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Apply for Columbia University program on energy, climate change
The Energy Journalism Initiative at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy is accepting applications for its 2022 seminar, which will be held online June 13-17. Through presentations by Columbia faculty and others on complex topics associated with energy and climate change, the program helps reporters deepen their understanding of these issues. The deadline for applications is March 16. More information is available online.
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Learn how to manage digital images, March 10
As they produce more photos, today's photographers and other media professionals are faced with the need to store, catalog, retrieve and account for these valuable digital assets. Peter Krogh, a photographer and recognized expert on digital asset management, is joining National Press Club's Photography Team on Thursday, March 10, at 12 noon to get Club members started in managing their growing numbers of digital images. Krogh will help Photo Team and Club members better deal with their digital image collections. At the meeting, participants will learn the benefits of better managing their…
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Club launches Freelance Team
Whether you’re a seasoned freelancer or one of the many journalists and communicators who’ve decided recently to test the waters of independent work, the National Press Club is creating a community for people to go-it-alone together. The new team is an opportunity for freelancers to talk shop, expand their resources, and learn from (and alongside) each other. Co-led by Danny Freedman and Menachem Wecker, Freelance Team meetings might include opportunities to meet editors, workshop story pitches, and learn from experts about negotiating rates and contracts. To join the team and hear about…
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Club co-ed softball team will have full season starting in late April
Are you ready for some softball? After a year with a shortened season, which followed a year of no games at all, the Metropolitan Media Softball League has planned a 14-game season over seven weeks for 2022, culminating in a play-off tournament July 9-10 at Cabin John Park in North Bethesda, Maryland. The National Press Club co-ed team will be in a four-team division, one of three divisions, and play its Saturday morning double-headers primarily at East Norbeck park, off Georgia Avenue near the intersection with the Intercounty Connector in Montgomery County, Maryland. Division rivals will be…
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Club member publishes book of strategies for communicators
National Press Club member Ed Barks just published his fourth book, Insider Strategies for the Confident Communicator: How to Master Meetings, Presentations, Interviews, and Advocacy. “This book will remain forever free,” Barks said. “I decided to offer the advice in one complimentary resource to give readers a one-stop guide for their communications endeavors.” The free book is available in ebook format. Barks, a business author and communications strategy consultant, describes the new book as “a greatest hits album from your favorite band or, in this case, author.” The volume is intended…
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Communicator, Journalist Roundtable meets in-person at March 15 dinner
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team invites Club members – both communicators and journalists – to our next Communicator and Journalist Roundtable Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in the Winners Room. For the past year, we have conducted these events virtually without the meal, but now we are returning to in-person dinners. We have a three-course dinner with wine served for $62 per person. Cash bar reception begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Register online. Join us for another lively discussion with Club members on current topics that we face in our function and…
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It's St. Patrick's Day: Head to Reliable Source to raise a pint
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to the St. Patrick’s lunch and dinner at the Reliable Source today starting at 11:30 a.m. for lunch and 5:30 p.m. for dinner. Menu highlights include sliced corned beef, Guinness beef stew and salmon. Special drinks are an Irish Coffee for $11 and Guinness on tap for $6.09. Soup Irish potato soup with leeks and edamame: $7 Salad Irish Flag salad: Spinach, pears, oranges, feta, peas, and pistachios with orange vinaigrette: $7 Entrée choices Sliced corned beef, sautéed cabbage, roasted carrots, and green colcannon (mashed potatoes…
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Award recognizes outstanding writing on business, society
A non-fiction writing prize will recognize a dynamic writer who aims to ignite positive social change through published work on any theme exploring key business and society issues. The $5,000 Bruce Piasecki and Andrea Masters Annual Award on Business and Society Writing seeks to inspire future generations to become catalysts for a better, more just society. The annual award is presented before hundreds of writers each September at the New York State Writer's Institute in Albany, New York. Applicants must be between 18 and 40 years old and have published at least one work prior to the Aug. 15…
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Son of Cold War spy pilot plans to speak at American Legion Post 20 meeting on Monday, April 11, at Noon
Francis Gary Powers Jr. is expected to be the guest speaker at the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 in-person meeting on Monday, April 11, at noon in the Club's McClendon Room. The meeting will be the Post's first in-person meeting at the Club since the start of the pandemic two years ago. All Club members are invited to the meeting, which will be a hybrid one. Those unable to attend in person can RSVP to Post 20 Sergeant-at-Arms Evelyn Moy at [email protected], to receive a virtual meeting link. Powers is the son of Francis Gary Powers Sr., the CIA pilot whose U-2 spy plane was…
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Hear about impact of Murrow on reporting from Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m.
The often thoughtful, informed, descriptive, eloquent, and insightful network reporting from war-torn Ukraine has drawn comparisons to that of broadcast legend Edward Murrow, who established the standards of modern broadcast journalism during World War II. On Tuesday, April 5, at 7p.m. ET, Casey Murrow, Edward R. Murrow's son, and an honorary lifetime member of the National Press Club, plans to join a Zoom gathering of the combined Broadcast/Podcast and History & Heritage Teams to talk about his father's life and legacy. Registration is now open to all Club members to participate in the…
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