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Did You Know? Club offers free afternoon coffee to members
Did you know the Club has complimentary coffee service every weekday starting at 3 p.m. in the Truman Lounge? It is the perfect opportunity for a break to network with fellow members, for an afternoon meeting or to catch up on the daily news. For more information about your membership benefits, please send an email to [email protected].
Type: News
Reliable Source's Cherry Blossom celebration starts today
With the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin finally about to pop and the Cherry Blossom Festival in full swing, the National Press Club is adding its own celebration to Washington's annual floral extravaganza. Starting today and running through April 12, the Club's popular Reliable Source restaurant is offering food and special drinks timed to the blossoms. It's one more reason to make the restaurant the place to go when you eat out. At both lunch and dinner, the food is terrific and the prices reasonable. The most popular items, prepared fresh daily by Executive Chef Susan Delbert and…
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Want to volunteer for 5K race? Attend meeting April 7
Are You Ready? The National Press Club's 18th annual Beat the Deadline 5K race is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5. The organizing committee is seeking volunteers to help plan one of the Club’s most exciting events. Please join the 5K Committee at a meeting on Tues. Apr. 7, at 6:30 p.m. on the Club's Reliable Source restaurant to discuss how you can help. Fitness guru Tony Horton, creator of the P90X fitness workout, will be back again this year for the race and to host a boot camp work out on Sept. 3 in the NPC ballroom. Proceeds from the race benefit the National Press Club Journalism…
Type: News
Put your thinking (or drinking) cap on for Pub Quiz tonight
Trivia ... food ... drinks ... prizes ... camaraderie. They'll all come together Thursday, April 9, at the monthly Pub Quiz sponsored by the Club's Events Committee. It's a great opportunity to gather with friends over food and drinks and to meet new friends and members, so gather a team of four and come to the Reliable Source’s Truman Lounge for the all the fun. The event will start at 7:30 p.m. Veteran Pub Quiz emcee Marc Wojno will be on hand with all kinds of prizes for the lucky winners. Space fills up quickly, so be sure to arrive early to grab a table. Don’t have a team? No worries.…
Type: News
Members invited to hear Pulitzer Prize journalist discuss his behind-the-scenes book on JFK
Joe Motheral, chair of the Club's Book & Author Committee, invites National Press Club members and guests to hear Patrick Sloyan, who as a Pulitzer Prize-winning UPI journalist covered the White House during the Kennedy Administration, discuss his new book, "The Politics of Deception," at the Club's Game Room Wednesday, April 8, at 6 p.m. After 50 years, Sloyan was able to latch onto recorded, behind the scenes tapes of momentous events during the Kennedy years such as the Cuban missile crisis and the Vietnam War. He has woven the information into his book that, one critic has observed, “…
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View the Nats' home opener in the Truman Lounge April 6
The Nats are back! Opening day is Monday, April 6, and the six large HD TVs in the Truman Lounge will be turned to the game starting at 4 p.m. Watch Max Scherzer take on the New York Mets and enjoy traditional baseball food, $3 beers, house wines and $7 specialty cocktails, plus the full Reliable Source menu and happy hour specials. For additional information, contact Events Committee Chair, Joan Coyle at [email protected]
Type: News
Topic of Communicators Breakfast Wednesday: Using multimedia to pitch news releases
The next Communicators Breakfast at the National Press Club on Wednesday, April 1, will feature Joe Witte, vice president of business development and marketing for ISEBOX, a leading international multimedia content distribution platform. He will discuss the importance of including multimedia content to successfully pitch news releases to reporters, producers and editors. The event will will start at 8 a.m. in the Truman Lounge. Admission is free for National Press Club members, and a complimentary continental breakfast will be available. Guests of members will be charged $10 each for…
Type: News
Job posting: Part-time work available for ex-print media reporter
Excellent opportunity for former or retired print reporter who would like to make extra money from time to time without ever leaving the comfort of his/her home. Seeking individual with strong print reporting experience but must no longer be an active reporter. Individual will work on an "as needed" basis helping me train executives and other high-profile clients for telephone interviews with the print media. Position is a contract position and paid on a "per assignment" basis. No travel required and individual can live in any city in Eastern or Central time zone. Skills required include…
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Members invited to session on how to protect copyrights April 8
Club member Janice Law invites National Press Club members to attend a discussion Wednesday, April 8, in the McClendon Room on protecting your creative work. Intellectual property attorneys Tara Marie Vold, a copyright attorney, and Paul Willliamson, who specializes in trademarks, will share legal strategies for enforcing your legal rights. An extended Q & A period will follow their remarks. The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the nonprofit American Women Writers National Museum, founded by Law.NPC member Janice Law. No reservations are necessary. For details, click…
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Club member offers invitation to luncheon on trends in religious restrictions
Club member Mehmet Saracoglu invites National Press Club members to Rumi Forum`s luncheon on the Pew Research Center's sixth report on global religious restrictions on Tuesday, March 31, at 12 noon. The event will be at the Rumi Forum offices, 750 First Street, NE, Suite #1120, Washington, D.C. The latest report, released in February, analyzes trends in religious restrictions and hostilities around the world through a rigorous and innovative quantitative analysis. The report highlights a general decline in social hostilities even as a significant portion of the world’s population remains in…
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