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Are the Media Being Trumped? Ollstein Added to Panel on Campaign Coverage
National Press Club members may Join the Society of Professional Journalists the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 13, for a discussion on media coverage of the presidential races; NPC members get the same discounted rate as SPJ members. Newly added to the panel is ThinkProgress political reporter Alice Ollstein. She will join Politico Campaign Pro Editor Scott Bland, Bloomberg News First Word D.C. Team Leader Derek Wallbank and Washington Post media critic/blogger Erik Wemple. The moderator is Communications Daily’s Jonathan Make. The panel starts at 7 p.m. at the Fund for American Studies, 1706…
Type: News
Sexual assault panel 1 p.m. on Friday
Bill Cosby's arrest on Dec. 30 guarantees that sexual assault will continue to be in the headlines this year. To prepare for the journalistic challenges ahead, an expert National Press Club panel will discuss covering sexual assault. The event will take place in the Zenger Room on Friday, Jan. 8th from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Tickets are required and can be purchased here. The price for NPC members including service charge is $6.24; non-members pay $11.29. Panelists will include: Liz Securro, who was brutally raped in 1984, and was not able to hold her attacker accountable until he wrote her a…
Type: News
New data to be presented Thursday, Jan 14 shows abuse an issue for 1 in 5 women on campus
Lisa Maatz, vice president of government relations and Anne Hedgepeth, government relations manager at the American Association of University Women will address Trends in Campus Sexual Violence at a Thursday, Jan. 14 Newsmaker at the National Press Club. Newly reported data required by the Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1990 indicate that the annual statistics collected by colleges and universities still do not tell the full story of sexual violence on campus. More than one in five college women report experiencing physical abuse, stalking,…
Type: News
Tom Friedman To Lead Monday, Jan. 11 Panel On Impact of Paris Accords On Electric Utilities
Pulitzer Prize winner and best selling author Thomas Friedman of The New York Times will visit the National Press Club on Monday, Jan. 11 to lead a panel discussion on the impact of the recent U.N. Climate Conference in Paris and what it will mean for the U.S. electric utility industry and their customers. This program is sponsored by the Club’s Events Committee. Friedman has written about the Paris Conference and what it will mean in a recent column. The panel, which includes such energy leaders as: Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute; Larry Kellerman, managing partner at…
Type: News
House Armed Services Committee chairman to speak at Wednesday, Jan. 13 luncheon
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 13. Thornberry will discuss national security issues, President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and his agenda for military overhaul in the year ahead. Thornberry champions military acquisition and personnel overhaul efforts and is looking at ways to overhaul how the Pentagon buys its weapons systems, involving defense contractors in the effort. Thornberry succeeded in January 2015 Rep. Buck McKeon of California, who retired. Thornberry was first elected…
Type: News
Turkish Presidential Speech
After Turgut Ozal established the Motherland Party in Turkey in 1983, it gained 211 seats in the 400-seat Grand National Assembly. He was elected president of Turkey in 1989. President Ozal addressed the National Press Club on U.S.-Turkish relations and events in the Persian Gulf.
Type: Media
Update-1 podcast to air five-part series on social media starting Wednesday
Update-1, a podcast produced by the National Press Club's Broadcast Committee, will publish a five-part series on social media beginning this Wednesday, Jan. 6. The series will publish every Wednesday, concluding on Feb. 3. NPC members Molly McCluskey, Shannon Fisher and Jennifer Strong will serve as host throughout the series,the first series in Update-1’s history. Topics to be covered include social media’s growing role in journalism, its ability to amplify visual storytelling, and its varying success as individual profit-driven companies. Update-1 is produced by Mike Hempen with…
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Burr Saturday Jan. 23 Presidential Inaugural Theme: "Our American Treasures"
The National Press Club Board of Governors will present “Our American Treasures,” a gala on Jan. 23 to celebrate the inauguration of Thomas Burr as the 109th president of the Club. The gala for Burr, the Washington correspondent for The Salt Lake Tribune, will pay tribute to two of America's most valued traditions: the preservation of truly inspirational landscapes -– in a nod to the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service –- and the protection of the freedoms of the press. The Gala will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. in the Press Club's Holeman Lounge, followed by dinner at 7:30…
Type: News
45-year Club Member Ann Valuchek Dies
Ann Valuchek, a 45-year member of the National Pres Club and long-time resident of the Washington area, died Dec. 19 at a nursing home in Rockville, Maryland, where she had lived since 2013. She was 91. Mrs. Valuchek was born in Cohasset, Virginia, and grew up in Ocala, Florida. She moved to Washington to work for the federal government during World War II and met her first husband, Carl Bauersfeld, a lawyer in the Navy. After their divorce she worked at the Library of Congress and met and married Andrew Valuchek, former publisher of foreign language newspapers in New York, a liaison for…
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Survivor to participate on Jan. 8 sexual assault panel
Liz Securro, brutally raped in 1984, was not able to hold her attacker accountable until he wrote her a letter apologizing for what he had done -- 20 years later. Securro, the author of Crash Into Me: A Survivor's Search for Justice, will participate on a National Press Club panel on covering sexual assault. The event will take place in the Zenger Room on Friday, Jan. 8 from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Tickets are required and can be purchased by clicking here. The price for NPC members including service charge is $6.24; non-members pay $11.29. Other panelists will be journalist Kristen Lombardi,…
Type: News