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Club members can attend workshop on rules of war, 1 pm Oct. 1
National Press Club member Anna Nelson invites Club members to an International Committee of the Red Cross workshop for journalists on the rules of war from 1 - 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the ICRC Delegation, 1100 Connecticut Ave., Suite 500. The workshop is free and will include a chance to mingle with other journalists and ICRC staff at a happy hour afterward. To register, please email Tracey Begley ([email protected]). The ICRC is now offering a tailor-made workshop especially for journalists, which covers how to report violations of international humanitarian law, or war crimes, and…
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Club sets election calendar for board, officers
The 2014 nomination period for National Press Club board member and officers opens on Sept. 29. The calendar below lists election deadlines. Rules are posted on the Club website. 2014 Election Calendar September 22 Board appoints Election chairBoard approves eligible voter list September 25 Notice in the Wire with nominations calendar September 29 Nominations open October 24 Nominations close October 29 Candidate bios and photos due Eligible voter lists uploaded online Oct. 27 – 31 Candidate review periodOnline ballots createdPaper ballots sent to printer November 3-7 Online ballot tests…
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"American Girl" author Valerie Tripp discusses series, noon Oct. 8
National Press Club member Janice Law will host Valerie Tripp, multi-award winning author of the American Girl series featuring historical fiction characters Felicity, Josephina, Kit and others, at noon Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the McClendon Room. Tripp will discuss how she approaches her children’s book writing. The event, which is open to all Club members, is sponsored by American Women Writers National Museum, a nonprofit charity that Law founded. Bring your daughters and granddaughters. No reservations are required. For more information, contact Janice Law ([email protected]).
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Club members can get sneak peek at movie "Kill the Messenger," 7 pm Sept. 30
National Press Club members are invited to an advance screening of "Kill the Messenger," a new film about journalist Gary Webb and his investigation into the CIA's role working with drug smugglers at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Goethe Institute, 812 Seventh St. NW. The event is free for Club members and their guests. To RSVP, please email your name to: [email protected] and look for a reply with confirmation. The movie opens in theaters Oct. 10. Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Bourne Legacy”)leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the…
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Pub Quiz in Truman Lounge, 7 pm Oct. 9
Drop by the Truman Lounge in the Reliable Source for an evening of trivia, food, drinks and prizes at Pub Quiz at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9. Sponsored by the National Press Club Events Committee, Pub Quiz is a great opportunity to gather with friends over food and drinks and to meet new friends and members. Veteran emcee Marc Wojno will serve as quiz master. Gather a team of four (at least one teammate must be a Club member) and arrive early to grab a table. Don’t have a team? No worries. If you arrive by yourself, we’ll put you on a team. For more information on Pub Quiz and other upcoming…
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Latest in Club's podcast series features recent Ken Burns luncheon
Filmmaker Ken Burns, who spoke at the National Press Club on September 15, is featured in the latest edition of Update-1, the National Press Club podcast. Burns’ documentaries and mini-series have included “The National Parks: America's Best Idea;” “Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony;” and “The War.” At a recent Club luncheon, he discussed his newest project, the PBS documentary series “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History,” a seven-part, 14-hour film that spans more than 100 years in the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor. Burns…
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Follow Nats, Os in MLB playoffs at Reliable Source in October
Follow the two local Major League Baseball teams -- the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles -- in their quest for the World Series from the comfort of the Reliable Source in October. The Club bar and grill will feature Nationals and Orioles games during the National League and American League divisional series, Oct. 2-9, the league championship series, Oct. 10-19, and the World Series, Oct. 21-29. The Reliable Source will show all the games on its six large HD TVs and offer food and drink specials, including $5 Flying Dog Lagers and $5 DC Brau Pale Ales. To reserve space for your group…
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This Week in National Press Club History: Women's National Press Club proposed
This Week In National Press Club History September 22, 2005: Wynton Marsalis, jazz trumpeter and leader of a 1980s movement back to jazz traditions, discusses rebuilding New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina at a National Press Club luncheon. September 22, 2011: John Grisham, writer of thrillers, including “The Pelican Brief” and “The Firm,” receives the 2011 Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction at the Club. September 23, 1919: Cora Rigby of the Christian Science Monitor’s Washington bureau proposes a Women’s National Press Club. In successive steps for the next half-century, women are…
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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 spot 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].
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Veterans' history project is subject of American Legion Post meeting
The Club's American Legion Post 20 is to hear frm Bob Patrick, director of the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress, at its next meeting, beginning at noon Thursday, Sept. 18, in the McClendon Room. Speaker portions of Post meetings are open to all Club members. Congress created the Veterans History Project to collect, preserve and make accessible the first-person accounts of American's wartime veterans. Close to 100,000 veterans have submitted their personal recollections, making this the largest such collection in American history. Patrick, a retired Army colonel, manages a…
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