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Learn strategies for digital communications success at March 21 breakfast
With more than 4.1 billion internet users and 1.94 billion websites, how do journalists and communicators make an impact with their content, strengthen market position and increase audience loyalty? Parson TKO chief executive Tony Kopetchny will explain some of the best strategies for success at a breakfast presentation from 8 to 9 a.m.Thursday, March 21, in the Cosgrove Lounge. This professional development session for reporters and communicators, sponsored by the National Press Club Communicator Team, is free to Club members. Register online by Tuesday, March 19. Kopetchny is an expert in…
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Independent writers meet Thursday
A group of independent authors -- those who has written and published at least one full-length book not using a traditional publisher -- will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, March 14, in the McClendon Room. Such books must be available for sale to the public. Print, ebook, POD and audio book formats qualify. Contact Club member Ed Barks at [email protected] to reserve. There is no cost to participate. If you have interest but are unable to attend, email Barks to be advised of future gatherings. The March agenda includes a discussion of the features, benefits, and challenges of three…
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Young Members meet Tuesday
The Young Members Team will hold its first meeting of the year at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the Truman Lounge. Enjoy drinks and networking while learning about the committee, upcoming events, and how to get involved. This meeting is free and open to all members under 35. For more information, please contact Brennan Hoban at [email protected]
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Celebrate St. Patrick's day early with Thursday buffet
The National Press Club will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day early with a buffet on Thursday, starting at 5:30 p.m. Guitarist Mat Palombo will provide music beginning at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $25 for Club members and $30 for nonmembers, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are encouraged at 202-662-7443 or [email protected].
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Pub Quiz resumes tonight
The Club's monthly Pub Quiz takes place at 7 p.m. tonight in the Truman Lounge. Come form a team for food, drinks and trivia. Don’t have a team? We’ll team you up. For more information on Pub Quiz and other upcoming events, contact Mesfin Mekonen at [email protected].
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Learn about Christian Science Monitor founder Mary Baker Eddy on Wednesday
Learn about Mary Baker Eddy, who founded the Christian Science Monitor at age 87, at a event from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, in the McClendon Room. Allison J. Rose-Sonnesyn, government and media liaison for the Church of Christ, Scientist in Washington. will speak about Eddy’s trailblazing life and writing career. Eddy, who published 15 books and in 1879 founded the church, was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1995. The Women’s National Book Association selected her book “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” as “one of 75 books by women whose words…
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Young Members Team to meet Tuesday
Join the Young Members Committee for their first meeting of the year at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, in the Truman Lounge. Enjoy drinks and networking while learning about the committee, upcoming events, and how to get involved. This meeting is free and open to all members under 35. For more information, please contact Brennan Hoban at [email protected]
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New menu at the Reliable Source
The National Press Club's Reliable Source restaurant has a new menu and new choices for lunch or dinner. They begin with new items, prepared fresh daily by Executive Chef Susan Delbert and her staff, 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. The “Hot off the Press” portion now usually will include rack of lamb or…
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House and Bar Team meets Monday
The National Press Club's House and Bar Team will meet at noon Monday, March 11, in the Cosgrove Lounge.
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American Legion Post 20 to hear about German U-boat attacks during World War I on March 14
Maritime archaeologist and diver Tane Casserley will be the guest speaker at an American Legion Post 20 meeting at noon Thursday, March 14, in the McClendon Room. The meeting is open to all National Press Club members. Casserley will discuss World War I German U-Boat attacks on U.S. Navy and American shipping vessels off the Atlantic Coast. A research coordinator with the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Newport News, Virginia, he will describe fierce U.S. Navy and Coast Guard engagements with the German submarines and NOAA's…
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