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Friday: Southern Poverty Law Center CEO Huang to address growing hate crimes
Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang will address the increase in hate crimes in the United States and the current state of white supremacist groups in our nation at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker event on Friday, April 16, at 11 a.m. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. Access the event or download a calendar invitation here. Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Huang in advance or during the live program via email to Headliners@…
Type: News
CNN anchor Don Lemon to discuss book on racism, May 10
Don Lemon, host of "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon," will discuss his new book “This is The Fire: What I Say to My Friends about Racism” at a National Press Club Headliners virtual book event on Monday, May 10, at 2 p.m.
Type: News
Sen. Manchin and UMWA President Roberts to discuss energy transition, April 19
Joseph Manchin III, the senior senator from West Virginia and chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will join with the president of the United Mine Workers of America, Cecil E. Roberts Jr., at a National Press Club Virtual Headliners event on Monday, April 19, at 11 a.m. Roberts will announce the UMWA’s principles for addressing climate change, energy transition, and government policies that affect workers in coal production and other parts of the energy sector. Click here to watch the program or set a reminder. This one-hour news event will stream live on the club's…
Type: News
Journalism contest offers cash award for best political analysis
The National Press Club is looking for your best political analysis writing from 2020. Please enter that work in the journalism contest’s 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, and recognizes excellence in political analysis. There is a cash prize of $750 for the winner. The entry should be one article or a series of no more than three articles on a consistent topic. Judges will consider entries that, like Walczak's work, explain…
Type: News
Submit your entry for best media coverage by April 15
The Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism is an opportunity to showcase work published in 2020 that covered the media. The deadline for entries in the National Press Club awards contest is April 15. The Rowse awards are offered for print and broadcast and each has a $750 prize. The cost of an entry is free for Club members and $75 for non-members. Details for submission are available online. Entries can include up to five articles or broadcasts (not necessarily in the same outlet) and must be accompanied by a letter explaining the significance of the work and any subsequent actions resulting…
Type: News
National Press Club to highlight three major cases on World Press Freedom Day, May 3
≈ The National Press Club will host a virtual event at 10 a.m. Monday, May 3 – World Press Freedom Day - highlighting the cases of three journalists who need our help: Maria Ressa, Austin Tice and Emilio Gutierrez-Soto. To register for the event click here. All three journalists - Ressa, Tice, and Gutierrez-Soto - are past recipients of the Club’s John Aubuchon Award — the Club's highest honor for press freedom. Each is still struggling for freedom. Attendees will experience a virtual platform that looks and feels just like a visit to the Club, The World’s Leading Professional Organization…
Type: News
Today: Former New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman to discuss new book, "Animal, Vegetable, Junk"
Best-selling author Mark Bittman, former food columnist for The New York Times, will discuss his new book “Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal” at a National Press Club Headliners virtual book event at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 13. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Headliner series, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. You can access the event, download a calendar reminder or order a book (discounted for Club members) here. Viewers are…
Type: News
Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes plans Press Club virtual conversation, Thursday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m.
Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of the Washington Informer, plans to discuss the publication aimed at African-Americans, digital news services and the critical role of ethnic/racial community news outlets on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. This one-hour program, sponsored by the National Press Club Events Team, will stream live on the Club website and on the Club's YouTube Channel. It is free to both the media and the general public. Viewers are invited to submit their questions in advance or during the livestream at [email protected]. Rolark Barnes manages the daily operations of the award-…
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CNN international correspondent plans to discuss her career at Press Club virtual event on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 1 p.m.
In her 15-year career spanning four television networks, Clarissa Ward has crisscrossed the globe covering one major international event after the next. Her reporting has taken her everywhere from Putin’s Russia to earthquake-ravaged Japan to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. In recent years, Ward repeatedly braved the frontlines of conflict-ridden Syria with a fierce determination to show the human cost of war. Ward, CNN's chief international correspondent, plans to chronicle her career in a one-hour program that will stream live at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30. The free event, sponsored by the…
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Journalism Institute program on Sept. 16 plans to explore how to create a safer, equitable future for news
On-camera arrests, physical assaults in the field, verbal attacks and threats online, and an ongoing health crisis that has communities struggling in response. Safety for journalists has taken on a renewed sense of importance as newsrooms grapple with the convergence of hostility toward those in the field and systemic racism that pervades even the most revered journalistic institutions. This program, “Journalists in peril: Creating a safer, equitable future together,” plans to feature Alex Marquardt, senior national security correspondent at CNN; Sarah Matthews, a lawyer with the Reporters…
Type: News