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"Scoop"' at Dec. 19 Books & Brunch
Evelyn Waugh’s classic comic novel, “Scoop” will be discussed at Books & Brunch at noon Saturday, Dec. 19, at The Fourth Estate Restaurant. Anyone wanting to attend should RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 17, to Rachel Belkind at [email protected] or Sean Reilly at [email protected].
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Media Training Basics, 2-4 pm Dec 4; Free for Members
Just a few seats remain for "Introduction to Media Training," NPC member Adam Konowe's class to empower public relations practitioners and spokespeople to create happy long-term relationships with journalists who cover their organizations on Friday, Dec. 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. This session will give young professionals, students and others seeking to polish their skills a primer on where media is today and how news happens. Participants will also get tips on how to field inquiries from journalists, interview successfully, and maintain proper attribution andconfidentiality. Konowe, a vice…
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Club Closed Thursday & Friday for Holiday
Happy Thanksgiving from the Board of Governors and the staff of the National Press Club. The Club will be closed Thursday and Friday for the holiday. The Wire will not be published those days.
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2,143 Books Sold at Fair
Book Fair attendees purchased 2,143 books from the 90 authors who offered their works at the Nov. 17 event. The top five sellers were: 80 books: "Dr. Galen's Little Black Bag" by Robert Comunale 79 books: "Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook" by Spike Mendelsohn and Carla Hall 66 books: "Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America" by Ann Coulter 57 books: "Kinky's Celebrity Pet Files" by Kinky Friedman 56 books: "Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do" by Helen Thomas and Craig Crawford
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Reception for Monaco Prince for Members with Luncheon Tickets, Nov. 30
Ticketed members and their guests only are invited to attend the VIP reception for the Nov. 30 luncheon with Prince Albert II of Monaco. The reception is at noon in the Holeman Lounge. Albert will greet guests through a receiving line until 12:20 p.m. Members and their guests may get in line as early at 11:50 a.m. Albert, the only son of Prince Ranier III and Princess Grace, will discuss his efforts to focus global attention on environmental conservation issues. The monarch is founder the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation set up to protect the environment and encourage sustainable…
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Intro to Media Training, 2-4 pm Dec 4; Free for Members
NPC member Adam Konowe will conduct "Introduction to Media Training" from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. The class is designed to empower public relations practitioners and spokespeople to build happy long-term relationships with the journalists who cover their organizations. It will offer young professionals, students on others seeking to polish their skills a primer on where media is today and how news happens. Participants will also get tips on how to field inquiries from journalists, interview successfully, and maintain proper attribution and confidentiality. Konowe is vice president of…
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"Streetcar" at Dinner & Movie, 7 pm Dec. 3
Didn't get to see Cate Blanchett play Blanche DuBois at the Kennedy Center? Settle on the next best thing -- the 1951 classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" will be shown at Dinner & Movie, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in the McClendon Room. Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following World War Two, "Streetcar" is the story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own. After being exiled from her hometown of Laurel, Miss., for seducing a 17-year-old boy at the school where she taught English,…
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This Week in National Press Club History
Nov. 22, 1932: President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the first VIP formally invited to address the National Press Club at dinner. The event is so well received that the Club decides to hold formal luncheons in the auditorium, which leads to the formation of the Speaker's program and the Club becoming a national forum. Nov. 22, 1957: The first NPC President's Ball features entertainment by comedian Sam Levinson, Eddy Arnold, Les Paul and Mary Ford. Nov. 23, 1909: Commander Robert E. Peary, USN, claims at the Club he is the first to reach the North Pole. This Week in National Press Club…
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RSVP for Books & Brunch Nov. 21
"The Ayatollah Begs To Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran" by Hooman Majd, an Iranian-American writer who is the grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, will be discussed at Books & Brunch at noon Saturday, Nov. 21, in the Fourth Estate Restaurant. RSVP by Nov. 19 to Rachel Belkind at [email protected] or Sean Reilly at [email protected] Selected by The Los Angles Times and The Economist as among the best books of 2008, "The Ayatollah Begs to Differ" is in paperback with a new preface that contains observations by Majd about the disputed June 2009 election…
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"Pay Czar" Luncheon Postponed
The Nov. 23 Luncheon speech of "pay czar" Ken Feinberg has been postponed.
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