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Spring forward with NPC’s Pub Quiz at 7 pm on Thursday
“Beware the Ides of March!” Who said it? If you know the answer, well, then you’re just the person your trivia team needs for a jovial night of trivia and merriment from the comfort of your own couch. The National Press Club Virtual Pub Quiz is on for Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. via Zoom! Registration is easy. Gather your friends, form a team, designate your team captain, and then register here. If you have a team, make sure everyone registers via the Eventbrite link and create an amusing and imaginative team name. Don’t have a team? Don’t worry. Just register yourself and the Club will…
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NPC Communicators Team to host discussion of PR wire services, media databases at 6 pm on Thursday, March 11
Long before the introduction of email, paid wire services provided an effective and efficient way to distribute press releases because they went directly to the newsroom by teletype machines. Today, public relations practitioners have many more tools to reach key reporters and editors. Join the National Press Club's Communicators Team for an online discussion led by team member Steve Honig on the evolution of paid press release wires from print to digital systems. The session is scheduled for Thursday, March 11, at 6 p.m. Admission is open and free for all Club members and will be conducted…
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VOA White House bureau chief set to speak with Club members at 7 pm on Thursday, March 4
Voice of America (VOA) veteran Steve Herman plans to interact with members of the National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team during its meeting on Thursday, March 4, at 7 p.m. For a link to the meeting, which will last an hour and be presented on Zoom, contact team chair Mark Hamrick at [email protected]. The team and its meetings, usually on the first Thursday of the month, are open to all members of the Club. Before Herman's current stint in Washington, first as chief diplomatic correspondent and now as White House bureau chief, Herman served as VOA bureau chief in India, Korea and…
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Tonight: American Legion Post 20 to host Honor Guard society leader on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier centennial, 7 p.m.
This year's 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery is scheduled to be the subject of a virtual meeting of the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 on Monday, March 8, at 7 p.m. Retired Army Sergeant Major Gavin McIlvenna, president of the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and centennial chairman, plans to discuss the tomb's history and events planned in Washington and elsewhere for the centennial. The centennial date is Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11. A solemn ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery is planned…
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Learn how to rock your next (online or in-person) presentation with Communicators Thursday, noon
In the age of the videoconference, anything communicated using a screen is now compared with everything else on any screen, including the television screen. At the next “Lunch and Learn” hosted by the National Press Club Communicators Team, professional broadcast coach and Club member Nick Dalley will show how it’s relatively easy and inexpensive to plan and deliver a memorable online presentation to build your brand and keep your audience from Zooming out. This virtual session will be held Thursday, Feb. 25, at noon. Admission is complimentary for all Club members. Nick Dalley Click here…
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Cheer on your fellow journalists at National Press Foundation virtual awards night, Feb. 18
The National Press Foundation invites National Press Club members to join in a virtual celebration of award-winning journalism on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 5 p.m. The event is free. To register, click here. You’ll hear from award winners, including Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN, columnist George Will of the Washington Post, Editor of the Year Peter Bhatia of the Detroit Free Press as well as award winners from Time, USA Today and NPR. You may also convene in virtual rooms for networking and mini-master classes with award-winning journalists. Press Club Member David Lynch of the Washington Post and his…
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Play Ball: Club softball team seeks new players
The National Press Club's co-ed softball team is looking for new players to participate this spring. The season starts in late April. The team plays other media companies in a Montgomery County league. Most games are on Saturdays. Anyone interested should email Jim Rubin at [email protected].
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Club added 15 members in January
The National Press Club welcomed 15 new members in January: Vincent Molinari, Founder/CEO, Molinari Media/FINTECH.TV Kavita Gupta, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Fintech.TV Kevin Bohn, Supervising Producer, CNN Madelaine Pisani, Staff Correspondent, National Journal Adam Causey, News Editor for Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, The Associated Press Mike Rezendes, Senior Investigative Reporter, The Associated Press Linda Russano, Freelance Journalist Kai Bird, Executive Director, Leon Levy Center for Biography, CUNY Graduate Center Rafael Lorente, Associate Dean, University of Maryland…
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Browne-Marshall wins grant from Pulitzer Center
National Press Club member Gloria Browne-Marshall received a Pulitzer Center grant to produce a virtual staged reading of her play, “SHOT: Caught a Soul.” “Shot is about a dead 16-year-old black teen haunting the white officer who shot him,” Browne-Marshall said. The play “speaks to unseen anguish and police rationalizations.” Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Browne-Marshall wrote an accompanying essay published by the Milwaukee Courier. “I write across genres,” she wrote because “my community needs all of me.” "Gloria Browne-Marshall combines her skills as a journalist, educator, and…
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Applications open for Columbia Energy Journalism Initiative
The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University is excited to announce an open call for applications for the 2021 Energy Journalism Initiative seminar, which will be held online on June 15-18. Each year, the Center on Global Energy Policy invites journalists from around the world to participate in the annual Energy Journalism Initiative seminar. Apply online. Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 1. Taught by CGEP scholars, Columbia faculty, and other academic, industry and government experts, the four-day seminar offers journalists the opportunity to learn about the…
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