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Club members invited to Global Security Forum, March 7
National Press Club member Gil Klein invites fellow members to attend the 2023 Global Security Forum sponsored by the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Center for Intelligence and National Security, March 7. Beginning at 9 a.m., the day-long program is being held in person in the Club's Holeman Lounge. It will focus on current and future challenges to global security in an ever-changing landscape. Speakers will examine how the United States and its allies can defend democracy in an era of threats from authoritarian nations, especially from an…
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Version of documentary on Modi, banned in India, to screen March 7
On Tues., March 7, at 6 p.m., a truncated version of "India: the Modi Question" will be screened in the National Press Club, followed by a panel discussion. This is a free event. RSVP online. After the BBC aired this documentary on Jan. 17, the Indian government used its emergency powers to ban it from being aired in the country. Modi’s government also forced Twitter and YouTube to block the documentary in India under a 2021 information technology law. The BBC documentary examines Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots when he was chief minister of the western Indian state. During the riots,…
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Executive Director Bill McCarren to retire
National Press Club Executive Director Bill McCarren, who returned the Club to financial health and made a mark worldwide as a tireless advocate for press freedom, will retire later this year after more than 15 years of service, according to a press release issued Friday by the Club. In anticipation of McCarren's retirement, the Club conducted an extensive, worldwide search for a successor. McCarren will continue his duties at the club until the new executive director is in place. Board of Governors hired McCarren, a Club member since 1986, as general manager in July 2007 and appointed him…
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Marine Corps Commandant Berger to address mission readiness at Headliners Luncheon, tomorrow
Gen. David H. Berger, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, will speak March 14 at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Marine Corps readiness and their mission focus following 20 years of operations in Afghanistan. Purchase tickets to attend the luncheon here.
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Club hires Didier Saugy of Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club to succeed McCarren
Didier Saugy, the general manager of the renowned Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) of Hong Kong, will succeed Bill McCarren as the National Press Club's executive director. The Club conducted a yearlong, global search to find its new executive director. McCarren announced earlier this week that he would retire this year. Didier will relocate from Hong Kong with his wife and 8-year-old son. The Club has not announced his start date. Didier Saugy The FCC, under Saugy's leadership since 2018, successfully weathered 2019 Hong Kong protests and the COVID-19 pandemic, remaining open and…
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Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to address post-Brexit concerns, today
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), will address the prospects for restoring government in Northern Ireland following the adoption of a new post-Brexit trade agreement at a Headliners Newsmaker at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at the National Press Club. This Headliners event is open to credentialed media and club members. Click here to register. To submit a question for the speaker, please email [email protected] and put DUP in the subject line. The deadline for submitting questions in advance is 9 a.m. on the day of the event. Britain and…
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Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill to address status of Northern Ireland government, today
Northern Ireland’s First Minister-elect Michelle O’Neill will address the state of US-Irish relations and the prospects for forming a new government in Northern Ireland at Headliners Newsmaker event on Thursday, March 16 at 2 p.m. This Headliners event is open to credentialed media and club members. Click here to register.
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Sunshine Week webinar: What to know about Internet shutdown trends, today
An open and free Internet is widely seen as essential to journalists to both conduct their reporting and to disseminate their work. But a worsening trend of authoritarian and illiberal governments moving to erect digital firewalls and cut off Internet access -- particularly during times of natural disaster or political crisis -- is imperiling the ability of large swaths of the global population to stay informed and for journalists to track critical news developments. A virtual panel discussion at 11:30 a.m., Friday, will delve deep into this worrying trend and the spread of Internet "kill…
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On Update-1, NPC’s 116th president lists her priorities for the Club: press freedom, media literacy, in-person events
In the current episode of Update-1, the National Press Club's podcast, Club President Eileen O'Reilly, who recently began her one-year term as NPC's 116th leader, speaks with Broadcast/Podcast Co-Vice Chair Adam Konowe about her priorities in office. Natiional Press Club President Eileen O'Reilly Not surprisingly, O'Reilly says that press freedom and media literacy top the agenda, but so do in-person events to help journalists and communicators derive maximum benefit from their membership. O’Reilly, who is managing editor of standards and training at Axios, also discusses importance of…
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