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Latest Club Podcast Starts Series on Social Media
Update-1, the Club's podcast, begins 2016 by focusing on social media. In the first of a five-part series, National Press Club Board of Governors member Molly McCluskey discusses the role of digital platforms in journalism with another NPC board member, Evan McMorris-Santoro, the White House reporter for BuzzFeed News. They talk about BuzzFeed's progression as a journalistic entity, the diversity of news coverage that BuzzFeed and other news organizations provide, and the need for quality journalism regardless which social media platform is used for distribution. All podcasts are on www.press…
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Club bartender Richard McClary hangs up the bar towel
On Fridays when I log off from work, I often tell my editor I'm signing off to dig into some National Press Club tacos and get some much needed R&R -- Richard McClary and Raul Mansilla, the Club’s night bartenders. Unfortunately for me and many Club members, McClary has decided it's time to hang up the bar towel and get some R&R of his own. After 49 years at the Club, McClary, better known as “Rich” or “Richie” to Club members, retired on Dec. 31. The Club is hosting a reception to honor McClary at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the First Amendment Lounge. The event is open to Club…
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Sexual assault panel 1 p.m. on Friday
Bill Cosby's arrest on Dec. 30 guarantees that sexual assault will continue to be in the headlines this year. To prepare for the journalistic challenges ahead, an expert National Press Club panel will discuss covering sexual assault. The event will take place in the Zenger Room on Friday, Jan. 8th from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Tickets are required and can be purchased here. The price for NPC members including service charge is $6.24; non-members pay $11.29. Panelists will include: Liz Securro, who was brutally raped in 1984, and was not able to hold her attacker accountable until he wrote her a…
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New data to be presented Thursday, Jan 14 shows abuse an issue for 1 in 5 women on campus
Lisa Maatz, vice president of government relations and Anne Hedgepeth, government relations manager at the American Association of University Women will address Trends in Campus Sexual Violence at a Thursday, Jan. 14 Newsmaker at the National Press Club. Newly reported data required by the Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1990 indicate that the annual statistics collected by colleges and universities still do not tell the full story of sexual violence on campus. More than one in five college women report experiencing physical abuse, stalking,…
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Tom Friedman To Lead Monday, Jan. 11 Panel On Impact of Paris Accords On Electric Utilities
Pulitzer Prize winner and best selling author Thomas Friedman of The New York Times will visit the National Press Club on Monday, Jan. 11 to lead a panel discussion on the impact of the recent U.N. Climate Conference in Paris and what it will mean for the U.S. electric utility industry and their customers. This program is sponsored by the Club’s Events Committee. Friedman has written about the Paris Conference and what it will mean in a recent column. The panel, which includes such energy leaders as: Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute; Larry Kellerman, managing partner at…
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House Armed Services Committee chairman to speak at Wednesday, Jan. 13 luncheon
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 13. Thornberry will discuss national security issues, President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and his agenda for military overhaul in the year ahead. Thornberry champions military acquisition and personnel overhaul efforts and is looking at ways to overhaul how the Pentagon buys its weapons systems, involving defense contractors in the effort. Thornberry succeeded in January 2015 Rep. Buck McKeon of California, who retired. Thornberry was first elected…
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Update-1 podcast to air five-part series on social media starting Wednesday
Update-1, a podcast produced by the National Press Club's Broadcast Committee, will publish a five-part series on social media beginning this Wednesday, Jan. 6. The series will publish every Wednesday, concluding on Feb. 3. NPC members Molly McCluskey, Shannon Fisher and Jennifer Strong will serve as host throughout the series,the first series in Update-1’s history. Topics to be covered include social media’s growing role in journalism, its ability to amplify visual storytelling, and its varying success as individual profit-driven companies. Update-1 is produced by Mike Hempen with…
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Survivor to participate on Jan. 8 sexual assault panel
Liz Securro, brutally raped in 1984, was not able to hold her attacker accountable until he wrote her a letter apologizing for what he had done -- 20 years later. Securro, the author of Crash Into Me: A Survivor's Search for Justice, will participate on a National Press Club panel on covering sexual assault. The event will take place in the Zenger Room on Friday, Jan. 8 from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Tickets are required and can be purchased by clicking here. The price for NPC members including service charge is $6.24; non-members pay $11.29. Other panelists will be journalist Kristen Lombardi,…
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McClatchy's Allam joins Grisco, Meyer on Tues., Jan. 5, Pulitzer panel
McClatchy foreign affairs correspondent and Pulitzer Prize Jury Chair Hannah Allam will join the Tuesday, Jan. 5, National Press Club panel discussion on entering the Pulitzer competition. Allam will join Jill Grisco and Josh Meyer on the 9:30 a.m. panel that will provide advice and perspective on seeking the biggest prize in journalism. Jill Grisco is the contest coordinator for The Washington Post, which is always in the running. Josh Meyer, the former Los Angeles Times reporter and current Medill Washington lecturer was on the jury that awarded the Public Service Medal to The Post and…
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Former Senate leaders Lott, Daschle plan National Press Club Book Rap, Jan. 19, 6 p.m.
Former Senate Majority Leaders Trent Lott and Tom Daschle plan to discuss their new book, "Crisis Point: Why We Must -- and How We Can -- Overcome Our Broken Politics in Washington and Across America," at a National Press Club Book Rap on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. Please note the new time. The event was originally scheduled for later. Tickets are $5 for Press Club members and $10 for the public. The book and tickets are available online here for purchase. The event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. No outside books or memorabilia permitted. Books…
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