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Members invited to hear about presidential campaign spouses then and now, Wednesday noon
Club member Janice Law invites National Press Club members and friends to a noon at noon Wednesday, April 4, in the McLendon Room sponsored by American Women Writers National Museum a four-year old nonprofit founded by Law. Patricia Krider, executive director of First Ladies Museum and Library in Canton, Ohio, will provide visuals and historical perspective on the role of spouses of presidential candidates. No reservations are required. Before American women got the vote in 1920, spouses of presidential candidates were rarely seen or heard. Now the social media…
Type: News
Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chávez plans to speak at Press Club Luncheon, June 13
Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chávez plans to discuss the changes she is bringing to the organization at a National Press Club Luncheon on Monday, June 13 at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $24 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $38 for all other non-member tickets. Tickets may be purchased online. Chávez is visiting the Nation’s Capital to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the highest honor in Girl Scouts, the Gold Award.…
Type: News
Visiting Saddam Hussein
Mr. Jennings described his recent trip to Iraq and his interview with Saddam Hussein.
Type: Media
Did You Know? Club offers networking events; next one is April 6
Did you know that the National Press Club features networking events for members? The Club is doing so through its "Press and PR Pub" gatherings, specifically designed as a forum for journalists and communicators to network and establish business contacts. Join the next one next Wednesday, April 6, in the Holeman Lounge starting at 6:30 p.m. Space is limited, so please reserve your spot by registering here. The event costs $5 for National Press Club members, $10 for non-members. The member discount code is NPCYM. Members can bring one guest at the member price. For more information about…
Type: News
Besides hot jazz, Reliable Source to serve up New Orleans menu at Jazz Night, April 21
If the prospect of New Orleans-style jazz, performed by the popular U Street Collective Jazz group. isn't enough to entice you to enjoy an evening in the Club's Reliable Source restaurant on Thursday, April 21, so will the dinner menu. The Club's executive chef, Susan Delbert, has crafted a special New Orleans menu for the occasion, one of the restaurant's occasional Jazz Nights. The menu will be available starting at 5:30 p.m., with the U Street Collective Jazz adding to the convivial atmosphere at 6:30 p.m. Here's the menu: Oysters Rockefeller: six for $11, 12 for $18Spinach, Pernod, bacon…
Type: News
The magicians are back, April 29
Back by popular demand. Five magicians from the Society of American Magicians Assembly 23 will perform family-friendly magic in the Club's Conference Room starting at 7 p.m., Friday, April 29. Another magician will do walk-around magic in the Reliable Source restaurant for dinners who want to get a bite to eat before the show. The show is free, but please let us know if you are coming (so we can set up enough chairs) by calling 202-662-7501. To reserve a table at the Reliable Source, call 662-7443 or go to the Club’s website.
Type: News
Entry deadline is today for NPC journalism contest; coverage of animal welfare is among the prizes
The best coverage of animals and their welfare in 2015 is honored by the Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award, one of the multiple awards in the National Press Club’s journalism contest. But if the Cottrell prize -- or any of the many other awards in the contest -- interests you, you'd better hurry. The entry deadline for the contest is today. The Cottrell prize, which covers the best work in animal reporting in both print and broadcast media, was established by the family of journalist and longtime National Press Club member Ann Cottrell Free, who wrote extensively on the topic. This…
Type: News
National Press Club alarmed about reported abuses in DC by Turkish security
National Press Club leaders expressed alarm about reports that security personnel guarding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had physically abused journalists in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. According to published news reports and multiple tweets from eyewitnesses, Erdogan’s security team manhandled reporters at the Brookings Institution ahead of a speech by Erdogan. The Turkish leader’s bodyguards sought to physically remove one journalist from the event, kicked another and threw a third, a woman, to the sidewalk, the reports said. Smart phone footage posted on Twitter appeared to…
Type: News
How to find 'dark' political money? Panel to offer tips, April 12
OK, so you've mastered the Federal Election Commission's website. But what about the "dark" political money that can't be found there? You can find out a lot about that at a program in the National Press Club’s Bloomberg Room from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12. Attendance is open to the public for $10, or $5 for National Press Club members. RSVP by clicking here. A panel of experts will tell you how to find what you're not supposed to be able to see. You’ll learn what to look for, where to look and how to turn darkness into stories that will help readers/viewers/listeners…
Type: News
Newsmaker plans to examine H-1B visa program, lawsuit against Trump agency, April 8
Abuse of the H-1B visa program and a related lawsuit against a company founded by and associated with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by a Jamaican fashion model is the topic of a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference at 10 a.m., Friday, April 8, in the NPC's Zenger Room. Like all Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC members, free of charge. No advance registration is required. The H-1B program, used chiefly to bring highly-skilled engineers, scientists and other foreign-born professionals into the United States, has burst into…
Type: News