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NEA chairman to speak on 'Creativity Connects' at Sept. 28 NPC breakfast
Jane Chu, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will outline her plans for the Arts Endowment’s 50th anniversary activities at a National Press Club Newsmaker breakfast on Monday, Sept. 28. The 11th chairman of the NEA, Chu will use her talk to launch a number of new initiatives, including “Creativity Connects.” The breakfast begins at 9 a.m. Chu’s talk will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by a question-and-answer session that ends at 10:30 a.m. The cost of breakfast admission is $23 for NPC members, $37 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased online. National Press Club members…
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Publisher promotes Eleanor Herman’s debut novel ahead of NPC Book Rap, Aug. 26
The publisher of the novel by National Press Club member Eleanor Herman,"Legacy of Kings: Blood of Gods and Royals," has produced a series of promotional web videos. Watch the videos and then sign up for the Club's Book Rap on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Ballroom. The event includes an author discussion, questions-and-answers from the audience and book signing. Tickets are $5 for National Press Club members and $10 for the public. Click here to register. The event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit NPC Journalism Institute, so no outside books or memorabilia is permitted. Books…
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to deliver major speech at Sept. 2 luncheon
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will deliver a major speech entitled “Lessons from the New South” at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Haley is the youngest governor in the country and the first female and first minority governor in South Carolina history. Last year she was re-elected by the largest margin of victory for a South Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 24 years. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $23 for National Press Club members (NPC Members may…
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Panel to focus on the cutting edge of multimedia news Sept. 16
The Freelance and Professional Development Committees of the National Press Club will join to host a panel discussion, “Digital: Cutting Edge Ventures in Multimedia Journalism,” on Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Zenger Room. This panel will bring together representatives from three major media outlets - Reuters, McClatchy and al Jazeera - that are building the latest in multimedia. Panelists will present their organizations’ work and discuss the foundation of their projects, the challenges they have encountered and what they have learned along the way. Panelists are: -…
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Three weeks away: Tony Horton's P90X Boot Camp workout, Sept. 3
Are you ready to BRING IT i Tony Horton, celebrity trainer known for creating the P90X® Extreme Home Fitness System, will once again lead a Washington, D.C. audience in a workout session at the National Press Club on Thursday, Sept. 3. The event is part of a week of activities leading up to the 18th annual National Press Club BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K race, for which Horton will serve as honorary marshal on Saturday, Sept. 5. Horton will lead a pre-race warmup before the race at 7:15 a.m.; the race will begin at 7:30 am. All proceeds from the workout and 5K will go to the scholarship and…
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Fourth Estate restaurant takes summer break; to close Aug. 17-29
The Fourth Estate Restaurant will be closed for two weeks for its annual summer break beginning Monday, Aug.17, through Saturday, Aug.29. It will reopen for regular dining hours beginning Monday, Aug. 31. But for National Press fans of the restaurant, all is not lost. Club members can still enjoy lunch and dinner in the Club's Reliable Source restaurant on the 14th floor.
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10 years after Katrina, New Orleans mayor to update city's recovery at Aug. 18 luncheon
A decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and nearly wiped out New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu will report on New Orleans’ steps toward urban renewal and economic recovery at a National Press Club luncheon on Aug. 18. Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, is the costliest disaster in U.S. history. When the levees failed, 80% of the city flooded and hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes. More than 1,800 people died. Today, New Orleans is one of the fastest growing major cities in the nation – and at the luncheon, Landrieu, who is serving his…
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Latest NPC podcast features expert on police use of lethal force
Incidents of lethal use of force by law enforcement officers that have dominated domestic news in recent months is the topic of the latest National Press Club podcast. In it, Adam Konowe, a member of the Club's Broadcast Committee, talks with an expert on the subject, Gary Harris of Meggitt Training Systems, a Georgia-based supplier of weapons training systems for military, law enforcement, federal and commercial applications. Harris, a retired law enforcement officer, explains how police training is created, funded and utilized, as well as the impact of mainstream and citizen journalists on…
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AME church senior bishop to discuss shootings in Charleston at luncheon Wednesday
The Right Rev. John Richard Bryant, senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will discuss the Charleston, S.C., church shootings at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, Aug. 12. At a prayer vigil after the shootings, Bryant invoked the African-American legacy of resilience, saying the shooting suspect, Dylann Roof, had "picked the wrong place and the wrong crowd." He then railed against gun violence in American society. In addition to serving as senior bishop, Bryant is the presiding prelate of the AME church’s Fourth Episcopal District. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p…
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Italy's first, only female Jewish rabbi to speak at Newsmaker Aug. 13
Rabbi Barbara Aiello, who serves Jews across Europe as an advocate for pluralistic Judaism, will address the challenges of serving as Italy’s first and only female rabbi at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference Thursday, Aug. 13. In many parts of the Jewish world – notably in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Israel itself – the number of female rabbis is increasing dramatically. Several rabbinical schools now boast classes that are 60 percent female. But as rabbi of the first active synagogue in Italy’s southernmost region, Calabria, Rabbi Aiello has faced not only the…
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