Search
Displaying results 1131 - 1140 of 4534
NPC's Fourth Estate restaurant closes for holiday weekend
The Fourth Estate Restaurant at the National Press Club will be closed for the holiday weekend from Dec. 22 through Dec. 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday.
Type: News
NPC in History: Something for the kids
The National Press Club is usually a pretty sober-sided place when it comes to programs: full of policy, politics and saving-the-world stuff. But, occasionally there are Luncheons that bring out the younger set. After all, in recent years children’s entertainment has become a big issue. The Club can attract some of the big names because they think they are going to be talking to adult journalists about issues. Sometimes, they are surprised at who’s in the audience. Take, for example, Sheryl Leach, the creator of "Barney the Dinosaur", PBS’s phenom for preschoolers, who spoke in November 1993…
Type: News
NPC plans screening of 'Putin's Witnesses' on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m.
The National Press Club is planning to screen "Putin’s Witnesses", a documentary that Variety called “riveting” and “incensed," on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m. in the Murrow White Lisagor Conference Rooms. The event is free for Club members and $5 for non-members. Tickets are available here. Years after spending considerable time filming Putin at close quarters in his capacity as head of documentaries for Russian national television, Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky's "Putin’s Witness" documents the events that followed the unexpected resignation of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in…
Type: News
Sponsorships available for NPC president's inaugural gala, Jan. 12
The National Press Club Inaugural Gala offers several levels of sponsorship for individuals, businesses and media organizations to support the incoming president at her Inaugural Gala. Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak is slated to be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer as the 112th president of the National Press Club at the gala on Jan. 12. Sponsors will be recognized in the program and from the podium, allowing their message of support to reach Club leaders, invited guests and a broad group of broadcast and digital media. Please contact Laura Coker at [email protected] if you're…
Type: News
Celebrate 112th NPC President Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak at inaugural fete, Jan. 12
Enjoy a night of roasts and toasts as the National Press Club inaugurates Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak as the 112th president at a gala on Saturday, Jan. 12. Purchase tickets here for a night that will include a swearing in with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The inaugural gala begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $110 for Club members and one guest, and $140 for non-members. If you'd like to purchase a table or sponsor the event, please email Laura Coker at [email protected] Chef Susan Delbert will announce a menu soon. Watch The Wire for the…
Type: News
NPC in History: Arafat’s moment of optimism
For years, Palestinian Liberation Organization President Yasser Arafat was denied a visa to come to Washington to accept the National Press Club’s invitation to speak at the Club. But that changed with the Oslo Peace Accords when Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed the historic agreement with President Bill Clinton in a White House South Lawn ceremony. Club President Clayton Boyce of the Knight-Ridder Tribune News Service issued an invitation for Arafat to speak on Sept. 14, 1993, the day after the signing. Arafat immediately accepted. In one of the fastest ticket sell-…
Type: News
Save the date: Jan 12: Inaugural gala for president-elect to feature Supreme Court justice
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to swear in Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak as the 112th president of the National Press Club at an inaugural gala on Jan. 12. Tickets to the event are expected to be available later this week. Watch for The Wire in your inbox for your first chance to buy tickets to this special evening. The inaugural gala is set to begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Kodjak, the health-policy correspondent on National Public Radio's Science Desk, serves currently as the Club's vice president. Her work at NPR focuses on the business and…
Type: News
Podcast highlights the rise, threat of fake videos
Fake videos are a new form of digital-media manipulation, and the former president and chief executive of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is warning about their dangers. In this edition of Update-1, Thomas Kent talks to National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast team member Tom Young about technology being used to create video of events that never happened, or video of people making statements they never made. Kent describes video as the "ultimate verifier" for news consumers, but now he says they may no longer be able to believe what they see. Update-1 is produced by Mike Hempen. The podcast can…
Type: News
Coast Guard Commandant calls for more Arctic ships to protect national security
If the United States is to protect its national security interests in the Arctic, it needs to fund more ships for the U.S. Coast Guard, the service's Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said Thursday at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon. Schultz said the rise of Russian and Chinese influence in the region is troubling, given the rich natural resources available in the region like natural gas, oil, minerals and fish; and the two countries' accelerated building of ships like Icebreakers. The U.S. Coast Guard has just two available, and Schultz said that is not enough to stay strong in the…
Type: News
A legend in broadcasting, Donnie Simpson discusses his career at the Club
Donnie Simpson became a radio disc jockey at age 15 in his hometown of Detroit. A dozen years later, he moved to Washington and realized he didn’t have to channel the style of radio personalities he admired — he could just be Donnie Simpson, and people were increasingly tuning in. They still are; his afternoon show on WMMJ-FM 102.3 is No. 1 one in the ratings, he said. After years of morning drive time, he said during a Legends of Broadcasting dinner sponsored by the National Press Club’s Broadcast/Podcast Team on Dec. 4 that he liked his current afternoon hours just fine. The early stint…
Type: News