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Snippets from National Press Club History: Opening Night
National Press Club 1979 President Art Wiese was one of the Club's greatest leaders and most ardent supporters. He was responsible for planning much of the reconstruction of the Club during the building renovation in the early 1980s. For years he was a watchdog to assure that the Club maintained its tradition as a safe harbor for journalists and communicators. In his later years, he put together a series of snippets on the Club's history. In honor of his passing this year, The Wire will run one of them each week. Here's the first: "In May 1908 the new National Press Club threw open the doors…
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Going for the Gold: Monday, Nov. 21 Newsmaker Features Olympic Track Gold Medal Winner with Olympian Father
What does it take to win the gold medal? Matthew Centrowitz, who at the Rio Olympic Games this summer became the first U.S. Olympic Gold 1500 meter (the “metric mile”) track winner since 1908, and earlier this year won the World Indoor Championship, and his father, Matt, a two-time Olympian distance runner and cross-country and track coach at American University, will be the featured Newsmakers at the National Press Club on Monday, Nov. 21, at 9:30 a.m., in the Club’s Fourth Estate restaurant. The father and son Olympians will discuss the training leading up to the Olympics, the experience…
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Debating the debates on next Kalb Report Monday, Dec. 5
Is there a better way to run the presidential debates? Join host Marvin Kalb as he talks with 2016 debate moderators Martha Raddatz of ABC News and Chris Wallace of Fox News as well as Presidential Debates Commission Co-Chairs Frank Fahrenkopf and Mike McCurry for a post-election review. The program will be Monday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. in the Club’s Ballroom. Please plan to arrive several minutes early. Admission is free but seats are limited. This program is limited to one member, one guest. Please call the Club’s reservation line at 202-662-7501 and leave you name, number coming and your…
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Newsmaker panels to examine education issues under Trump, new Congress, Nov. 14, 2-4 p.m.
Back-to-back Newsmaker events on Monday afternoon, Nov. 14, at the National Press Club will address how the election of Donald Trump and the Republicans' retention of Congress will affect education policy. The two events,sponsored by the Club in conjunction with the Education Writers Association, will feature one-hour panel discussions followed by questions from news media, on K-12 and higher education from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., in the Club’s Bloomberg Room. Confirmed speakers include: Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation; Kevin Carey of New America; Terry Hartle of the American Council on…
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TONIGHT: Relive Merriman Smith and UPI's glory days at panel discussion at 6:30 p.m.
No one epitomized the scrappy determination of United Press International in the 1960s than its legendary White House correspondent Merriman Smith. You can relive his extraordinary life and times with people who knew him in a special program at the National Press Club on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m. From the Franklin Roosevelt administration through Richard Nixon, Smith had a front row seat at the White House as he battled the Associated Press for every breaking news story. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of President John Kennedy’s assassination – 53 years ago this month. He and…
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Pulitzer winner George Condon added to Communicators' Summit lineup, Nov. 15, 8:30 a.m.
Pulitizer Prize winner George Condon, White House correspondent for the National Journal, has been added to the list of prominent participants, including former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, at the National Press Club’s Communicators' Summit, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:35 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. Topic of the summit, sponsored by the Club’s Communications and Marketing Committee, will be crisis communications. Registration is required. Admission is $75 for the general public and $50 for Club members. Register online. The summit consists of three sessions. The…
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Correction: Book Fair date is Friday, Nov. 18
The article, "Book Fair to draw over 100 noted authors, among them Ralph Nader, other writers of books on politics" published in yesterday's Wednesday, Nov. 9, edition of The Wire carried an incorrect date for the event. Correct date for the National Press Club's 39th annual Book Fair & Authors' Night is Friday, Nov. 18, in the Club's Ballroom. Admission to the fair is $5 for Club members, $10 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased online.
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Maureen Dowd discusses her book, election on current Update-1 podcast
Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times and best-selling author of "The Year of Voting Dangerously," a book about the 2016 presidential campaign, is the guest of the National Press Club's current Update-1 podcast. In the podcast, Art Swift, Gallup managing aditor and member of the Club's Broadcast/Podcast Committee,discusses with Dowd several anecdotes in her book, including personal dealings with Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Swift and Dowd explore what may be in store after the election for both Trump and Clinton, along…
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Book Fair to draw over 100 noted authors, among them Ralph Nader, other writers of books on politics, Nov. 18
Are politics and current affairs your passions? If so, don’t miss the National Press Club’s 39th Annual Book Fair & Authors’ Night on Friday, Nov. 18, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. A host of authors of top-selling political and current affairs books, including consumer advocate and former presidential candidateRalph Nader, will be among more than 100 nationally known writers who will autograph and sell their books at the festive event. Admission to the 39th annual fair is $5 for Club members, $10 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased online. Nader be promoting his new book, “…
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Ex-Philadelphia Mayor Nutter, top panel to offer tips on crisis communications at Communicators Summit, Nov. 15
Crisis communications will be the topic of the next Communicators Summit, sponsored by the National Press Club's Communications and Marketing Committee, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:35 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. Registration is required. Admission is $75 for the general public and $50 for National Press Club members. Please click here to register. The summit is composed of three sessions. The first session will feature a conversation with Michael A. Nutter, former mayor of Philadelphia. During his time in office, was charged with leading the city through an economic recession…
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