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Communicators Breakfast Today to Discuss Internet Advertising
A panel of communications experts plans to examine the growth of native advertising and its effect on paid content today at a Communicators Breakfast at the Club. The event begins with breakfast at 8 a.m. in the Fourth Estate Restaurant. The program will begin at 8:30 a.m. The event is Communications and Marketing Committee. Banners and pop-up ads have become the billboards of the Information Highway. But like their terrestrial counterparts, web users have just a passing interest in them. So publishers increasingly are offering native advertising, a form of paid content that’s considered less…
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This Week In National Press Club History
Sept. 22, 2011: John Grisham, lawyer, politician, and author of legal thrillers that have sold over 250 million copies worldwide, including A Time To Kill, The Pelican Brief and The Firm, is presented the 2011 Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction. The award is co-sponsored by the University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal, and celebrates the role of lawyers in society and the ideals represented by Atticus Finch, the hero of Lee’s beloved novel To Kill A Mockingbird. David Baldacci, lawyer and writer of mystery thrillers that have been translated into over 45 languages, received…
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Pulitzer Winners Feted With Reception and Discussion Tonight
The NPC's Professional Development Committee recognizes this year's Pulitzer Prize in journalism winners with a reception and panel discussion on Monday, Sept. 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the NPC's Zenger Room. The National Press Club reception with light hors d’oeuvres is scheduled to be followed by a panel discussion starting at 6:30 p.m. in the NPC's Conference Rooms featuring some of the winners talking about “How I got the Story” and other aspects of producing prize-worthy journalism in today’s reality of budget cuts, layoffs and competition from so many sources of information competing for the…
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Documentary on China's Cultural Revolution to be Screened at Club Sept. 25
"The Revolutionary," a documentary about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, will be shown at the Club beginning at 6:30 pm Sept. 25. Chairman Mao Zedong's call to "make revolution" was answered by tens of millions of Chinese and one American. The Revolutionary is a feature-length documentary film about the Maoist Era and Sidney Rittenberg, an American who played an unprecedented role for a foreigner in Chinese politics. In Mao's last stand to hold on to power and to his political legacy, Rittenberg's personal relationship with China's leaders brought him both prominence and a long stay in…
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Press Club plans screening of 'The Revolutionary' on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 6:30 p.m.
The National Press Club plans to screen "The Revolutionary" in the Conference Rooms on Wednesday, Sept. 25 starting at 6:30 p.m. Admission to the screening is $5 for Press Club members and $10 for general admission. This is a ticketed event. Click here to jump to the ticket form. During China's Cultural Revolution, one of the most destructive and least understood political upheavals of the 20th Century, Chairman Mao's call to "make revolution" was answered by tens of millions of Chinese and one American. "The Revolutionary" is a feature-length documentary film about the Maoist Era and Sidney…
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Communicators Breakfast plans examination of native advertising’s effect on paid content
At the next National Press Club Communicators Breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 8 a.m., a panel of communications experts plans to examine the growth of native advertising and its effect on paid content. The event, which is sponsored by the NPC Communications and Marketing Committee, is scheduled to take place in the NPC's Fourth Estate Restaurant. A continental breakfast will be served starting at 8 a.m., and the panel discussion will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Admission is free for NPC members, and their guests are welcome for $10 per person. This is a ticketed event and registration…
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Get It Online Series showcases social media, C-Suite at Oct. 4 breakfast
Senior executives are using social media to define their personal brand and achieve results. To find out how, join fellow Communicator members and Vocus' social-media manager Stacey Miller for a special "Get It Online" series breakfast from 8:30 - 10 a.m. on Oct. 4 in the National Press Club's Truman Lounge. The event is hosted by the NPC's Communications and Marketing and Events Committees. There is no charge for Press Club members and, as always, breakfast is complimentary in the NPC's Reliable Source. Members may register their guests for $10. According to the 2012 Fortune 500 Social CEO…
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National Press Club plans to exhibit, discuss works of late photojournalist John Launois
The National Press Club is planning a special event Oct. 7 featuring an exhibit of the works of the late John Launois, famed photojournalist, and a discussion of the book L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life by his son and coauthor Chris Pan Launois. The reception will begin at 6 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge and feature a cash bar and hors d'oeuvres. The discussion will begin at 6:45 p.m. and conclude with a book signing. Tickets are $5 for NPC members; $10 for non-members. Register here. The club-member admission fee is waived with a pre-ordered copy of the book, an option that appears on the…
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National Press Club plans Book Rap featuring scientist Richard Dawkins, Sally Quinn
Pioneering scientist Richard Dawkins plans to discuss his new memoir An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist in conversation with Sally Quinn, editor-in-chief of the Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog, on Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the National Press Club Ballroom. This is a ticketed event and registration is required by clicking here. Tickets are $5 for Press Club members; $10 for the public. The club-member admission fee is waived with a pre-ordered copy of the book, an option that appears on the ticket form. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. No outside…
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Lawmakers plan to outline arguments against DOJ voucher lawsuit at NPC Newsmaker
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., plan to discuss the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit to block Louisiana's statewide school-voucher program at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 18th at 11:30 a.m.
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