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Club American Legion members judge student speech competition, award scholarships
Members of the National Press Club and its American Legion Post 20 judged contestants in the 2016 D.C. American Legion oratorical contest in which Wilson High School students won college scholarships. The winner of a $3,000 scholarship, 16-year-old Chad Hoyle Hayes, will travel to Indianapolis in April to compete for national scholarships worth up to $18,000. Classmate Alexander John Koll, also a junior at Wilson, won a $1,000 scholarship for second place in the annual speech competition on topics focusing on the U.S. Constitution. "The D.C. Department of the American Legion is fortunate…
Type: News
North and South Korean Relations
Dr. Lee spoke on the current relations of North and South Korea and the hopes of change in uniting the Koreas.
Type: Media
Take a deep dive into Federal Election Commission data, 9:30 am April 7
Ahead of the next major quarterly filing deadline for congressional campaigns, Federal Election Commission staff will be at the National Press Club at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Zenger Room to talk about when and where to find fundraising data and how to get it to tell you what you want to know. Please RSVP to secure your seat. Registration is $5 for Club members and $10 for the public. Learn how to avoid double-counting contributions to conduit organizations. Bring your questions about what goes into the maps, where to find independent expenditures and how to connect leadership PACs…
Type: News
Freelance Committee holds kickoff meeting, 5:30 pm March 7
The National Press Club Freelance Committee will hold its kickoff meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 7, in the Games Room. The event, which will run until 6:30 p.m., is open to all Club freelancers. New committee chair Antonella Ciancio and vice chair Scott Sowers will discuss upcoming 2016 events, which are designed to boost networking and publishing opportunities. You will also learn how you can contribute with your talent and ideas. If you can't attend in-person, a conference call line will be set up with this dial-in information: Dial In Number: 800-747-5150 Access Code: 662-7545…
Type: News
Dornheim Award honors best writing about aviation, aerospace, defense
Journalists who write about aviation, aerospace and defense are encouraged to enter their best work from 2015 in the National Press Club’s annual journalism contest in competition for the Michael Dornheim Award. This award is presented in celebration of the career of the late Michael A. Dornheim, a longtime reporter and editor at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. The recipient must be a working journalist writing about aerospace, defense, the airline industry, or aerospace science and engineering. The winner gets a $1,000 prize. The Club, a national leader among journalism…
Type: News
Virginia International University launches new School of Digital Media and Communication, seeks faculty
Virginia International University is seeking qualified candidates to apply for faculty positions, program coordinator and curriculum developer for its new School of Digital Media and Communication. The school will offer undergraduate and graduate degrees with concentrations in video and sound production, animation, gaming, web design and social media. For more information please contact Jane Bondarenko, PR Specialist at [email protected] or (703) 591-7042. Virginia International University is a 501(c)3 non-profit institution established in 1998 in Fairfax, Va., with the goal of making quality…
Type: News
Tonight: Watch GOP debate in Truman Lounge
As the 2016 presidential election heats up, let the National Press Club be your place this week to eat, drink and be merry while watching the latest Republican debate at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 3. See the surviving GOP candidates live from Detroit on wide-screen plasma TVs, while enjoying special food and drinks menus to match the occasion. Why heckle at your TV at home, alone, when you can do so with friends at the Club? For more information, contact Mesfin Mekonen at [email protected].
Type: News
Nature seeks photo editor
Nature, the international journal of science, seeks a talented, experienced photo editor (photography and video) for our Washington, D.C., bureau. You will be part of a dynamic, award-winning team of designers, artists, multimedia editors and science journalists and report to the managing media editor. Learn more and apply online.
Type: News
Club welcomes 110 new members
Please extend a warm welcome to the following new members who joined the Club in this past quarter: Melissa Burke (The Detroit News), Gracia Martore (TEGNA), Megan Murphy (Bloomberg News), Marty Schenker (Bloomberg News), Christine Schiffner (CCTV America), Jerome Socolovsky (Religion News Service) Charles Todd (NBC News) Jason Burles (CBC), Ronica Cleary (WTTG Fox5 DC), Sam Cook (WUSA-TV), Carter Rice (Asahi Shimbun), Emma Roller (The New York Times), Alex Schuman (Media General), Melissa Sim (The Straits Times), Emily Wilkins (CQ Roll Call), Nicole Livas (WAVY-TV), Theodore Clark (NPR)…
Type: News
Wanted: The best journalism about problems faced by older people
If you write about issues and problems facing older people, the National Press Club journalism contest judges need to see your best work from 2015. The Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics honors excellence and objectivity in coverage of problems faced by the elderly. It is named in honor of Joseph D. Ryle, a longtime National Press Club member who left an endowment for the award. The Club, a national leader among journalism organizations, encourages those who have written on elderly issues to enter the contest. The winner gets a $750 prize. The…
Type: News