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Celebrity Chef Spike Mendelsohn Presents 5-Course Dinner June 7; $70
Celebrity chef Spike Mendelsohn of Capitol Hill's Good Stuff Eatery and Bravo's Top Chef fame will present a comfort-food dinner Monday, June 7, featuring his favorite recipes from his new book, "The Good Stuff Cookbook." The dinner begins with a reception and a chance to chat with the chef at 6:30 p.m. followed by a five-course dinner with wine, beer and liquor pairings selected by Mendelsohn. The cost is $70 for members, $93 for non-members. Reserve by calling 202-662-7638 or email [email protected] . (Read more about Spike's cookbook and his new restaurant plans in today's Washington…
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This Week in National Press Club History
June 1, 1992: Former President Gerald R. Ford, in his fifth appearance at the National Press Club, finds “tremendous disillusionment across the country with politics generally” and says “the House has lost its capability to effectively handle the problems that are on its doorstep.” June 5, 1982: The “Wrecker’s Ball” celebrates the start of renovations of the National PressBuilding. June 5, 1974: Watergate legends Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein appear at a National Press Club luncheon. This Week in National Press Club History is brought to you by the History and Heritage Committee, which…
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Autumn Central Europe Trip, $4,155
The NPC trip to Central Europe -- Budapest, Krakow, and Hungary -- from Sept. 24 to Oct. 5 is beginning to fill up. The cost is $4,155 per person, double occupancy, and an additional single room supplement of $750. The trip includes economy-class air fares, superior first-class hotels, breakfast daily, a number of other meals, sightseeing and a professional trip escort for the entire time. For additional information, or to sign up, contact Richard Meyer at 703-356-6884 or [email protected].
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Pulitzer Winners Share Secrets, 9:30 am June 3
Washington Post reporters and authors of “Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery” will discuss how to dig up the big story and how to tell it well at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 3, in the Bloomberg Training Center. Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz will dicuss working sources, finding documents, constructing narratives and more. There is no charge for the 90-minute program, but reservations are required at [email protected] . Higham is a member of the Post’s investigations unit and a recipient of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Horwitz has been a member of the…
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Travel Photo Advice at Photo Committee Meeting, Noon, May 27
NPC member Michael Foley will speak at the Photography Committee luncheon meeting at noon on Thursday, May 27, in the McClendon Room. Foley will discuss, "Travel Photography: The Journey is the Destination.” He will describe how a photo trip can start at the window seat of a plane. He will provide tips for taking good travel shots and optimizing them using Photoshop. Foley’s topics will include using various focal lengths, shooting at different times of the day, creating panoramic shots, and carrying a small camera and a tiny tripod. Overall, Foley’s advice leads to one of his major points…
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This Week in National Press Club History
May 24, 1973: Performer Carole Channing appears at the Club’s “Lorelei” party. May 26, 1992: Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe urges the press to be more sensitive to people’s privacy. He had contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion. May 29, 1941: Gen. George C. Marshall, wartime Chief of Staff, gives his first address to the National Press Club, one of many American and Allied military leaders who have appeared at the Club. This Week in National Press Club History is brought to you by the History and Heritage Committee, which preserves and revitalizes the Club’s history through displays, panel…
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FOIA Class Still Open, 6 pm May 24
There is still space for a class on strategies for acquiring public records from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 24. The class, taught by David Cuillier, chairman of the Society of Professional Journalists Freedom of Information Committee, will offer ideas for document-based stories and strategies for successful records requests. The cost is $10 for NPC/SPJ members, $25 for non-members. Space is limited so you must RSVP: contact Nicole Nottingham at [email protected] or 202.662.7523 along with your NPC or SPJ number. Refreshments will be served. Reporters and editors will also learn about…
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Leinwand to Speak to Young Members, 6:30 pm June 15
USA Today reporter and former Club President Donna Leinwand will speak to the Young Members' Cocktails and Conversation at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 15. Leinwand covers the Justice Department, major crimes, legal issues, disastersand terrorism. She has reported on the Iraq war from Baghdad; Indonesiaand Thailand after the tsunami; more than 20 hurricanes; and the earthquake in Haiti. Previously, Leinwand worked as a regional reporter covering Congress and the federal government for Knight Ridder's Washington bureau and Gannett News Service. Space for the Young Members-only event is limited. To…
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Bootcamp Offers Multimedia Advice, Resources
Although the journalism industry is going through unprecedented and painful changes due to the migration of readership to the Internet, the profession will survive, and the skills that journalists use every day - finding and evaluating sources and information, analyzing trends, writing quickly and with high quality, developing subject area expertise - will continue to be in demand. Reporters trying to determine how to adapt to the new environment first and foremost need to be confident. At least one speaker in nearly every session had the same advice for Bootcamp attendees: Don't be afraid. "…
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Embrace Technology and Specialize, Veterans Tell NPC Bootcamp
There are three things you can do to stay competitive as the journalism industry is shifting: Be flexible, familiarize yourself with new technologies and specialize. Technology may be changing, but top journalists must still master the fundamentals of the business: good writing, solid news judgment and compelling storytelling. Those were just some of the tips offered by some of the media's top editors and experts at the Club's Journalism Survival Bootcamp May 15. Roughly 100 people turned out -- some traveling as far as New York -- to invest in their careers and hear from journalists at…
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