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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America VP to speak at American Legion Post 20 meeting, Sept. 8
Tom Porter, executive vice president for Government Affairs at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, will be the guest speaker at the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 meeting on Thursday, Sept. 8, at noon in the McClendon Room. The event is open to all Club members. Porter will discuss the recently passed PACT Act, which expands Department of Veterans Affairs health care and benefits to veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. Porter is a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, and his service has included deployments to Afghanistan and the Arabian Gulf as a Public…
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Reception on Sept. 7 to follow today's opening of the Club's annual photo exhibit, the biggest ever
The National Press Club's annual photo exhibit will open Thursday afternoon (Sept. 1) with more participants and more photos and images on display than ever before. This year's exhibit has 215 print photos and electronic images from 59 members, with more than one-third of exhibitors taking part for the first time. Club members and guests are invited to the gala reception that officially opens the exhibit on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 6:30 pm. The annual show, displayed on six monitor screens and fabric panels in the Club's main 13th floor lobby, runs the entire month of September. Club members…
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Member publishes book on fictionalization in fact-based films and TV
Longtime National Pres Club member John T. Aquino’s second and updated edition of "Truth and Lives on Film: The Legal Problems in Depicting Real Persons and Events in a Fictional Medium" has just been published by McFarland & Co. The book gives a history of litigation concerning fictionalizations in fact-based films and television and an analysis of the legal issues. For example, if a person falsely portrayed in a film is dead when the film is released, a court can no longer financially restore his/her reputation, and any monies cannot be given to the plaintiff’s heirs because it is not…
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Club closed Monday, Sept. 5, for Labor Day
The National Press Club will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of Labor Day.
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Indie authors will hear expert tell how to use podcasts to promote their books, Thursday
Molly Ruland, CEO and founder of podcast production and distribution company Heartcast Media, will discuss how authors can use podcasts to brand themselves and promote their books at the Thursday, Sept. 8, virtual meeting of the Independent Authors Group. Club member Edward Segal will share his experience hosting the new Crisis Management Minute podcast to promote his recent book, "Crisis Ahead," on crisis management. All National Press Club members are invited to attend this free virtual event. The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Advance registration is required. To RSVP and receive a link to…
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Club to salute 50 years of women membership at Silver Owls Hoot, Sept. 16
The National Press Club will mark the 50th anniversary of the historic vote to admit women as members with a celebratory dinner at the Club Friday, Sept. 16. The commemorative dinner is being organized and arranged by the Club's Silver Owls at its Fall Hoot. While the 50th anniversary was last year, the Club was unable to observe this historic event then due to restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Hoot is open to all Club members and their guests. Purchase tickets and obtain further information online. After a heated debate, National Press Club members voted 227-57 to…
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Online workshop to offer insights on covering foreign aid, Sept. 15
Discover the treasure trove of data and insights about U.S. foreign aid that most journalists routinely miss at an interactive online workshop for members of the National Press Club on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event, sponsored by the International Correspondents Committee is free. Register to join Edward DeMarco, a former Bloomberg international politics editor in Washington and National Press Club member who worked in Africa as a strategist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for a decade, will steer you through a raft of overlooked sources and…
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Veterans advocate hails PACT Act at Legion Post 20 meeting
"Unfortunately, sometimes we have to shame them [members of Congress] into doing what's right," Thomas Porter, vice president for Government Affairs at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), told National Press Club American Legion Post 20 at its meeting Thursday, Sept. 8. Porter discussed the relatively new goals of the veterans' advocacy group and traced the tortuous history of its most significant victory: passage on Aug. 2 of the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. The legislation will greatly expand health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxins during the…
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Applications due Sept. 29 for this fall's McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
Got a great idea for a high-impact story that ‘"follows the money," but few resources to get it done? If so, check out The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism, an initiative of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. The McGraw Fellowship provides up to $15,000 and editorial support for experienced journalists to produce deeply-reported investigative or enterprise stories on critical economic, financial and business topics. The deadline for Fall 2022 fellowship applications is Sept. 30, 2022; Spring 2023 applications will be due March 31, 2023. Previous McGraw Fellows…
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Broadcast Team dinner to explore path from journalist to PR practitioner, Thursday 6:30 pm
Former and current broadcast pros will reflect on the bright side of moving to the so-called ‘dark side' (public relations) as part of the monthly meeting of the National Press Club's Broadcast/Podcast Team at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. This will be a hybrid gathering that occurs on both Zoom and in-person in the Cosgrove Room of The Reliable Source. In no particular order, the planned discussion participants are Club members Lori Russo, president of Stanton Communications; Debra Silimeo, president of the Silimeo Group, and Bill McCloskey, former director of media relations at BellSouth (…
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