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Prescription drug savings plan offered to members
National Press Club members who do not have health insurance or who pay for their own prescriptions under a high deductible policy may want to look at a MedRxSave for Affinity Groups, a new pharmacy savings plan from the Club’s health insurance advisor, Affinity Group Underwriters. Members pay a one-time activation fee of $5.00 and can save hundreds of dollars per year on their prescriptions. For more information, go to www.affinitybenefits.com/npc or call 877-673-9797. No-cost, no-obligation advice and quotes on all types of health, life, disability and travel insurance are also available…
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Join Ted Turner, T. Boone Pickens at luncheon head table, April 19
Ted Turner, Chairman of Ted Turner Enterprises and CNN Founder, will join T. Boone Pickens, founder of BP Capitol, to debate the future of America’s energy policies during a joint National Press Club luncheon, Tuesday, April 19. Volunteers who cover issues relating to the luncheon's topics are being sought for the head table. Contact Kate Michael ([email protected]) Pickens will outline his “Pickens Plan” to reduce America’s dependence on OPEC oil with alternate energy sources and will discuss replacing oil with such renewable power sources as wind, solar power, and natural gas. Turner…
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January board minutes now available
Minutes of the January Board of Governors meeting are now available at http://press.org/sites/default/files/2011_1_21_bog.pdf.
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Hamrick highlights Newsmakers Committee stalwart Peter Hickman
In his latest blog post, National Press Club President Mark Hamrick highlights the contributions to the Club of longtime Newsmakers Committee member Peter Hickman. By his own count, Hickman has organized more than 1,000 Newsmakers, a Club-sponsored press conference. Hickman specializes in bringing foreign dignitaries and other diplomatic officials to the Club to analyze world events. About 146 of Hickman’s Newsmakers have featured heads of state, government or other political structures. “One of his Newsmakers featured 10 prime ministers at once,” Hamrick wrote in his blog on the Club…
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President Wilson visits Club during 1914 housewarming
This Week in National Press Club History March 20, 1909: The National Press Club marches from its crowded quarters at 1205 F Street to 15th and F Streets, in an extraordinary parade led by the city’s two tallest policemen and a brass band. The Club remains at this address until 1914. March 20, 1914: President Woodrow Wilson is the principal guest at the Club’s housewarming in its new quarters in the Riggs Building. His credentials as a writer make him a bona fide member of the Club. March 20, 2008: Football great Eli Manning speaks to the Club and wishes it “All my best!” This Week in…
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Mauro named to FOIA Hall of Fame
National Press Club member Tony Mauro has been named to the Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame, which recognizes people who have worked to promote the people's right to know. The honor is bestowed by the First Amendment Center. The organization studies and promotes freedom of speech, press and religion as well as the rights to assemble and to petition the government. Class of 2011 FOIA Hall of Fame:http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?item=FOIA_Hall_of_Fame#2…
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Sandy Ullman celebrates number 96
The Reliable Source hosted a unique celebration on March 11, when Sanford “Sandy” Ullman was feted by his National Press Club poker pals and Club staff on his 96th birthday. The celebration was complete with cake and candle (singular), compliments of Mesfin Mekonen, Reliable Source manager. Still active in the Club, Sandy became a member in 1971, when he came to Washington at the end of a distinguished and diverse career in journalism, writing, public relations and the military. Sandy claims to be the oldest surviving journalist in the Club because he was editor and publisher of the Rockaway…
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Scholarship Committee Seeks Judges
The Scholarship Committee will judge applications for the National Press Club's Scholarship for Journalism Diversity on April 9 or April 16. We'll go with the date that works for the most people. If you are interested in helping, contact Scholarship Committee Chair Andrea Snyder ([email protected]) by Friday, March 18. This scholarship, the Club's biggest, totals as much as $10,000 over four years and is awarded to a high-school senior who plans to become a journalist. It is designed to foster diversity in the field. The Club awarded this scholarship to Mary Susman last year. See http…
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Tales from the Tap Room: Club 'deans' discuss tumultuous times, 6:30 pm March 28
The National Press Club's three most senior former presidents will share a combined 265 years of experience and wisdom at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, in the Holeman Lounge. John Cosgrove, Allan Cromley and Donald Larrabee, the Club's three "deans," will reminisce and tell anecdotes about the tumultuous years when they led the Club. The free event, called "Tales from the Tap Room," is sponsored by the Club's History and Heritage Committee. Cosgrove led the Club in 1961, the first year of John Kennedy's White House residency, and JFK turned up unexpectedly at the Club to attend the Cosgrove…
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Freelance Committee meets, 8:30 am March 29
The National Press Club Freelance Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, in the McClendon Room. The Club's free breakfast will be available. RSVP to [email protected]. The Freelance Committee will host regular monthly meetings and events for Club members who are or are interested in becoming freelance news journalists. "The goal of the committee is to help Club members who are freelance news and feature journalists without a newsroom, to meet their particular needs and to help them develop as a vital part of the news reporting network in Washington and around the world," said…
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