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Wanted: The best analytical coverage of politics from 2020
Time to pull together your best political analysis writing from 2020 for the National Press Club's annual journalism contest. Please enter that work for the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis. This award, named in memory of Lee Walczak, a Washington editor, bureau chief and White House correspondent who worked for Bloomberg News and BusinessWeek, recognizes excellence in political analysis. The entry should be one article or a series of no more than three articles on a consistent topic. Judges will consider entries that, like Walczak's work, explain why things happen by describing new…
Type: News
Former hostages discuss how to end hostage-taking as a diplomatic tool, Feb. 12
A panel of former hostages will discuss how the U.S. government can end the use of hostage-taking as a diplomatic tool at a National Press Club virtual Headliners event Friday, Feb. 12, at 11 a.m. The Biden Administration said earlier this month that recovering Americans held hostage or unlawfully detained in foreign countries is a top tenet in its diplomacy. “In my call with families of loved ones held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad, I reaffirmed that their family members are a top priority in our diplomatic engagement,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote on Twitter after…
Type: News
Looking for your best 2020 work in consumer journalism
Consumer journalism is among the most important and competitive categories in the National Press Club journalism contest. We want to see your best work in consumer journalism from 2020, both in print and broadcast for the annual contest. These awards recognize excellence in reporting on consumer topics. Judges will look more favorably on solution-oriented or strategic-oriented pieces that prompt action by consumers, the community, the government or an individual. The deadline to enter is April 15. Details on the different awards categories and how to enter the contest can be found online. The…
Type: News
Enter your best 2020 coverage in Club's annual journalism awards contest
The time has come to prepare your entries for the National Press Club journalism contest. The awards page is open to receive your online entries. Submit early and often, but definitely by the April 15 deadline. The Club is looking for the best work from 2020 by those covering consumer news, politics, creative online journalism, challenges for older people, animal rights and their treatment, foreign coverage, aviation and technological issues, excellent newsletter work and humor writing, as well as entries submitted by younger journalists and Washington regional writers. Most of the categories…
Type: News
Frontline photojournalists share tips on preventing burnout, ensuring equity, Feb. 12
Visual journalists have been on the front lines of the pandemic, injured at protests and attacked at the Capitol insurrection. Holding a camera makes those who are reporting on events a visible target for law enforcement or people angry at the media. And working remotely is not an option when you’re the community’s eyes and ears at the scene. So how do we care for photojournalists facing more pressure than ever under exhausting and dangerous circumstances? Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Press Photographers Association for honest answers to this question…
Type: News
Interim CEO of Girl Scouts to speak at Headliners Newsmaker, Feb. 11
When COVID-19 forced schools online and threatened to wipe out extracurricular activities, the Girl Scouts took its "Be Prepared" motto to heart and persevered. Girl Scouts of the USA Interim CEO Judith Batty will explain how the organization pivoted to pandemic footing -- and saved the annual cookie sale -- at a National Press Club Headliners event at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11. Judith Batty This one-hour program will stream live as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Newsmaker series, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Download a…
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Great-granddaughter of crusading journalist Ida B. Wells to discuss book, 'Ida B. the Queen,' Feb. 23
Author Michelle Duster will discuss her book "Ida B. the Queen," chronicling the life of her great-grandmother, the journalist, suffragist and civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells, at a virtual National Press Club Headliners book event at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23. The hour-long program will be live-streamed. The program is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free of charge. Click here to download a calendar reminder or to access the webcast. Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Duster in advance or during the live program via email to Headliners@Press.…
Type: News
Current Update-1 podcast: NPC's 2020 president describes leading the Club during coronavirus pandemic
The National Press Club's 2020 president, Michael Freedman, had the daunting challenge of leading the Club during the coronavirus pandemic. In the current edition of the Club podcast Update-1, Freedman describes his experiences. He discusses with Broadcast-Podcast Committee member Irv Chapman how the club suspended all in-person services in March and then successfully pivoted to virtual Newsmaker and Headliner interviews, conducting more than 40 virtual events and in the process booking guests who normally would not have been available. Freedman also talks about how the club's virtual…
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Washington Post Media reporter Farhi, Director Jesse Dylan to discuss "Soros" documentary, April 16
Jesse Dylan, director and producer of "Soros" Jesse Dylan, director and executive producer of “Soros,” a documentary about billionaire activist, investor and “The Man Who Broke the Bank of England” George Soros, will appear at a National Press Club virtual event to discuss the film and its somewhat mysterious subject on Friday, April 16, at 2 p.m. Members of the National Press Club can register online to receive a link to watch the documentary, free-of-charge, in advance of the event. Non-members are encouraged to access the film at www.sorosfilm.com. Most recently the target of Myanmar’s…
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Fauci to provide COVID and vaccine briefing, April 6
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical advisor to President Biden, will discuss the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic and the status of the nation's vaccination program at a National Press Club Virtual Headliners event on April 6 at 2 p.m. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club's website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer period moderated by National Press Club President Lisa…
Type: News