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Club closed Monday to observe Independence Day
The National Press Club will be closed Monday, July 5, in observance of the July 4 Independence Day holiday. Need a grilling kit for your July 4 celebration? Don't forget to order a lobster-for-two chef-prepped package from the Club's Online Store by 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 1, for pickup or delivery Friday, July 2. Delicious details here.
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Pub Quiz returns in-person to Club, July 8
After 16 months of sheltering in place, socializing with friends and fellow National Press Club mates over spotty Zoom calls, and struggling with getting bumped out of breakout rooms, the Club’s Pub Quiz will resume live – in person! – in the Truman Lounge starting Thursday, July 8, at 7 p.m. Over the past year and a half, the novel coronavirus pandemic disrupted many social staples of DC – even permanently canceling events and establishments – but the Pub Quiz carried on in a virtual, online landscape. Despite the spotty disruptions and delays over Zoom, it was a fun experiment, even…
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Club Communicators Lunch and Learn: Managing Wikipedia, July 8
Wikipedia is one of the most used and powerful research tools online, with billions of people around the world every day looking up information in the free online encyclopedia. While Wikipedia has received praise for its enablement of the democratization of knowledge, it has been criticized for its perceived unreliability and for exhibiting systemic bias. On Thursday, July 8, at noon, the National Press Club Communicators Team will host a virtual Lunch and Learn educational session about how Wikipedia can help or hurt you and what communicators can do to manage the information on the site for…
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Former White House protocol chief Capricia Marshall discusses power of diplomacy, July 13
Ambassador Capricia Marshall will discuss her time as chief of protocol for the Obama White House during a National Press Club virtual event with Club President Lisa Matthews at noon Tuesday, July 13. Her experience has made her an expert in the Obama administration’s diplomatic history and the art of foreign relations. She has recounted her experiences in her book “Protocol: The Power of Diplomacy and How to Make it Work for You.” Club members are invited to join the conversation with Marshall, which will be broadcast live on the Club’s YouTube channel. Capricia Marshall Marshall was a…
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Correspondent Geoffrey Cain prepares to discuss China's 'Perfect Police State,’ Friday, July 16 at Noon
Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning foreign correspondent and National Press Club member, plans to discuss his new book The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future at a virtual event on Friday, July 16 at noon. Register for the event and get a calendar reminder here.
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Communicators plan to host education media virtual panel on Thursday, July 22 at Noon
A panel plans to examine the evolution of the media and education landscapes over the last year and the challenges and opportunities it has created during a virtual “Lunch and Learn” session hosted by the National Press Club's Communicators Team on Thursday, July 22 at noon. Registration is free for all Club members. NPC members must be logged into their online account to access the complimentary admission. Non-member guests may attend this online program for a $15 registration fee, with proceeds going to the Club’s Help The Heroes program, which provides freshly made to-go meals to front-…
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Belarus opposition leader to address unrest and attacks on media on July 20
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya will headline a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference at the Club at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 20. The event will take place in person at the Club and also will be live streamed on the Club's website and on its YouTube channel. Her visit to Washington comes amid continuing unrest in Belarus and attacks on the media following last year’s presidential election that Tikhanovskaya claims to have won by an overwhelming majority of the popular vote against incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled since 1994. She has appealed to Western…
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High-tech dystopian future has arrived for China’s Uyghurs, author says
Chinese Uyghurs wake up next to government minders. They are monitored 24 hours a day by a television camera in their homes. Their spouses have been taken away for unclear reasons to a concentration camp. This is reality in Xinjiang Province, China, journalist and author Geoffrey Cain told a National Press Club audience via live video on Friday, describing a “very eerie, dark, rapid deterioration” of the region. “It just blew me away,” he said of a 2017 trip there, where he stepped into a landscape thick with cameras and a palpable, “truly terrifying” sense of being watched around the…
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Communicators plan to look at education and the media July 22
The evolution of the media and education landscapes over the last year and the challenges and opportunities it has created will be the focus of a virtual Lunch and Learn session at noon Thursday, July 22. Registration is free for all Club members. NPC members must be logged into their online account to access the complimentary admission. Nonmembers may attend this online program for a $15 registration fee, with proceeds going to the Club’s Help The Heroes program, which provides freshly made to-go meals to frontline healthcare workers serving communities of color that are often the most…
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