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Top journalism on aviation, aerospace, defense eligible for Michael A. Dornheim award
Those who report and write about aviation, aerospace and defense are encouraged to enter their best work from 2018 in the National Press Club’s annual journalism contest. The Michael A. Dornheim Award is presented in honor of the late Michael Dornheim, a longtime reporter and editor at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. The recipient must be a working journalist writing about aerospace, defense, the airline industry, or aerospace science and engineering. The winner gets a $1,000 prize. The Club, a national leader among journalism organizations, encourages those who write on such…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post editor Maraniss to discuss blacklisting of his journalist father in book talk, May 17
Journalist David Maraniss, whose coverage of Bill Clinton as a presidential candidate earned a Pulitzer Prize, will discuss his latest book, “A Good American Family,” at a National Press Club Headliners breakfast on May 17. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. with a light breakfast of coffee, tea, muffins and pastries. The program begins promptly at 9 a.m. Maraniss, an associate editor at The Washington Post, has written 11 books, including biographies of Barack Obama, Vince Lombardi, Al Gore and Roberto Clemente. In his twelfth book, he turns his journalist’s eye on his own family. To reserve your…
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Journalism contest seeks best coverage of foreign affairs from 2018
The best journalism about foreign affairs in 2018 should be entered in the National Press Club’s annual journalism contest. The winners in both print/online and broadcast will get the Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence. The award is named for Hood, a distinguished diplomatic correspondent for The Associated Press and a founding member of the Club. Entrants must demonstrate an understanding of American foreign policy and how foreign affairs affect those policies. Entries can be a single article or broadcast or a series (maximum of 5) that will be judged as one unit. Include a…
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Journalism contest seeks best breaking news coverage from 2018
The National Press Club journalism contest needs your entries in the breaking news category, both in print/online and broadcast, by April 15. Coverage of breaking news requires a combination of skills, judgement and hustle. 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. Click here for more information and instructions on submitting. The entries should be no more than five stories, written or assembled under deadline pressure, covering a…
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Panel calls sanctions an effective tool to protect press, but only if actually used
The assassination of The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi sparked outrage on Capitol Hill,prompting a bipartisan collection of senators to trigger an investigation under the Global Magnitsky Act, a panel of human rights experts told a National Press Club audience Monday. The Act is a 2016 law that sets the stage for levying sanctions against individuals responsible for human rights violations. The threat of such sanctions could be an important tool to protect journalists across the globe, the panel said. That is, they emphasized, if the U.S. is actually willing to take action,…
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Freed hostage Rezaian says return not always easy
Freed Iranian hostage Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post, happily reunited with his wife and thankful for their “wonderful reception,” called their 37 months of freedom “a full ride, sometimes rocky.” “It’s not been easy,” Rezaian said Monday evening at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap, which was held to note publication of his book, "Prisoner." He and Club President Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak chatted from chairs on the Club ballroom’s stage. Midway through their conversation, Kodjak invited Rezaian’s wife Yeggi, who was born and raised in Iran, to join them. Holding hands…
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Journalism award recognizes the best work on aging
The National Press Club journalism contest offers an award for the best journalism from 2018 on aging. The Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics rewards top reporting on aging. Named after Joseph D. Ryle, a longtime National Press Club member, the $750 award honors excellence and objectivity in coverage of the problems faced by the elderly. To apply, please submit one article or a series of no more than five articles on a consistent topic that appeared in either broadcast, a general circulation newspaper or an online journalism site last year. The…
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NPC in History: What Martin Luther King told the Club
Perhaps one of the most important – and, ironically, quickly forgotten – speeches made at the National Press Club was on July 19, 1962, when Martin Luther King Jr. was the first African-American speaker at a luncheon forum. He came to the Club fresh from a protest in Albany, Georgia. He had refused to pay a fine and been sentenced to jail for his part in leading the civil rights protests to end legal segregation and demand voting rights. Instead of spending 45 days behind bars, he appeared at the Club's podium because his fine had been paid by a secret white supporter, who later was revealed…
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Journalism contest seeks best consumer reporting
The National Press Club wants to see your best work in consumer journalism from 2018, both in print and broadcast for the Club’s annual journalism contest. These awards recognize excellence in reporting on consumer topics. Judges will look more favorably on solution-oriented or strategic-oriented pieces that prompt action by consumers, the community, the government or an individual. The deadline to enter is Monday, April 15. The categories are for (1) newspapers; (2) periodicals (including magazines, journals, newsletters and online reporting); (3) And broadcast (including network, syndicates…
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Press Club announces ‘Night Out for Austin’ set for May 2, 2019
The National Press Club is leading an effort to double the $1 million reward for actionable information leading to the safe release of journalist Austin Tice by creating and sponsoring a Night Out for Austin set for May 2, 2019. The Club is urging Washington-area restaurants to follow its lead and donate 50 percent of that night’s restaurant revenues to a Free Austin fund. Additionally, the Club is producing information that restaurants can post and make available to customers to educate them about Austin’s plight. The Club has 3,100 members, Club President Andrea Edney told a Headliners…
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