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VA Secretary McDonald touts reforms he's implemented during Press Club Luncheon
In the aftermath of a scandal involving long waiting lines at veterans hospitals and falsified records, progress is being made, but there is still lots of work to done, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald repeatedly said during a Nov. 6 National Press Club Luncheon. The former CEO of Proctor & Gamble and graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was chosen last year by President Barack Obama to lead the tarnished agency’s turnaround effort, dubbed the MyVA Transformation Plan. The agency has expanded its capabilities to assist veterans by adding more than 15,000 staff to…
Type: News
NPC plans to host Republican Debate Watch Party with special drinks on Nov. 10 at 8 p.m.
The National Press Club plans to host a Republican Debate Watch Party on Tuesday, Nov. 10 in the NPC's First Amendment Lounge. Doors are expected to open at 8 p.m. The debate is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 for non-members and $10 for Press Club members. Get your tickets here. Make an evening of it by eating dinner at the Reliable Source or Fourth Estate restaurants before the event begins. The Reliable Source will also be showing the debates but that venue is only open for members. Both locations plan to offer the following drinks specials for $6 each: The Rand – Bourbon and…
Type: News
NPC podcast explores efforts to reverse sexism in the world of science journalism
Sexism is a major concern among science journalists. In the latest edition of the National Press Club's podcast, Update-1, Broadcast Committee member Candace Smith interviews Deborah Blum, director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, about gender bias and the challenges facing science writers who are women. Blum points out that although the majority of science journalists are women, the majority of the published articles are written by men and the majority of writers who are recognized for their work are men. She talks about the efforts under way to level the playing field and…
Type: News
National Press Club member Sam Holt recalls founding of Broadcast Committee
National Press Club member Sam Holt was a founding member in 2006 of the NPC's Broadcast Task Force, which has since become an official committee of the Club. At this month's committee meeting Holt cataloged his other "founding" credentials. In 1964, Holt founded the all-news format for a Birmingham radio station, the first with the format in the South. He later hooked up with WGBH in Boston and became a founding head of programming for television's Public Broadcasting Service. Holt hired chef Julia Childs to "make cooking a public discourse." That worked. He hired Mr. Rogers. That worked.…
Type: News
President Obama congratulates Beyer, winner of the National Press Club Spelling Bee
Virginia Democrat Don Beyer took home the trophy at the National Press Club “Politicians vs. Press” Spelling Bee Oct. 21 that pitted seven members of Congress against eight members of the fourth estate. Nearly 400 people packed into the Press Club ballroom for the event, which was sponsored by Discovery Communications. Attendees mumbled letters under their breath, gasped at fumbles and cheered at successes as contestants tackled words like “avuncular,” “acquiesce,” and “Plantagenet.” Beyer, who scored perfect on his SATs in high school, ultimately clinched his victory by correctly…
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Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy calls for mental health parity
Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy called for action to treat addiction and mental illness as legitimate diseases at a National Press Club Newsmakers event Nov. 5 in the Fourth Estate Restaurant. “We’re living in a watershed time for the movement to ensure that mental illness and addiction are covered as the diseases they are ... and are no longer discriminated against because of age-old prejudices based on unfounded inaccuracies,” Kennedy said. The stigma surrounding such illnesses is an overarching theme in his new book, A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future…
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NPC's Reliable Source announces menu for annual Book Fair Roast Beef Buffet
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to attend the Annual Book Fair and Author Night/Roast Beef Buffet on Tuesday, Nov. 17 starting at 5:30 p.m. in the NPC's Reliable Source. The price of the Roast Beef Buffet is $24 for Press Club members and $28 for nonmembers plus tax and gratitude. Reservations are encouraged because this event has sold out in the past.Please contact us at 202-662-7443 or [email protected] These items are scheduled to be on the menu: Soup Wild rice, beef and mushroom soup Salads: Greek salad with feta, olives, cucumbers and pepperoncini; oregano…
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Fourth Estate plans Wine Dinner featuring Chef Daniel Thomas on Wednesday, Dec. 9
The National Press Club's Fourth Estate Restaurant plans to host a four-course Wine Dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. featuring hors d’oeuvres and accompanying wines from recipes culled from Chef Daniel Thomas’ recently published cookbook, Recipes For A New You! Healthy Eating at its Best! Tickets are $50 with a 10 percent discount for "couples" tickets. Press Club members can receive an additional 10 percent discount on all tickets by logging in. Click here for tickets. Any questions or dietary restrictions should be addressed to the Fourth Estate at 202.662.7638. The dinner…
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Build your speaking skills with Toastmasters at the National Press Club
Would you like to enhance your communication effectiveness and take your journalistic skills to greater heights? Get rid of those “uhms” and “ahs”? Tame your nerves when you speak in front of people? If so, consider joining the National Press Toastmasters Club. For less than the cost of three weekly cups of coffee, the Toastmasters program can help you enhance your public-speaking presence and prepare you for any occasion you find yourself in front of an audience of any size. Toastmasters has been at the National Press Club for 31 years. We meet on the 13th floor at 7 p.m. on the second and…
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Cabinet Address
Secretary Lujan's speech comes two days after a presidential announcement of a curtailment of offshore drilling for oil in California and Florida for two years to establish marine sanctuaries. The Interior Department also had just listed the spotted owl as an endangered species, a decision with serious implications for the timber industry and a major victory for the environmentalists.
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