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Journalists, Communicators welcome at April 17 meet & greet happy hour
Journalists, are you looking to meet new sources? Communicators, are you looking to meet journalists? Then you’ll want to come out to the National Press Club’s Reliable Source Bar & Grill on Wednesday, April 17, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. for the next Reporter/Source Happy Hour! This is a very casual, social gathering of Club members who work in a variety of fields/industries and are interested in making new connections. That’s what the Club is all about -- providing a professional and social community to bring journalists and news sources together to build personal and professional…
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Advance March 28 screening of Amazon Studio’s upcoming film 'Peterloo,' exclusively for Club members
Amazon Studios is inviting National Press Club members (and one guest) to attend a free screening of the historic documentary "Peterloo" at the Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. N.W., Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m. The movie will be followed by a Q&A with director Mike Leigh. The trailer is avalable online. The documentary is described as "an epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester, England, turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The…
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PLAY BALL with the National Press Club’s Softball Team!
Did you know that the National Press Club has a softball team? Yep, the Club's “Big Blue Machine” plays in the Metropolitan Media Softball League against teams from CNN, Bloomberg, USA Today, The Washington Post, NPR and other news organizations. If you are a Club member and are interested in playing for the team this year, please join current players and coaches for an informal happy hour in the Reliable Source Bar & Grill on Tuesday, March 26, from 6-8 p.m. The team is always looking for new players (especially women!) and it’s a great way to meet other Club members, as well as…
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Reliable Source new menu items catching on
The National Press Club's Reliable Source restaurant has a new menu with new choices for lunch and dinner. New items are prepared fresh daily by Executive Chef Susan Delbert and her staff, available at the hot buffet and salad bar. New menu items include a spinach salad with chicken or roasted portabella, steak salad, coconut chicken fingers, crab cake platter, roast beef sandwich, creole shrimp and cheesy grits, pasta with Bolognese meat sauce or a vegan marinara sauce, and a Greek-style oregano grilled chicken breast And on the dinner menu: avocado toast with smoked salmon, steak salad,…
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11 young NPC members benefit at 'speed networking' event
The National Press Club Young Members group held their first “speed networking” event Monday, allowing journalists to converse with seasoned professionals about starting careers. Participants enjoyed burgers, quesadillas and drinks as they participated in an experience similar to speed dating. Groups of three to four mentees would ask mentors questions about how to further careers -- ten minutes with each member. In the end, a reception was held and mentees were free to continue conversations with the mentors. The Young Members kept this first installment intimate with three mentors and 11…
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Club member Anthony Gallo premiering "L'Ebreo this Saturday
National Press Club member Anthony Gallo will be premiering "L’Ebreo" (the Jew), a Moliere-type period comedy written by Michelangelo the Younger, grandnephew of the artist on Saturday, March 23. The unnoticed manuscript was discovered in the Buonarotti Mansion by American scholar Dr. Ed Goldberg and adapted to the 21st Century. Read more. The critically acclaimed Tred Avon Players, the Oxford Community Center, and the Robert Morris Inn will be mounting a staging of Mr. Morris! Mr. Morris! on Saturday and Sunday March 30 and 31. The Inn’s Five Star chef will be providing an 18th…
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New members added to online directory
Every month the National Press Club welcomes dozens of new professionals to our community. Please join in welcoming the following new members who joined the Club so far in 2019, and feel free to connect with them through our new Online Member Directory (you must be logged into your membership account online to access the directory): Megan Arendt, Communications Manager, Action on Smoking & Health Leila Barghouty, Producer, Al Jazeera Keith Bliven, News Director, KTIV-TV Natalie Brand, Freelance Correspondent, CBS Newspath Chelsea Cirruzzo, Reporter, Inside Washington Publishers Lynette…
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NPC Young Members host 'speed mentoring,' 6:30 p.m. TONIGHT
National Press Club young members can join an evening of "speed mentoring" from 6:30-8:30 p.m. tonight in the Cosgrove Lounge. The event will give young members a chance to speak with veteran reporters who will discuss best journalism practices and career advice. Mentors include journos from top companies such as The Associated Press, Roll Call, Politico, Axios and others. The evening will consist of small groups of mentees moving from mentor to mentor followed by a small networking reception. It is open to all Club journalist young members and is free. But space is limited, so you must…
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Club member now in New Zealand offers assistance for reporting on deadly attack
National Press Club member Victoria Gaither, who has been reporting from New Zealand as a freelancer for four years, has offered other Club members assistance in lining up journalist interview contacts in New Zealand. She has been following the events surrounding the shootings at mosques in Christchurch and is willing to talk to fellow Club members about the "mood of the country." She can be reached at [email protected]. "I would be able to talk about the mood of the people and how devastating this is to the country," she wrote in an email to the Wire. "I mainly do interviews and…
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Reliable Source April Events
Here is a list of events scheduled for the National Press Club's Reliable Source on the 14th floor of the Club: Monday, April 1: Members Monthly Happy Hour – 5:30 p.m. – Truman Lounge Thursday, April 11: NPC Pub Quiz – 7:00 p.m. – Truman Lounge Thursday, April 25: Annual Clam Bake Dinner – 5:30 p.m. – Reliable Source
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