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NGA chair to speak on innovative state solutions at Oct. 2 Club luncheon
Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert, newly-appointed chairman of the National Governors Association, will lay out his 2015-16 Chair’s Initiative, “States: Finding Solutions, Improving Lives,” at a National Press Club Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 2. Innovative solutions to today’s challenges are happening every day at the state level, and Herbert’s initiative is designed to highlight governors’ solutions to today’s most pressing problems, enhance a more collaborative state-federal partnership, and share best practices. Herbert has been Utah's governor since 2009. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with…
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan booked as luncheon speaker, Sept. 30
Education Secretary Arne Duncan, one of President Barack Obama’s original cabinet members, will discuss what’s ahead in education policy at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Duncan’s speech will come as Congress works to complete the reauthorization of the legislation best known as “No Child Left Behind” - the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). ESEA was due to be reauthorized in 2007, but Congress has been unable to act on the issue so far. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending…
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Learn to get fit at Tony Horton's P90X Boot Camp workout, Sept. 3
Are you ready to BRING IT? Tony Horton, celebrity trainer known for creating the P90X® Extreme Home Fitness System, will once again lead a Washington, D.C. audience in a workout session at the National Press Club on Thursday, Sept. 3. The event is part of a week of activities leading up to the 18th annual National Press Club BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K race, for which Horton will serve as honorary marshal on Saturday, Sept. 5. Horton will lead a pre-race warmup before the race at 7:15 a.m.; the race will begin at 7:30 am. All proceeds from the workout and 5K will go to the scholarship and…
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to deliver major speech at Sept. 2 luncheon
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will deliver a major speech entitled “Lessons from the New South” at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Haley is the youngest governor in the country and the first female and first minority governor in South Carolina history. Last year she was re-elected by the largest margin of victory for a South Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 24 years. 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 National Press Club members (NPC Members may…
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Check out publisher's web videos, then sign up for Eleanor Herman Book Rap, Aug. 26
The publisher of the novel by National Press Club member Eleanor Herman,"Legacy of Kings: Blood of Gods and Royals," has produced a series of promotional web videos. Watch the videos and then sign up for the Club's Book Rap on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Ballroom. The event includes an author discussion, questions-and-answers from the audience and book signing. Tickets are $5 for National Press Club members and $10 for the public. Click here to register. The event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit NPC Journalism Institute, so no outside books or memorabilia is permitted. Books…
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Santorum agrees with Trump on border wall, but wants American workers to build it
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum proposed before a National Press Club Speakers news conference Aug. 20 slowing the flow of illegal immigrants by building a wall along the border and depriving their children born in the United States of automatic citizenship. Santorum, lagging behind his 2012 pace in his race for the White House, acknowledged that his ideas were similar to those of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. The main difference, he said, was Trump's "lack of specifics." Trump has said he would make Mexico pay for the wall; "I want American workers to build the wall,"…
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Learn how to create 'stories that stick' at 'Get It Online' lunch Aug. 28
Heads up for an exciting event! The next session in the Club's popular "Get it Online" luncheon series -- this one a discussion of "How to Create Stories That Stick Using Visuals and Social Media" -- will be held Friday, Aug. 28, in the Games Room of the National Press Club at 12 noon. Register here for the session. The idea hits you. You type up an article furiously, grab your camera and a tripod, or hop on your mic and hit record on your audio software. You just finished creating a DYNAMITE piece of content, and you can't wait to share it with your community. You hit "Enter" and wait...but…
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If offered a buyout, what should you consider? Latest NPC podcast examines the question
Buyouts have become commonplace in the world of journalism, but what should journalists consider before signing a buyout or severance agreement? That’s the focus of the latest Update-1, the podcast of the National Press Club. In the podcast, Broadcast Committee member Jennifer Strong talks to jobs expert John Challenger, who believes journalists need to see themselves as free agents and network with other journalists. She also looks to the future and interviews Matt DeRienzo about an opinion article he wrote for the Poynter Institute, “Journalism companies are dead. Long live journalists.”…
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Independence Movement in Lithuania
Ms. Prunskiene was recently elected prime minister of Lithuania in that country's first democratic election. She was on an official visit to the United States where she met with President Bush and other administration officials. Her comments focused on her impressions of the meetings with President Bush. In 1940 Josef Stalin forcibly annexed the Lithuanian Republic and since then the people of Lithuania have yearned for their freedom. Gorbachev's perestroika led to the first multi-party elections in the U.S.S.R. in Lithuania on March 3, 1990. The result was the election of an overwhleming…
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Extend a welcome to 15 new members who joined Club in July
Please extend a warm National Press Club welcome to the following new members who joined the Club in July: James Carroll (freelance), Michael Curtis Fox (Al Jazeera Network), Susan Jaffe (The Lancet), Samuel Pearson (Environment & Energy Publishing), Clinton Yates (The Washington Post), R. N. Jurgenson (News Photos Worldwide). Skyla Freeman (The Pew Charitable Trusts), Lauren Tesh (FDA), Lisa Turner (Shire Gate Farm), Patrick D. Hughes (Faegre Baker Daniels LLP), Katie Loovis (GlaxoSmithKline), Eric Caren (The Caren Archive), Robert Deming (Esri), Brian C. Peterson (Esri) and Jesse…
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