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Celebrate Galantine's with gal friends or Valentine's with a special friend, Feb. 13 or 14
Celebrate Galantine’s Day, Wednesday, Feb. 13, with your favorite gal pals or Valentine’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 14, when The Fourth Estate will offer a special fixe price dinner menu to celebrate both occasions. Reservations are flexible on Galentine’s Day but limited to two seating’s, at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., on Valentine’s Day. The price for the menu is $65 per non-member and $56 per Club member. Tax, gratuity and beverage are additional. The special menu is listed below. A special selection of wines will be available for $25 a bottle. The Fourth Estate is open to members and non-members.…
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Enter your best journalism from 2018 in Club's annual contest
The best journalism from 2018 - in areas like politics, breaking news, broadcast news, consumer news, foreign coverage, use of online news techniques and news photos - should be entered in the National Press Club’s annual journalism contest. Most of the categories have cash prizes and some offer a year of free membership in the Club. Details on the prizes and application options are here. The fee is $60 for each entry, but there is no charge for Club members. Entrants are encouraged to apply online, but the Club will accept mailed entries postmarked before the April 15 deadline. The most…
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Using sanctions to protect journalists: Panel discussion, Feb. 11
Lawmakers, former senior State Department officials and journalists will gather at the National Press Club on Monday, Feb. 11, for a discussion about the growing use of human rights sanctions to protect journalists around the world. The panel discussion “Using Sanctions to Protect Journalists” will take place from 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. in the Bloomberg Room. The event is open to the public. Registration is required. Confirmed panelists at the event, sponsored by the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Freedom of the Press Committee, include: · Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J…
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Update-1 podcast covers efforts to educate public about misinformation
The task of helping people of all ages glean the facts and screen out the exaggeration, bias and misinformation from their sources of news requires a variety of targeted approaches. Dr. Belinha De Abreu is a member of the leadership council of the American Association for Media Literacy Education. She assisted the American Library Association in developing programs for adults in public libraries. In the latest edition of Update-1, she tells National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team member Irv Chapman that Facebook is regarded by the coming generation as their parents’ social medium, while…
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Fourth Estate debuts new menu items on Feb. 2
Saturday, Feb. 2, may be Groundhog Day but that does not mean the day will repeat itself ad infinitum like a Bill Murray nightmare. The Fourth Estate Brunch menu has been revamped and several new items will be available. The Fourth Estate serves brunch, rather than lunch, every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Reservations are requested at OpenTable.com or 202.662.7638. Parking validation at the 24 hour PMI garage on G street, near 13th street, is available for $10. The new menu additions feature 100 percent pure maple syrup served with the French toast, oatmeal and waffles, some gluten…
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Washington Post reporter Rezaian to share memoir of Iranian imprisonment, extraordinary release, Feb. 11
The Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian, recipient of the National Press Club’s 2015 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, will share his highly-anticipated memoir, "Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out," at a Club event at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in the First Amendment Lounge. The event will feature a moderated discussion with the author, an audience question-and-answer session, and a book signing. The price of admission includes a copy of the book and is $35 for Club members and $40…
Type: News
Podcast covers new digital platform focusing on political reform
After three decades as a political reporter, editor and columnist, National Press Club member David Hawkings has become an entrepreneur. He's now the editor-in-chief of The Firewall, an editorially independent digital news publication dedicated to covering political reform at the national, state and local levels. In the latest episode of Update-1, Hawkings talks with Club Broadcast/Podcast team member Mike Hempen about the journalistic and business sides of this new initiative, how it came about and what it will take to be successful. Hempen produces Update-1. The podcast can be heard on the…
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Tonight: Women In Sports and Events DC hosts speed mentoring
Women in Sports and Events (WISE) will host its annual speed mentoring event at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at the National Press Club in the Zenger Room. This interactive event will feature a State of the Chapter address, networking and question-and-answer sessions in rounds of speed mentoring. There will be cocktails and hors doeurves for attendees. Tickets are $10 for Club members and $25 for the general public. Purchase tickets online. Club members should use the promotional code WiseWithin to receive the discounted admission. This event is open to women and men. January is National…
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NPC in History: Eleanor Roosevelt breaks precedence
By 1938, in the four years that the National Press Club had been holding its regular luncheon speeches, it had never offered the podium to a woman. But Club President Harold Brayman of the Philadelphia Ledger decided to break that trend by inviting the most newsworthy woman in America: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Through the work of Maureen Beasley, a noted journalism historian and member of the Club’s History and Heritage Committee, the Club obtained facsimile copies of the correspondence between Mrs. Roosevelt and Brayman. Writing on July 1, 1938, Brayman said, “We have never yet had a…
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Hurricane experts to examine impact of last two years of storms at Newsmaker, Tuesday
With another damaging hurricane season in the books, two experts will discuss the impacts of the 2018 hurricane season and the status of the 2017 season's rebuilding effort at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 10 a.m. in the Zenger Room. Scheduled to speak are National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration hurricane forecasting expert Gerry Bell and Massachusetts Institute of Technology disaster resilience expert Jeremy Gregory. The event is open to credentialed media and Club members free of charge. Registration is required. Bell, a hurricane climate…
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