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Plenty of opportunities for broadcasters in National Press Club journalism contests
The National Press Club wants to recognize the best broadcast journalism from 2020 and broadcast awards are given in a variety of categories. Get your entries in by the deadline of April 15. All contests carry a $750 prize except for Breaking News. Here are the categories recognizing broadcasters: -- Consumer Journalism: (including network, syndicates, cable and broadcast TV and radio stations) Entries can be a single broadcast or a series of broadcasts that will be judged as a unit. Include a letter detailing how the piece or series resulted in action by consumers, the government, the…
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Covering the Middle East is subject of March 22 talk with Al-Monitor’s Amberin Zaman
Al-Monitor senior correspondent Amberin Zaman Al-Monitor senior correspondent Amberin Zaman will take questions and reflect on her career as a foreign correspondent via Zoom at noon on Monday, March 22. Club members and the general public can register for the event on the Club website or here. Zaman examines the politics of Turkey, Iraq and Syria for Al-Monitor and writes the outlet’s daily Briefly Turkey newsletter. Prior to joining Al-Monitor, Zaman covered Turkey, the Kurds and conflicts in the region for The Washington Post, the Daily Telegraph, the Los Angeles Times and Voice of…
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to speak at March 26 Headliners Newsmaker
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will highlight his department's priorities at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event at 2 p.m. Friday, March 26. Access the event or download a calendar reminder here. This one-hour program will stream live as part of the Club’s Virtual Newsmaker series and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free of charge. Remarks will be followed by a moderated question-and-answer session. Viewers can send their questions for Vilsack via email to [email protected]. Please put Vilsack in the subject line. Vilsack, confirmed…
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New book by National Press Club member Mike Curley discusses how safe water, sanitation systems save lives
With 1 billion people around the world lacking water and 2 billion people lacking sanitation, the crux of providing safe drinking water and basic sanitation services relies essentially on having the know-how to amass, organize and guarantee financing, and less upon access to technology, Club member and author Mike Curley told a National Press Club Virtual Book Rap onThursday. After the fall of communism in the Soviet Union, water and sanitation systems in major cities collapsed. In rural villages in Kazakhstan, people working huge collective farms were left to fend for themselves for safe…
Type: News
Journalist and author Maria Hinojosa to discuss new book, immigration policy at Headliner book event, Nov. 12
Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa, an expert on immigration and the Latino experience in the United States, will discuss her new book, “Once I was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America” at a National Press Club Headliner Book Event at 4 p.m. on Nov. 12. Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa “Once I was You” is a deeply personal story of Hinojosa’s own experience of moving to the United States from Mexico and a powerful indictment of U.S. immigration policy under Democrat and Republican administrations. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club's website. To…
Type: News
Today: Former Sen. Dole to mark Veterans Day, 75th anniversary of WWII victory, 11 am
Former Sen. Robert Dole, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will headline a National Press Club virtual Newsmaker event commemorating Veterans Day and the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. He will be interviewed by Club President Michael Freedman.
Type: News
Election 2020 through the lens of a political analyst, historian and communicator on Update-1 podcast
Every election cycle is rich in political communication with many lessons not just for ordinary voters, but also for journalists and communicators.
Type: News
New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly to donate custom drawing for Fourth Estate Award Gala, Nov. 18
Renowned cartoonist and writer Liza Donnelly will create an exclusive, journalism-focused drawing for this year’s Fourth Estate Award Gala, which will take place virtually on Nov. 18. Tickets are available to Club members for $25 per household. In addition to gifting her incredible drawing talent and sharp wit in the form of a custom illustration for the event, Donnelly will share personal insights as she draws — a unique look inside an artist’s mind as she creates — during the program. The artist’s live digital reporting and cartoons have been featured in The New Yorker, where she has been…
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This week: 2020 Fourth Estate Award Gala honoring CBS News president Susan Zirinsky
The National Press Club Journalism Institute will honor Susan Zirinsky of CBS News at the 2020 Fourth Estate Award Gala on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 18. In addition to mingling in our custom-made virtual ballroom before and after the formal program, attendees will hear inspiring remarks from all the honorees, including the 2020 Fourth Estate Award honoree Susan Zirinsky. Zirinsky became CBS News president and senior executive producer of CBS News in 2019, after a decades-long career covering a range of historic stories. Zirinsky will accept the evening’s highest honor, the Fourth…
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Broadcasting legend Bob Costas explores state of American sports, Nov. 6
As the prime-time host of 11 Olympic games, seven Super Bowls, seven World Series, and 10 NBA finals, legendary broadcaster and play-by-play announcer Bob Costas has called some of the most significant moments in modern American sports history. Renowned sportscaster Bob Costas will discuss the intersection of sports and challenges facing society, such as the pandemic and racism. Costas will join National Press Club President Michael Freedman at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, for an in-depth discussion on the state of American sports amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the…
Type: News