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Women as sources, women in journalism: Panel discussion on May 12
Using women as sources for stories and the challenges women face in journalism will be the topic of a panel discussion at the National Press Club's Bloomberg Room on Thursday, May 12. This event is free and open to the public, though attendees must RSVP for tickets here. The discussion will be from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Former Club President and Bloomberg News' White House correspondent Angela Greiling Keane will moderate the discussion. It will feature Kate McCarthy, director of the Women's Media Center's WMC - She Source, a directory on women experts; Christi Parson, correspondent for the…
Type: News
Did you know the Club has an exclusive members-only group on LinkedIn?
Join members of the National Press Club (Washington, D.C) on LinkedIn by clicking here to network with fellow members, share ideas and tips, discuss the latest industry news and trends. You can also use it to find out about upcoming events at the Club and around the metro area. For more information about your NPC membership benefits, send an email to [email protected].
Type: News
Historian David McCullough on special daytime Kalb Report on May 12
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough will join host Marvin Kalb on Thursday, May 12, to talk about the Founding Fathers, Freedom of the Press and America’s Future. Unlike all previous Kalb Reports, this one will begin at 11 a.m. The event will be held in the National Press Club's Holeman Lounge, so seating is very limited. Club members should reserve by calling the front desk, 202-662-7500. Along with winning the Pulitzer Prize for two of his biographies – John Adams and Truman - McCullough was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award a U.S. citizen…
Type: News
After murders in Bangladesh, National Press Club urges justice
National Press Club leaders expressed outrage Tuesday about the murder of two people, including a journalist, in Bangladesh. Xulhaz Mannan, editor of Roopbaan, an LGBT magazine, and Tanay Mojumdar, a friend of Mannan’s, were hacked to death in Mannan's apartment in the capital, Dhaka, on April 25, according to news reports. Ansar al-Islam, an Al Queda affiliated Islamist organization has taken responsibility for the attack, according to CNN. Mannan was also a USAID worker and a prominent leader of the LGBT community of Bangladesh, where homosexuality is illegal. His murder is only the latest…
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Best-selling author, Emmy nominee and celebrity chef to deliver ‘Modern Mexican’ May 24 cookbook dinner
Celebrity chef Pati Jinich, author of the Amazon #1 new release Mexican cookbook “Mexican Today,” will host a cookbook dinner May 24 at the National Press Club's Fourth Estate restaurant. Make your reservations now to experience the best of modern Mexican cooking with Jinich, a James Beard nominee and host of the popular PBS TV series, Pati’s Mexican Table. To join Jinich, the official chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, for this inspired meal with perfectly paired beverages, purchase your tickets by clicking here. Reservations are $80 per person or $155 per couple. Members…
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Special menu for Cinco de Mayo at Reliable Source on Thursday, from 5:30 pm
Come celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the National Press Club with special food and drinks! NPC members and their guests are invited to join us for this remarkable event at the Reliable Source, coming up on Thursday, May 5, starting at 5:30 p.m. Contact us at 202-662-7443 to reserve, or e-mail at [email protected] Please make your reservations promptly as we are expecting a capacity crowd. Check out our food and beverage menu for this special occasion. SoupTortilla Soup with Tortilla chips, cup $6, bowl $7 Hors d’oeurvresHouse made empanadas (8) with pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream, $9Nachos…
Type: News
Beloved member and former National Press Club president Art Wiese dies, age 69
A message from NPC president Thomas Burr: It's with a heavy heart that we report today that former National Press Club President Art Wiese, a long-time supporter of the journalism craft, has passed away. Art was a friend to all and a valued member of the National Press Club and the journalism community at large. While we mourn his passing, we also celebrate his life achievements and his contributions to the world around him. Art was with us for just 69 years, and spent nearly 50 of those years in a career that spanned the fields of public affairs, communications and journalism. His journalism…
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GATT Talks
The National Press Club Professional Affairs Committee discussed why the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs talks fell apart the previous week in Brussels.
Type: Media
Kalb Report: Judy Woodruff explains challenges of covering Trump’s unique campaign
Donald Trump is posing a major conundrum for the news media that is trying to figure out how to cover him, Judy Woodruff, co-anchor of the NewsHour on PBS, told host Marvin Kalb Wednesday night. “He is by definition a non-politician,” Woodruff said on the Press Club’s The Kalb Report. “So we’ve struggled to figure out how do you cover somebody who is so outspoken, who doesn't care what the Republican establishment thinks of him, takes on the news media directly, uses language that we sometimes can’t repeat on television.” And until just recently, Trump has not had much of a campaign staff…
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Amb. DeTrani sees N. Korea, cyber attacks as top U.S. security challenges
North Korea poses the "most serious" security threat facing the U.S. and its allies, Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, president of the Daniel Morgan Academy, told a packed audience at an April 21 meeting of the NPC's American Legion Post 20. DeTrani, a former president of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance and high-ranking CIA official, gave a sweeping tour of security challenges facing the nation. He noted that Kim Jong-un was ill-prepared to succeed his father as "supreme leader" of 25 million North Koreans in 2011. DeTrani, who held ambassadorial rank for the U.S. at the Six-Party…
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