivery will continue to be available from the Club’s online store with pick-up curbside. There will be no food consumed at the Club in any dining room or lounge until the mayor’s order is rescinded.…
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Top volunteers help Club survive pandemic
The National Press Club honored dozens of members for their outstanding volunteer contributions on Friday, Dec. 18, but the unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic required the steadfast support of the entire Club community. The Club suspended in-person services from mid-March to early June and struggled to generate revenue even after the doors re-opened. Yet the Club seamlessly pivoted to online events for almost all of its newsmaker programs and continued to fulfill its mission of advancing press freedom and the journalism profession, Club President Michael Freedman said…
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Museum of Public Relations virtual tour shows industry’s history of influence
Shelly Spector, a founder of the Museum of Public Relations in New York, leads members of the National Press Club on a virtual tour of papers and artifacts showing the history of the PR industry. During the first-ever virtual tour of the Museum of Public Relations on Wednesday, Club members and their guests saw papers and artifacts that chronicled the history of the PR industry and its influence on business and society. Much of the museum’s collection is a tribute to Edward Bernays, one of the founders of PR. Shelly Spector, who led the online tour, opened the New York museum with her…
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Matthews elected 114th National Press Club president
Members of the National Press Club elected Lisa Nicole Matthews of the Associated Press to serve as the Club's 114th president as the organization continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic and a challenging media environment. Matthews, the AP’s U.S. Video assignment manager and winner of two Edward R. Murrow Awards, has more than two decades of experience in journalism. She is the third person of color to lead the Club, after Sheila Cherry in 2004 and Jeff Ballou in 2017. National Press Club President-elect Lisa Matthews said the Club must 'continue the robust work of elevating diverse…
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Veteran communicators give tips for selecting PR agencies
It’s critical for organizations to provide detailed descriptions of the communications services and support they’re seeking when searching for a public-relations agency, according to communications experts speaking on Thursday at a Lunch and Learn virtual session hosted by the National Press Club’s Communicators Team. During the session, veteran communicators Steve Drake and Robert Udowitz of RFP Associates discussed how information included in the “request for proposal” -- or RFP -- helps an agency respond with its best ideas to achieve the prospective client’s communications goals and…
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Journalism exposing hidden injuries from faulty products to foul balls honored at NPC awards event
The National Press Club celebrated this year’s best journalism on Wednesday, in its virtual 47th Annual National Press Club Awards event. A special highlight of the evening was an honor that is not bestowed every year. NPC President Michael Freedman presented the President's Award for lifetime achievement to Charles Osgood, who served as anchor of "CBS Sunday Morning" for 22 years, hosted the long-running radio commentary series "The Osgood File" and became known as the "poet laureate of CBS News." Charles Osgood, anchor of CBS Sunday Morning for 22 years, received the National Press Club…
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National Press Club chef offers sweet potato recipe
Sweet potatoes don’t have to be excessively sweet or sentimental. This ‘tis the season for all things root vegetables and sweet potatoes. Just coming off a Thanksgiving candied sweet potato sugar rush, below is a variation on a theme that takes some of the sweetness out of baked yams. This baked dish has a tiny bit of heat at the end of every bite. The hardest part -- the trick, as it were -- is to find a can of Chipotles in Adobo sauce. Well-stocked supermarkets may have the cans, but you may have to check out the International/Hispanic line of products. If not in your supermarket, you may…
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American Legion Post 20 hears from historian Carl Reddel about Eisenhower's legacy
National Press Club American Legion Post 20 held its first guest-speaker virtual meeting Wednesday, Nov. 18, to discuss the legacy of President Dwight D. Eisenhower with historian and Eisenhower Memorial Commission Executive Director Air Force Brig. Gen. (ret.) Carl Reddel. Although Eisenhower had disagreements with the media as president, he "held the press in high regard" and saw it as essential to a successful democracy, Reddel told some 30 Club members from around the country who joined online to hear the talk. Eisenhower appeared at a National Press Club luncheon to deliver a speech and…
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Fourth Estate winner Zirinsky: Media must ‘eliminate the noise and distinguish fact from fiction’
Susan Zirinsky began her career in the CBS News Washington bureau while still in college as a researcher on the Watergate scandal. More than 40 years later, she’s running the organization during an equally tumultuous time for the country. As president and senior executive producer of CBS News, Zirinsky has led its coverage of a presidential election with historically high turnout in a deeply divided the nation. The tension has been exacerbated by a volatile President Donald Trump and his attacks on the media. Instead of being drawn into daily combat with the White House, Zirinsky said she has…
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NPC showcases more great journalism with honorable mention award winners
Judges of the National Press Club’s 2020 journalism awards, faced with an abundance of great journalism, also cited a number of entries for honorable mentions. Honorable mentions included VICE News for its broadcast package on "Bringing down Baghdadi;" CBS Sunday Morning, for its look at the growing influence of Dollar Stores, which often run local grocery stores out of business, and Karin Brulliard of The Washington Post for her coverage of the failure of U.S. government agencies, primarily the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to protect a variety of wild and domestic animals covered under…
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