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Half-Day Seminar on Pitching Journalists in the Digital Age, April 9
A half-day conference on understanding the evolving relationship between PR and the media is at 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 9, in the Holeman Lounge. The cost is $155 for members and $185 for non-members. Reserve at www.press.org/prsmart This conference will help you discover the ways PR pros and reporters are interacting with social media, as well as teach you how to enhance your media relationships by intersecting with journalists where they are most likely to be found. Learn directly from reporters how technology has affected the way they do their jobs and how you can most effectively pitch…
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Lobster Night in the Fourth Estate, TONIGHT, March 31; $25 for Members
Steamed 1 1/4-pound lobsters will be served in the Fourth Estate Restaurant at dinner today, Wednesday, March 31. The price is $25 for members and their guests, $30 for non-members. The lobsters will be served with drawn butter and a choice of oven-roasted potatoes or fries and coleslaw or green salad. Diners are seated from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Reservations are required 24 hours in advance to assure service, but some may be available to walk-in diners. Call 202-662-7638 or email [email protected] to reserved. The lobster night special will be offered the last Wednesday of every month for a…
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Dogfish Head Beer Dinner 6:30 pm May 10, $70 for Members
Six beers from Dogfish Head Brewery will be featured at a five-course dinner in the Fourth Estate Restaurant at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 10. The cost is $70 for members and $93 for non-members. Reception: 60 Minute IPA -- intensely hopped, citrus, East Coast IPA. Hors d'oeuvres are Grafton cheddar cheese profiteroles, wild mushroom phyllo triangles, miniature reubens, and Indian pizza. Salad: Aprihop -- soft, velvety tone of apricot. Served with a salad of frisse, radicchio and spring mix, mang, oranges, dried apricots, red onions, almonds and citrus vinaigrette. Mezze: Indian Brown Ale -- well-…
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Iranian Photojournalist Speaks at 7 pm March 30
Iranian photojournalist Hasan Sarbakshian, whose home country refused to renew his press pass, will discuss the experience and his work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in the First Amendment Lounge. Since losing his ability to work in Iran, Sarbakshian moved to the DC area. This is the first of the Freedom of the Press Series, an event aimed at allowing international reporters speak out about their experiences trying to report in their home country.This event is free and open to the public an. If you have any questions, please contact Evan Sweetman at [email protected]
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Sign Up to be an NPC Mentor or Mentee; Applications Due April 15
Applications for participation in the 2010 National Press Club MentoringProgram are due Thursday, April 15. This is a one-year commitment aimed at benefiting members at all stages of their careers. The program is open to journalists and PR professionals. Once matches are made, mentors will be given a copy of the mentee'sapplication to the program. After meeting at a kick-off reception andbased on what the mentee said in the program application, mentors andmentees can mutually agree on how often they would like to have contactand under what circumstances. At minimum, a mentor should allow…
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Donation During Haiti Event Makes NBC Nightly News
Brian Williams' NBC Nightly News on Friday featured a clip from the Club's Haiti Night with a report on the $500,000 donation ofprosthetics made during the event on Thursday. Williams said NBC News had earlier reported on how the massive Jan. 12earthquake had resulted in a large number of amputees and then showed thedonation being made by Jeffrey Quelet on behalf of Ability Prosthetics andOrthotics of Gettysburg, Pa., to Haitian Ambassador Raymond Joseph at theNPC. To view the NBC News report, click http://npc.press.org/haitinight/
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This Week in National Press Club History
March 1939: Ambassador of Czechoslovakia Vladimir Hurban tells the Club of the capture of his country by the Nazis. March 29, 1966: India ’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi speaks on increasing Sino-Soviet tensions. April 1, 1983: Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda addresses a Press Club luncheon. This Week in National Press Club History is brought to you by the History and Heritage Committee, which is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions and lectures, as well as interviewing members as part of the Club’s oral history project. For more…
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Haitian Ambassador, Panel Discuss Nation's Plight, 6 pm March 25
Haitian Ambassador, Panel Discuss Nation's Plight, 6 pm March 25 Ambassador Raymond Joseph of Haiti will be the keynote speaker at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 25, in the ballroom. He will head a panel of experts who will provide an update on how the Caribbean nation is coping with the Jan. 12 earthquake. The event is open to the public. RSVP to Jan Du Plain at [email protected] or 202-486-7004
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Sign Up to be an NPC Mentor or Mentee; Applications Due April 15
Applications for participation in the 2010 National Press Club MentoringProgram are due Thursday, April 15. This is a one-year commitment aimed at benefiting members at all stages of their careers. The program is open to journalists and PR professionals. Once matches are made, mentors will be given a copy of the mentee'sapplication to the program. After meeting at a kick-off reception andbased on what the mentee said in the program application, mentors andmentees can mutually agree on how often they would like to have contactand under what circumstances. At minimum, a mentor should allow…
Type: News
Lobster Night in the Fourth Estate, March 31; $25 for Members
Steamed 1 1/4-pound lobsters will be served in the Fourth Estate Restaurant on Wednesday, March 31. The price is $25 for members and their guests, $30 for non-members. The lobsters will be served with drawn butter and a choice of oven-roasted potatoes or fries and coleslaw or green salad. Diners are seated from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Reservations are required 24 hours in advance to assure service, but some may be available to walk-in diners. Call 202-662-7638 or email [email protected] to reservet. The lobster night special will be offered the last Wednesday of every month for a limited time…
Type: News