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Digital media expert affirms importance of cultivating valuable audiences
Building relationships is critical for organizations that want to mobilize their followers to take action on social media, Shana Glickfield said at the Get It Online: Social Media for Advocacy event March 8. Organizations should be active members of an online community, she said. Glickfield, a founder and partner at Beekeeper Group, has more than a decade of experience in social media. Online tools have enormous value as advocacy tools, she said, but using them properly requires an investment of time and strategic thinking. Glickfield is a proponent of the “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook”…
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Post reporters, police expert to discuss Scalia death at Club March 9
Two Washington Post reporters and a retired police homicide expert will discuss March 9 in the McClendon Room the Feb. 13 death of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia at a luxury ranch in West Texas. Speakers at a 7 p.m. meeting will be prize-winning reporters Sari Horwitz and Amy Brittain and former Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief William Ritchie. Ritchie made front page news last month by saying Texas authorities should have performed an autopsy to foster public confidence. The U.S. Marshals Service said Scalia had declined a security detail at the Cibolo Creek Ranch…
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ClearPath announces effort to make clean energy a priority for the GOP
To spur fresh ideas and stimulate thoughtful debate about the merits of clean energy, conservative philanthropist Jay Faison, founder and CEO of ClearPath, a private foundation, announced today at the National Press Club the launch of a seven-figure digital campaign targeting GOP policymakers and energy policy advocates. Faison, who is based in Charlotte, N.C., said there is now opportunity for Republicans to lead with a conservative clean energy agenda. Such a move would cast the GOP as a more forward-looking party and help the GOP win voters, he said. ClearPath’s research, he said,…
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Aid groups call for full ceasefire in Syria
With the next round of talks on Syria's future due to officially begin in Geneva on Mar. 14 - five days later than originally planned - some of the largest responders to the humanitarian emergency there told a National Press Club Newsmaker March 3 that only an all-encompassing, long-term ceasefire can bring relief. “Humanitarian assistance saves and sustains life, but it is not the solution to the Syria crisis," Neal Keny-Guyer, the CEO of Mercy Corps, which serves 570,000 people a month in Syria, said. "Ultimately, the solution is political. We now have a rare opening to potentially end this…
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National Press Club offering awards for the best 2015 work in consumer journalism
The best work in consumer journalism for 2015 is being recognized again this year in the National Press Club’s journalism contest. These awards recognize excellence in reporting on consumer topics and judges will look more favorably on solution-oriented or strategic-oriented pieces that prompt action by consumers, the community, the government or an individual. The categories are for (1) newspapers; (2) periodicals (including magazines, journals, newsletters and online reporting); (3) And broadcast (including network, syndicates, cable and broadcast TV and radio stations). Entries: A single…
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Speakers Committee seeks applicants for open spots
The Speakers Committee is seeking applications for several open spots on the committee from Club members who are interested in helping organize the Club’s marquee luncheons. Committee members, who are appointed by invitation of the Club’s president, help select and recruit speakers, arrange the luncheon logistics, publicize the events and escort the guest speaker. We are looking for members prepared to work hard in exchange for a spot on the Club's most prestigious committee. If you are interested in serving on the committee, please email Speakers Committee Chair Kasia Klimasinska at…
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Candidates elected in 2016 must understand value of space exploration, industry says
Not many organizations arrange a National Press Club Newsmaker event with the hope of not getting their issue widely discussed. But, a coalition of 13 organizations in the $330 billion a year space industry, with an interest in ensuring continued U.S. leadership in space, did that Friday at a Newsmaker recorded by C-SPAN. Unveiling a four-page white paper on the value to the economy of space exploration which they are distributing to federal and state election candidates, Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham said "I would be perfectly happy if no one on the campaign trail said anything stupid…
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BET projects manager explains detail-oriented, high-profile job to NPC colleagues
Many broadcasters will begin telling their professional history with something like "It all started in a 5,000 watt radio station." Not so, one of the newest members of the National Press Club Broadcast Committee Sonji Robinson Joyner. She started her career with 15 years in New York City in the fashion industry as a stylist at some of the top houses, the likes of Polo and Ralph Lauren. She told members of the committee that the experience taught her that she was very detail oriented and when she moved to Washington "without a road map," she ended up at Black Entertainment Television. There…
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Washington Post dance critic to speak, March 9
NPC member Janice Law invites Club members to hear Pulitzer Prize winner Sarah Kaufman, dance critic for The Washington Post at noon Wednesday, March 9 in the McClendon Room. The program is organized by the American Women Writers National Museum. No reservations necessary. The program is free. An al a carte menu is available for lunch.
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Journalist Sofia Mannos faces complex rehabilitation; donations welcomed
Broadcast journalist Sofia Mannos, whose enterprising career was unexpectedly cut short by a bad fall in late 2014, continues to rehabilitate with help from her family, friends and colleagues. But now she urgently needs help. Mannos, an award-winning journalist and multilingual Euro-American, devoted more than 30 years to a career that spanned United Press International, Associated Press, CNN and Voice of Russia. At the National Press Club, she was an active member of the International Correspondents Committee and Broadcast Committee. Mannos was injured in a fall in her Washington, D.C., home…
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