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Historian describes how navy's past informs present
On October 13 of this year, the U.S. Navy celebrates its 250th birthday, and a naval historian described for American Legion Post 20 on Wednesday how that history informs the present. Dale Eng, outreach program manager with the Naval History and Heritage Command, speaks to the American Legion Post 20 at the National Press Club on June 11, 2025. Photo by Rex Stucky. Dale Eng, outreach program manager with the Naval History and Heritage Command, said part of his organization's role involves helping guide current officers in historical lessons learned. "We are the resource that people come…
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'Milk Tea Alliance' author says dissidents in various Asian countries learn from each other
Historian Jeff Wasserstrom (right), author of the The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing, and moderator Herb Jackson, senior content editor at Bloomberg Industry Group, at an NPC Headliners book event on Thursday, May 12. Photo by Peter West Speaking to an audience at the National Press Club on June 12, Jeffrey Wasserstrom said that young activists in Burma, Hang Kong, and Thailand adopt tactics from one another and share tools and songs. Wasserstrom. was discussing his book The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and…
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National Press Club awards Catherine Deborah Davidson-Hiers its 2025 Shirley & Dennis Feldman Fellowship
The National Press Club has chosen Catherine Deborah (CD) Davidson-Hiers as the recipient of its 2025 Shirley & Dennis Feldman Fellowship. The award for graduate students is a one-time scholarship of $5,000. Davidson-Hiers is an environmental journalist and graduate student at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The judges were impressed by her important work as a freelance journalist and former education reporter at the Tallahassee Democrat, in addition to her commitment to mentoring young writers. Davidson-Hiers founded the Florida Student…
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Former champ prevails again at Spelling Bee
NPC’s Journalism Institute Development Manager, Mitch Harle, presents the wining trophy to Congressman Don Beyer. Photo: Robert Braggs III Experience proved invaluable at the 2025 Press & Politicians Spelling Bee, Thursday. The winner, Congressman Don Beyer of Virginia's Eighth Congressional District, also won the title in 2015, and has participated several times since. Runner-up Jessica Mendoza of The Wall Street Journal participated in 2024, and secondrunner-up Alex Clearfield of Bloomberg Industry Group was last year’s winner. Congressman Chris Pappas from New Hampshire's First…
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Espionage Act experts warn journalists of looming prosecutions
Ominous new dangers threaten reporters, who could face Espionage Act prosecutions by the Trump administration that may well result in their serving actual jail time, legal experts said at a July 1 National Press Club Headliners Cocktails & Conversation event. Lawyers Abbe Lowell and Mark Zaid told the Club audience that reporters should consider keeping their bylines off stories that rely on sensitive leaked information to slow down possible probes around leaks. They also discussed the April memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi that was widely viewed as a weapon to employ against…
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Update-1: Aerospace Media Awards recognize journalistic excellence in 22 categories
This year's Aerospace Media Awards highlighted excellence in journalism across the industry. The event, held on June 15 at the Aero-Club de France, attracted approximately 200 attendees to celebrate the winners of 22 categories from best new journalist to three lifetime achievement winners. Peter Bradfield In the latest edition of Update-1, National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team Co-chair Adam Konowe interviews event organizer Peter Bradfield on the sidelines of the biennial Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport about honored journalists, corporate sponsors and the Defense Media Awards…
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Message from all-day Press Freedom Center conference: Silence, delay no longer acceptable in Austin Tice case
The message echoing through the halls at an all-day conference sponsored by the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club on Aug. 14, marking the 13th anniversary of Austin Tice’s disappearance, was sobering and direct: The time for quiet diplomacy has passed, and the U.S. government must take bold, visible steps to bring home a beloved journalist. The event, which brought together journalists, diplomats and human rights advocates, focused on the unresolved case of Austin Tice, a freelance journalist and former Marine who vanished in Syria in 2012 while reporting on the country’s brutal…
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Club awards Kevin Palomino its Spring 2024 Lewis Scholarship
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Kevin Palomino of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the recipient of its Lewis Scholarship for Spring 2024. The scholarship provides housing and a $4,000 stipend to support a student journalist of color interning at a news media outlet in Washington. Palomino will intern this spring at WZDC/Telemundo 44 in Washington. A broadcast journalism student at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, he impressed the judges with a strong commitment to writing and video…
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Key producer of 'Kalb Report' at Club set to join C-SPAN as chief of staff
For more than 20 seasons, former National Press Club President Mike Freedman produced the "Kalb Report" at the Club. For most of that time his key producer and long-time colleague was Heather Date. The two brought the biggest names in journalism to the Club, from Woodward and Bernstein to Rupert Murdoch to Barbara Walters — all interviewed by the great Marvin Kalb in the ballroom. These were marquee events and the Club was part of the production process. Date, who was a fixture at the Club during Kalb Week, worked with Freedman at George Washington University and more recently at the…
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‘She was the voice’: Journalists call for justice, accountability in Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing
The killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was not only a tragedy, it was a call to action. That was the central message from a film screening and panel discussion held July 9 at the National Press Club, where journalists gathered to honor Abu Akleh’s legacy and demand accountability for her death in 2022. She was killed while reporting on an Israeli military operation in the West Bank. The event, hosted by the Club’s Press Freedom Center, featured the documentary "Who Killed Shireen?," which presents evidence that Abu Akleh was shot by an Israeli sniper from an elite…
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