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Submit your best work of 2020 to the Club journalism contest by April 15
The National Press Club journalism contest is accepting your best work of 2020 until April 15. The Club is looking for the best work from 2020 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 younger journalists and Washington regional writers. Along with the most popular awards categories, such as consumer news and political news, we are especially in the market for entries about coverage of the media (the…
Type: News
‘The Underfoot’ graphic-novel series co-creators plan Member Book Talk for 7 pm on Tuesday, April 13
National Press Club member Emily S. Whitten, co-writer of the award - nominated “The Underfoot” graphic-novel series, along with co-writer Ben Fisher and artist Michelle Nguyen, plan to discuss the second book in their series, The Underfoot: Into the Sun, during a Virtual Member Book Talk on Tuesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. The event is open to everyone but to be admitted to the Zoom event, you must RSVP by email to Heather Forsgren Weaver at [email protected]. The Virtual Member Book Talk is slated to preview the second book in the series, Into the Sun, which is scheduled for…
Type: News
CEO of American Association for the Advancement of Science will discuss federal science spending at Headliner, April 5
Dr. Sudip Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), will analyze President Biden’s budget requests for science activities at a National Press Club Virtual Headliners event at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 5. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. To access the program or download a calendar invitation, click here. Parikh, a former U.S. Senate Appropriations clerk and National Institute of Health researcher, will share his assessment about the…
Type: News
Will the use of artificial intelligence save journalism? Register for March 26 program
Join Francesco Marconi, who helped lead the development of artificial intelligence in journalism for The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, for a perspective on the potential of these technologies. Registration is open for this online program, presented by the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Press Club’s Communicators Team. It will run from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 26. Marconi will explain how journalists and communication professionals can avoid pitfalls while taking advantage of the possibilities AI provides to develop new ways of…
Type: News
Former White House press secretary Dana Perino to speak at Headliners event, March 30
Former White House press secretary and current Fox News contributor Dana Perino will discuss her newly released book, “Everything Will be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (from a Former Young Woman)” at a National Press Club Headliners event noon Tuesday, March 30. The one-hour program will be streamed live on the National Press Club’s website as well as the YouTube Channel. It is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free of charge. To access the livestream or download a calendar invitation, click here. Perino will discuss how young women in the workforce, from…
Type: News
NAACP President Derrick Johnson to speak on issues of representation in arts and entertainment at Headliners event, March 31
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will discuss issues of Black representation in the arts and media at a National Press Club Headliners event at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 31. To access the livestream or download a calendar invitation here. The one-hour program will be streamed live on the Club’s website as well as the YouTube Channel. It is accessible to both the media and members of the general public and free of charge. Questions must be submitted in advance. Please type NAACP in the subject line and email to [email protected]. Johnson will discuss the NAACP Image Awards, which …
Type: News
Time to prepare consumer journalism entries for the National Press Club contest
The National Press Club recognizes excellence in reporting on consumer topics, both print and broadcast. 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. The categories are for (1) newspapersm (2) periodicals (including magazines, journals, newsletters and online reporting), and (3) broadcast (including network, syndicates, cable and broadcast TV and radio stations) Each entry is a single article or broadcast or a series of related articles or…
Type: News
Books & Brunch to discuss "The Vanishing Half" April 17
Books & Brunch will meet via Zoom at noon Saturday, April 17, to discuss "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett. Named a best book of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time and NPR, "The Vanishing Half" examines sisterhood, Black identity and parenthood through the story of twins Stella and Desiree Vignes, who flee their home in rural Louisiana for New Orleans where one of the twins discovers she can pass as white. To RSVP and receive a Zoom link, please email Fay Iudicello at [email protected]. Those who RSVP should expect to receive the Zoom invitation at 9 a.m…
Type: News
Update-1 focuses on the rise in murders of journalists
Courtney Radsch, advocacy director, Committee to Protect Journalists The number of journalists killed on the job has been on the rise as reprisal murders more than doubled last year worldwide. In the latest edition of Update-1, the National Press Club podcast, Broadcast/Podcast Team member Tom Young talks to Club member Courtney Radsch, advocacy director for the Committee to Protect Journalists, about the most dangerous countries for journalists, and why 80% of the people responsible for their murders never face charges. Radsch also discusses the alarming rate at which journalists have…
Type: News
Media law for reporters and editors is subject of Journalism Institute seminar, March 31
Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute for an overview of copyright perils and solutions, presented by three lawyers with the media and entertainment law group of Ballard Spahr LLP. Registration is now open for this program, which will take place online from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31. The institute has waived fees for all of its services due to the pandemic, Topics will include best practices for the fair use of unlicensed work, calibrating how much is too much when quoting or using someone else’s work, and determining rights to an image and how to license it…
Type: News