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2012 Fourth Estate Award Honoring Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward accepted the Fourth Estate Award for lifetime achievement in journalism on September 21, 2012 - four decades after his investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal disrupted the first event honoring Walter Cronkite. Colleagues lined up to pay tribute to his life and work, including Donald Graham, David Maraniss, Katharine Weymouth and George Solomon. For more information, click here.
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The Best in Journalism 2012 Awards Dinner
One of the major annual events hosted by the National Press Club is the Awards dinner every July. This year’s international honorees were three journalists who gave the ultimate sacrifice in Syria, and a New York Times journalist still fighting the government‘s demands to reveal his sources. Many other journalists from around the country received awards and commendations for print, broadcast and digital journalism.
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2012 NPC Journalism Awards
Bloomberg News won a top award for political analysis for its examination of Super PACS, while The Arizona Republic and The Associated Press were co-winners of the inaugural breaking news award for print in the 2012 National Press Club Journalism Contest. For a complete list of winners, click here.
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David S. Broder Memorial Service
Memorial service for legendary Washington Post columnist David S. Broder on April 5, 2011 at The National Press Club. Mr. Broder's sons delivered eulogies, and were joined by Vice President Joe Biden, PBS's Gwen Ifill, and Washington Post chairman and CEO Don Graham in honoring his life and work.
Type: Media
Commedia dell Media 2011
The funniest members of DC's press corps turned out at The National Press Club on April 1, 2011 for "Commedia dell Media". Featuring Miles O'Brien, Nick Galifianakis, Meredith Shiner, Nadia Bilbassy, Matt Cooper, Brooke Hatfield, John Kelly, Riz Khan, Scott Lanman, Lizzie O'Leary, Mike Walter, Shaun Waterman, Tim Young and Jamila Bey. Jamie McIntyre and Rich Edson served as judges.
Type: Media
2012 "Beat the Deadline" NPC 5K Race
A quick look at the running of the 2012 "Beat the Deadline" National Press Club 5K Race on June 9, 2012.
Type: Media
Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East
The National Press Club and Freedom House launched Freedom House’s annual survey of press freedom around the globe on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2012. The survey, entitled "Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East," was discussed by panelists from Egypt, Mexico and Hungary who also talked about changes underway in their countries.
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Obama's War on Leaks
James Risen of The New York Times, James Bamford, author of "The Puzzle Palace," and Matthew Miller, a former spokesman for the Justice Department discussed the Obama administration's crusade against leaks of government secrets - and against some of the journalists who report them - at the National Press Club in Washington on May 1, 2012. The panel discussion was a joint presentation of The National Press Club and The Overseas Press Club.
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NPC Panel: Repression of Expression in the Mideast
The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee hosted a panel on Feb 14, 2012 to examine the latest Mideast trends on repression of expression. The panel was moderated by Frank Smyth, executive director of Global Journalist Security (journalistsecurity.net) and senior advisor for journalist security at the Committee to Protect Journalists. Panelists included: - Nada Alwadi, a Bahraini journalist - Abderrahim Foukara, Al Jazeera's Washington bureau chief - Jeff Ghannam, a lawyer, writer and former reporter who has contributed widely to the debate on social media and media development in the…
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NPC Special Event: Chasing Aphrodite
Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, investigative journalists and authors of "Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum" join Gary Vikan, director of the Walters Art Museum and Arthur Houghton, a former curator at the Getty Museum, to discuss looted antiquities and transparency in American museums Jan. 24, 2012 at the National Press Club.
Type: Media