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Learn how to find and analyze climate data, March 11
In honor of Sunshine Week, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and Freedom of the Press Committee will hold a discussion obtaining climate data and improving coverage The conversation will take place in the Murrow Room and run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 11. Admission is free but registration is required. There will be time for questions at the end. Participants will learn what quality government/academic/private data sets are available to reporters and how to get them, how to analyze the data and what red flags to watch out for, and how to determine how independent…
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NPC in history: Women’s National Press Club centennial
In the early part of the 20th century, professional and social clubs separated by sex flourished. The National Press Club was founded by a bunch of men who wanted a place to go after hours to drink, play poker and pool, and smoke cigars. The language tended to the colorful side. What self-respecting, early-20th century woman would want to be part of that? But by 1919, a couple of things had changed. World War I had opened more journalism jobs to women. With the headquarters of the women’s suffrage movement based in Lafayette Park, practically within sight of where the Club was then located…
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Have your funny writing recognized by the National Press Club
The National Press Club is seeking the best comedic writing for its annual journalism awards. The Angele Gingras Humor Award is aimed at those with a talent for humorous writing for newspapers and news websites. The award is named for a longtime Club member who had a talent for humor writing. The award is given for work from 2018. To apply please submit three examples of a humor feature or column that appeared in a general circulation newspaper or online journalism site. The winning entry receives a $750 prize. The deadline is April 15. The entries can be submitted online or by the more…
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National Press Club wants to see your best journalism about animals and their welfare
Time to prepare your entries for the Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award, which honors the best journalism on animals and their welfare each year. The award is given as part of the National Press Club journalism contest. The prize is given for the best coverage in 2018 that educates the public about threats facing animals. The award was established by the family of journalist and longtime Club member Ann Cottrell Free, who wrote extensively about animals and their welfare. Entries must consist of a single article or broadcast, or a series of up to five related articles or broadcasts,…
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National Press Club to recognize the best newsletter journalism from 2018
Some of the most important coverage of specific news topics comes from newsletter journalism. The National Press Club wants to honor the best reporting published in newsletters in 2018. The winning entry receives a $750 prize. The deadline is April 15. The entries can be submitted online or by the more traditional method of mailing them in. The winner is expected to be honored at a dinner at the Club this summer. Members can enter for free and nonmembers pay $60 per entry. The contest includes awards for political reporting, regional reporting on Washington, international coverage, consumer…
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NPC in History: John and Yoko
It’s a story of sex, drugs and rock and roll; a child-custody battle and anti-war protests; political chicanery, immigration law and artistic freedom. It’s the story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and for at least one morning, it happened at the National Press Club. John Lennon, a member of the Beatles, married performance-artist Yoko Ono in 1969. For decades, until fellow-Beatle Paul McCartney denied it, many people believed that the marriage helped break up the Beatles. The couple were an international sensation. John and Yoko became political activists in the early post-Beatle years,…
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Press Club looking for the best political writing, analysis from 2018
The National Press Club wants to see the best political reporting and writing from 2018 for the annual journalism contest. The best work will be recognized with the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis. This award is named in memory of Lee Walczak, a Washington editor, bureau chief and White House correspondent who worked for Bloomberg News and Business Week. Entries should be one article or a series of no more than three articles on a consistent topic. Judges will consider entries that explain why things happen, putting them in context and look at what’s likely to happen next. The…
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A chance to honor the best, most creative online journalism
The National Press Club wants those who have done the most innovative online journalism in 2018 to enter their work in the competition for the Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award. The winner of this Club award will have done original reporting and have taken advantage of online technology, such as interactive databases, primary-source interviews, and accompanying charts and graphs, in order to provide a thorough and graphically-attractive report. This award is intended to recognize the best journalism that uses online technology to provide a more compelling report than a print or…
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Experts plan to review 2018 hurricane season, look ahead to 2019 season, March 5
With another hurricane season in the books, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hurricane-forecasting expert Dr. Gerry Bell and MIT disaster-resilience expert Jeremy Gregory plan to discuss the impact of the 2018 storms and how to prepare for the 2019 season at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5, in the Bloomberg Room. The news conference is open to credentialed media and Club members free of charge, however, registration is required. Bell, a hurricane climate specialist and research meteorologist at NOAA's Climate Prediction…
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NPC in History: The Greatest
“The Mouth that Roared” "The Louisville Lip” “The greatest athlete of all time.” Whatever anyone thinks about Muhammad Ali, he knew how to capture a crowd. He appeared at the National Press Club on Aug. 27, 1976, with boxer Ken Norton one month before their heavyweight championship bout at Yankee Stadium. At the head table were boxer Joe Frazier, comedian Dick Gregory and boxing promoter Don King. Trying to keep control of the luncheon was Club Vice President Robert Farrell of McGraw Hill. If Club members thought they were coming for a back and forth between the boxers about the upcoming…
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