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Best-selling author Les McKeown to serve advice at communicators breakfast Wednesday, March 5
Les McKeown, an advisor to companies and organizations on accelerated growth, will speak at the communicators breakfast on Wednesday, March 5 at 8 a.m., on how organizations can break through gridlock to achieve world-class success. Admission to the breakfast is free for members and $10 for guests. Click here to register. McKeown says every successful team has a critical player, “the Synergist,” who can lead three other types of players, the bold dreamers (Visionaries), the pragmatic realists (Operators) and the systems designers (Processors), and knit them together into a dynamic, well-…
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Club member Dickson to discuss latest book, 'Authorisms,' April 23
Celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday with National Press Club member and lexicographer Paul Dickson as he discusses his latest book “Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers” Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. William Shakespeare’s written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or popularized by him. Some of the words never went further than their appearance in his plays, but others—like bedazzled, hurry, critical, and anchovy—are essential parts of our standard vocabulary today. Dickson deftly sorts through neologisms by Chaucer (a ha), Jane Austen (base ball…
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Human rights activists to highlight global honor violence Monday, March 3
Two human rights activists will address honor violence – including forced marriage, disfigurement and female genital mutilation – at a Newsmakers news conference on Monday, March 3 at 10 a.m. Their purpose is to draw attention to the prevalence of honor violence in advance of International Women’s Day, and to promote passage of the International Violence Against Women Act now pending in the House of Representatives, Author Raheel Raza, founder of Canada’s Forum 4 Learning and Manda Zand Ervin, an Iranian political refugee who is dedicated to publicizing the plight of Iranian women under…
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Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to discuss world hot spots, Congress Tuesday, March 4
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell will address ongoing negotiations in world hot spots and the current state of politics and policy in Congress at a Newsmakers news conference on Tuesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. Mitchell served as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He has been U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, where he brokered the Good Friday Agreement of international peace for which he earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was also chief investigator into bribery at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games, and, more…
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Author O'Brien enthralls children with tales of talking horses at family book event
With her Irish lilt, tales of the magical, real-life town of Howth and talking horses, author Lara O’Brien enthralled children with a reading from her book, “Chesca and the Spirit of Grace,” Feb. 22 at the National Press Club. O’Brien, who came with maps of Ireland and Howth and pictures of the town’s beautiful seaside cliffs, spoke about her childhood in Ireland, her fascination with Ireland’s national hero, a pirate queen named Grace O’Malley, and her love of horses. “Howth is a magical, beautiful peninsula close to Dublin city, where Chesca’s story unfolds,” O’Brien told about a dozen…
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Award to honor best political reporting of 2013
The Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis goes each year to some of the best political coverage in the nation as part of the National Press Club's annual journalism awards. The deadline for entries is April 1, free for Club members and $50 for non-members. The prize for the winner is $750. For the first time, entries may be submitted online as well as by mail. For more information, click here. Awards categories include: breaking news, news photography, regional reporting on Washington, international coverage, consumer reporting, online journalism and newsletter journalism. Another…
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Learn to query large data sets with SQL March 11
Learn the fundamentals of Structured Query Language (SQL)Tuesday, March 11, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. SQL allows users to deal with much larger data sets than a simple spreadsheet does, and it allows more complex operations like matching items from two lists (“joining”). Learn the fundamentals of finding and importing data, and learn to write queries on your own. Instructor JoElla Straley will show you how to find connections in data that tell a story. Registration is required here and is $20 for Club members, $40 for others. All sales are final.
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Learn basic Excel skills for reporters March 10
Learn basic Excel skills for reporters Monday, March 10, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. Excel is packed with features to put you in control of your data, helping you to follow campaign money and hold the officials who spend our tax dollars accountable. Instructor JoElla Straley will orient reporters with basic and powerful features that make data analysis a snap, including importing, formatting and sorting. She will also introduce the fabulous PivotTable. Registration is required here and is $20 for Club members,$40 for others. All sales are final.
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THIS JUST IN! National Press Club wants to honor your best 2013 breaking news reporting
The breaking news award in the National Press Club journalism contest recognizes excellence in breaking news reporting with a competition for print/online. Another breaking news award is offered for broadcasters, mentioned in an earlier story. Entries will be judged for quality of reporting, speed and innovation. Particular attention will be given to reporting in the first 24 hours and the use of a variety of formats to reach news consumers. SCOTUSblog won the print/online Breaking News Award last year for its coverage of the Supreme Court's healthcare ruling. The entries should have no more…
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Observe 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act with Freedom Riders Thursday, March 20
Experience the incredible true story of Freedom Rider Joan Trumpauer Mulholland's courage to help change the world and see why The National Civil Rights Museum declared, "This film belongs alongside those of other freedom rights champions." Join Mulholland, civil rights activist Dorie Ladner, Freedom Rider Reginald Green and writer/director Loki Mulholland for a screening of the documentary "An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland” followed by a panel discussion at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, March 20, 2014 in the National Press Club conference rooms. The event will mark the…
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