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Food, drink specials offered for Democratic debate watch in Truman Lounge, 7 pm Oct. 13
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to watch the first Democratic debate in the Reliable Source/Truman Lounge at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13. See the party's presidential candidates fight it out on a wide screen live from Las Vegas. Here are the special food and beverage items that will be available: Fried chicken spinach salad with mango, apricots, cranberries, grapes and mango chutney vinaigrette $20 Sautéed cod, lemon sauce, rice-quinoa pilaf with nuts and raisins, zucchini with feta $22 Grilled flat-iron steak, chive mashed potatoes and roasted butternut squash $25 Drink…
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National Press Foundation seeks director of training and content
The National Press Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free training and education to journalists to increase their knowledge of complex issues, is seeking a director of training and content.. The person in this position is responsible for creating, developing and implementing training and education for journalists in all formats. Implementation includes oversight of program-specific marketing, social media, application process, program logistics and speaker preparation. He or she often is the “face of NPF” as moderator of in-person programs and video webinars/…
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Dr. Ben Carson, GOP presidential contender, to speak at Oct. 9 Club luncheon
Dr. Ben Carson, one of the leading contenders for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, will discuss his new book at an Oct. 9 National Press Club luncheon. Carson's new book, which he wrote with his wife, Candy Carson, is titled: "A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties." Tickets for this event are limited to Club members and their guests only. 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 $23 for Club members, who may purchase two tickets…
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Amnesty International urges Obama to press Chinese counterpart on human rights
A senior official of Amnesty International told a Sept. 22 National Press Club Newsmaker audience that when President Barack Obama meets with Chinese president Xi Jinping later this week that Obama should press him to improve China's human rights situation, which he said is "deteriorating." The Amnesty International official, T Kumar, said that in China "hundreds of lawyers have been arrested and some have disappeared." He also asserted that approximately 500,000 people are arbitrarily detained without being charged or put on trial. "China also executes more people than the rest of the world…
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A few seats remain for Sept. 28 Kalb Report with baseball commissioner
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred will be host Marvin Kalb’s guest for a one-on-one discussion to explore the beauty, simplicity, complexity, humor and historical significance of Our National Pastime on Sept. 28 at the National Press Club. The program, a taping of the "Kalb Report," begins sharply at 8 p.m. in the ballroom. The audience should be seated at least 15 minutes ahead of time. Admission is free but seats are limited. Club members can reserve by calling the Front Desk 202-662-7500. Manfred has served as a MLB executive since 1998 and became the league's tenth…
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This Week In National Press Club History: Iranian president speaks at luncheon via video link, 2007
September 22, 2011: John Grisham, author of world-famous novels (37 and counting as of 2015) is presented the 2011 Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction at the National Press Club. His best-known books include "A Time To Kill,," "The Pelican Brief" and "The Firm." September 23, 1919: Cora Rigby of the Christian Science Monitor’ s Washington Bureau, proposes a Women’s National Press Club. After World War I, Washington had become an important center for news, and Congress had just approved the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. But they were barred from membership in the National…
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Club member's sculpture on display in Alexandria, 4:30 pm Sept. 30
National Press Club members are invited to attend an art reception featuring work by Club member Carol Morgan at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, in Alexandria, Va. The reception, which lasts until 6 p.m., will take place at Alexandria City Hall, 300 King St. The closest Metro is King St. Morgan's prize-winning figurative sculpture, "Maxine," will be on display, among works of other artists. The show will run until Dec. 18. For more information, contact Morgan at [email protected].
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Big 12 Commissioner: 'Not a lot to be proud of' in college sports
Change is rapidly arriving in U.S. collegiate athletics, but it may be only the beginning of what’s to come, one of the nation’s most reform-minded commissioners of a major athletic conference told a National Press Club luncheon audience Sept. 21. “We are in significant evolution,” said Bob Bowlsby, chief executive of the Big 12 conference, one of the so-called top five “power conferences” of large universities. Citing a litany of ills and pressing issues facing college athletic departments and their governing body, the National College Athletic Association (NCAA), Bowlsby likened the ferment…
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Shift toward shareable online video crucial, news orgs say
The average news consumer no longer visits a homepage to browse the day’s headlines, opting instead for a social media app where the news comes to them, a panel of top multimedia editors from three of the largest news organizations in the country said at a National Press Club event Sept. 16. The session, which explored the latest ventures in digital journalism, featured leaders in that field from AJ+, McClatchy and Reuters TV discussing how their newsrooms have adapted to the needs of a mobile generation. They agreed that short, distinctive web video is crucial to attracting and retaining…
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Pilot recalls last mission, lessons of WWII
Capt. Jerry Yellin, whose wing man was the last combat casualty of WWII, told of his amazing personal odyssey at the Sept. 17 meeting of the National Press Club American Legion Post 20. Yellin, 91, a P-51 "Mustang" fighter pilot, led a strafing attack on Aug. 14, 1945, on an airfield near Tokyo, the day Japan announced its unconditionally surrender to end the war. His wing man, Lt. Phil Schlamberg, was lost during that flight and became the last combat casualty of the war that ended during Yellin's return flight from Japan to his base on Iwo Jima. Yellin saw half of this 32-man squadron…
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