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Enter now! Best coverage of animals and their welfare to be honored by National Press Club journalism contest
The best coverage of animals and their welfare in 2015 is honored by the Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award. The prize for the best work in both print and broadcast was established by the family of journalist and longtime Press Club member Ann Cottrell Free, who wrote extensively on the topic. This prize recognizes serious work by journalists that informs and educates the public about threats facing animals. The winners in print and broadcast win $750 each. The Press Club, a national leader among journalism organizations, encourages those with excellent work on coverage of such issues…
Type: News
Top Italian wines on the menu for special Fourth Estate feast, Wednesday
Experience the wines Southern Italy and a perfectly paired Italian fest at a wine dinner Wednesday, March 23, at the Fourth Estate restaurant. You'll revel in the tastes of unique Italian grapes, such as Aglianico, Cannonau and Nerello Capuccio. Their rich, elegant flavors will transport you to the sunny climes of Mezzogiorno. The special evening includes food prepared by Fourth Estate Chef Susan Delbert and wines presented by Clint Harris of Leonardo Locascio Selections. The dinner begins with apertivo and antipasto at 6:30 p.m. To purchase tickets, click here. Tickets are $65 per person…
Type: News
Thursday is Pub Quiz night! Game on at 7 p.m.
Attention Club members! Which restaurant serves Buffalo Blasts? Or who does Matthew McConaughey rescue from a dumpster in the movie “The Wedding Planner”? What’s the structure that’s depicted on the back of the Euro? If you know the answers to these questions, then tonight is your lucky night as you can score points, and prizes, at the Club’s Pub Quiz trivia night, located in the Truman Lounge. Sure the weather outside is nice, but what better way is there to usher in spring than by gathering your friends and fellow Club members (no more than six per team), to eat, drink and test your…
Type: News
iPhone photography to be focus of Photo Committee meeting, noon Wednesday
Karen L. Messick, who teaches photography at Johns Hopkins University and the Capital Photography Center, will speak on iPhone photography at a photo committee luncheon, at noon Wednesday, March 23, in the McClendon Room. Messick's work has been shown in numerous galleries around the U.S. and has been published in iPhoneLife Magazine and Nature Photographer Magazine. Messick, who's based in Baltimore, has led photo workshops in the U.S. and several European countries. In her illustrated talk, Messick will discuss how she became interested in the iPhone as a vehicle for creative expression…
Type: News
Former Cuban political prisoner Alan Gross to discuss his detention and the need for Cubans to have Internet access, March 15
Former Cuban political prisoner Alan Gross of the United States will speak and answer media questions at a National Press Club Newsmaker 10 a.m., Tues., March 15, in the club’s Bloomberg Room. This news conference will occur just before President Obama travels to Cuba. Gross will describe what he endured for the five years of his detention, what he believes Cuba should do to assure the freedom of Internet information access he fought to achieve for the Cuban people, and what the U.S. should do regarding Cuban policy to achieve this goal. Gross, who has worked to provide trade facilitation…
Type: News
NAACP National President Cornell W. Brooks to discuss protests in Flint, criminal justice reform at March 18 Newsmaker
Cornell W. Brooks, the National President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, will address issues of importance to the nation and in particular to African-Americans at a Newsmaker news conference on Fri., March 18, at 10 a.m. in the club's Zenger Room. Among the topics to be discussed are planned demonstrations in Flint, Mich., the criminal justice reform debate and the 2016 presidential campaign. An ordained African Methodist Episcopal minister and Yale University Law School graduate, Mr. Brooks…
Type: News
Learn Free Data Visualization Software with Tableau Training, April 1
Learn how free software can transform a pile of data into an eye-catching web graphic at an upcoming club training session. Tableau is a unique software tool that helps journalists and bloggers to visualize data fast and publish it interactively to the web without programming. Tableau prides itself on its outreach to journalists, and the Seattle-based company is sending a trainer. Dash Davidson will conduct a two-hour, hands-on class at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 1. This event is sponsored by the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Press Club's Professional Development…
Type: News
Journalists from Ethiopia, Turkey, Ukraine to discuss trends in government transparency laws, March 14
To kick off Sunshine Week this year, the Journalism Institute and the Freedom of the Press Committee will hold a panel discussion next Monday evening, March 14 to examine trends in Freedom of Information laws around the world. The event, which will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m., will feature foreign journalists and policy experts who will analyze global and regional trends in journalists' and the general public's ability to receive timely access to government information as well as the difficulty of reporting in countries without freedom of information laws. The cost of attendance is $5 for…
Type: News
New Metro manager says train system "much worse" than he expected
Paul Wiedefeld, the new general manager of the Washington Metro, told a National Press Club luncheon Monday that he found things when he took office three months ago as "much worse than I expected" and would deal first with nuts and bolts issues before tackling a long-term strategy. In a prepared statement later, Wiedefeld said there was no single action that would turn Metro around but concerted efforts "to grind out critical changes at all levels... from the Metro cars to using employees efficiently." He said he was committed to being transparent "about what needs to be fixed, how we are…
Type: News
Tyrannical Machines: U.S. Education System
Ms. Cheney described a new book that was just released: Tyrannical Machines: A Report on Education Practices Gone Wrong and our Best Hope for Setting Them Right. The book examines the most critical problems in American education and focuses on the most promising opportunities for reform.
Type: Media