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Update-1 podcasts cover 2016 election and visual news trends
Update-1, the National Press Club’s podcast, jumps into the 2016 presidential race with a roundtable discussion hosted by SiriusXM’s White House correspondent Jared Rizzi. His guests are Todd Gillman, Washington bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News, and Francesca Chambers, White House correspondent for the Daily Mail. They discuss the importance of the upcoming primaries and caucuses for the remaining four Republican and two Democratic candidates in the first of a series of Update-1 podcasts covering the race for the White House. Another new episode focuses on the growth of online news,…
Type: News
The National Press Club journalism contest wants to see the best, most original online journalism
Online journalism offers great options for innovative story-telling and use of technology to tell that story. The Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award aims to reward the best of that online work from 2015. This award is named in memory of Joan M. Friedenberg, founding editor of the Online Newshour and late wife of former Club President Jonathan D. Salant, and is funded by donations from Friedenberg's friends and family. The winner will have done original reporting and have taken advantage of online technology, such as interactive databases, primary-source interviews, and accompanying…
Type: News
Press Club explores transparency in the District
The National Press Club’s Freedom of the Press Committee joined the D.C. Open Government Coalition March 15 to present the 2016 D.C. Open Government Summit, highlighting government transparency in the District. The event coincided with Sunshine Week, a national celebration of public access to government data. Following an introduction by D.C. OGC President Kevin Goldberg, the event opened with a conversation between D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. OGC founder Tom Susman. Bowser discussed her experiences as both a council member and mayor in promoting transparency, such as advocating for…
Type: News
Learn how to cover polls at Campaign Boot Camp, tomorrow
Was the Michigan primary -- won by Bernie Sanders after the Real Clear Politics average showed Hillary Clinton up by 21 points -- an anomaly or a sign of things to come? Were the reported “surges” by various non-Trump candidates in the past year mirages or something else? Find out tomorrow, March 22 -- and learn much else about election polling -- in the Club's Campaign Boot Camp in the Bloomberg Room starting at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $5 for National Press Club members and $10 for other journalists. Reservations are required. To reserve, click here. Polling in the 2016 election is playing a…
Type: News
Tickets on Sale for March 29 "Legends of Broadcasting Dinner" with guest Jim Lehrer
The National Press Club Broadcast Committee will hold the next “Legends of Broadcasting Dinner” with guest Jim Lehrer on Tuesday, March 29. Cost of the fish or steak dinner is $55 for Club members and guests. To register, click here. Seating in the Winner's Room will be strictly limited to 30 people. A cash bar reception will begin at 6 p.m. with introductions and dinner following at 6:45 p.m. Lehrer will make remarks and open the floor to an informal Q&A session to end by 8:30 p.m. Lehrer, former executive editor and anchor of the PBS NewsHour, was the 2011 winner of the Club's Fourth…
Type: News
Trump supporters are scared, Gates tells Press Club Luncheon
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is speaking to a “deep set of fear within a large segment of the American community,” but Trump opponents shouldn’t mock his supporters, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. told a sold-out National Press Club Luncheon on March 14. “We have all been frightened,” Gates said. “You can’t mock the people who are frightened.” In an unusual luncheon format, Gates participated in a conversation about race with documentary-filmmaker and NPC member Ken Burns. The discussion was moderated by NPC member Michael Fletcher, a reporter for ESPN’s Undefeated – a digital site launching…
Type: News
Club welcomes Jason Rezaian home from Iranian captivity
National Press Club members, journalism colleagues, diplomats and family members welcomed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian home from captivity in Iran at a Club celebration on March 14. More than 300 people gathered in the Club ballroom for an event that doubled as a tribute to Rezaian’s freedom and his 40th birthday. Rezaian spent 545 days isolated in an Iranian prison, after being arrested by the government and unjustly convicted. He was prosecuted essentially for acting as a journalist in covering the country for The Washington Post. He was released in January. Rezaian’s detention…
Type: News
Economic and Budgetary Issues
Mr. Boskin discussed the recent budget package passed by Congress and the current events in the world in relation to the economy.
Type: Media
National Press Club is looking for the best in 2015 news and feature photos
The National Press Club’s journalism contest will reward the best spot news and feature photography for 2015 in its photo competition. These photos must be published in news publications such as newspapers, magazines or online media during 2015. Spot news entries should be a news photograph of an unplanned event that is spontaneous and requires the photographer to rely on instincts and photo skills. A feature photo entry should be a general feature photo or a news feature photo that showcases the instincts and skills of the news photographer. Photos taken for house organs, pamphlets or…
Type: News
Newsmaker panel examines South China Sea dispute – What happens next? March 21
China’s militarization of the Spratly Islands and claim of sovereignty over vast areas of the South China Sea has created a major challenge for other Pacific nations and for freedom of navigation. Experts will look at the political, legal, economic and security issues at play in the South China Sea dispute and discuss what is likely to happen next at a Newsmaker panel on March 21, at 10 a.m., in the National Press Club’s Zenger Room. Recent satellite images of China’s actions also will be reviewed. Each year, $5.3 trillion of trade passes through the South China Sea, including $1.2 trillion…
Type: News