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Panel to look at campaign coverage
A panel of journalists will discuss 2016 campaign coverage at Jan. 13 event where Club members can receive discounted admission. Politico Campaign Pro Editor Scott Bland, Bloomberg First Word editor Derek Wallbank and Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple will talk about the coverage of the campaign, polls and what issues are likely to surface going forward. The panel, sponsored by the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, will be moderated by Jonathan Make of Communications Daily. Club members can get the SPJ member price of $5; non-members pay $10.…
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Puerto Rico governor blasts Republicans for refusing to help with debt
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla blasted Congress Wednesday for refusing to include a provision allowing the U.S. territory to restructure its debt in the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill awaiting legislative approval. "I am extremely disappointed,” Padilla said at a Club Luncheon. “Congress missed an opportunity to do the right thing.” With $73 billion in debt that the territory cannot pay for, Padilla said he initially was hopeful that lawmakers would help Puerto Rico avoid bankruptcy. Instead, he said, congressional Republicans sided with hedge fund managers who stood to…
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Estonia’s minister of foreign affairs at Newsmaker on Thursday
Estonia Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Kaljurand will discuss world events from her country's point of view at a Newsmakers news conference at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Bloomberg Room. Prior to becoming minister in July, Kaljurand served as undersecretary for legal and consular affairs and undersecretary for political affairs. She has also served as Estonia’s ambassador to the U.S. and to Mexico. Like all Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and Club members, free of charge. No advance registration is required.
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Three former Club presidents to discuss the future of journalism Wednesday
Three former Club presidents, each with a different perspective on the industry, will talk about journalism's future at an event geared toward those entering it beginning at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Bloomberg Room. Immediate Past President Myron Belkind, 2013 President Angela Greiling Keane and 1994 President Gil Klein will share their thoughts on the development of journalism and what opportunities they may have in the future. The event is co-sponsored by the Club's Professional Development Committee and Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies. Both Klein and Belkind now teach…
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This week in National Press Club history
Nov. 10, 2005: Club President Rick Dunham presents Austin H. Kiplinger, editor of the Kiplinger Letter for 30 years, with the Club’s Fourth Estate Award at a gala dinner packed with 300 friends and colleagues. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor receives a standing ovation before admitting that she “avoids the press like the plague and just got to know [Kiplinger] as a friend.” She bestows on him “The Supreme Court Seal of Approval (by a 5-4 decision)” and thanks him for “raising the bar in the Fourth Estate.” Hugh Sidey then remarks, “There are some people in the country who make it…
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Journalism Institute panel to offer tips on how to win a Pulitzer
Ahead of the Jan. 25 deadline for entering this year's Pulitzer Prize contest, the Club's Journalism Institute has assembled a panel of experts who've judged the contest and coordinated entries to give an inside look at the process. Come learn about the biggest prize in journalism. Panelists are former Philadelphia Inquirer editor Amanda Bennett, former co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board and a Pulitzer juror and winner; Jill Grisco, contest coordinator, The Washington Post; and Josh Meyer, Medill Washington lecturer and former Los Angeles Times reporter. The program will run from 9:30 a.m…
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Upcoming National Press Club luncheons
Dec. 16 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE HOLEMAN LOUNGEAlejandro Garcia Padilla, Governor of Puerto RicoTopic: TBATo purchase tickets click here Dec. 18 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE BALLROOMAnastasia Lin, Miss World CanadaTopic: human rights activist denied visa to compete in Miss World finals being held in China.To purchase tickets click here Jan. 11, 2016 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE HOLEMAN LOUNGEAdmiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, USNTopic: TBATo purchase tickets click here NPC luncheons are open to credentialed members of the media. Luncheon tickets are open to the public except where noted…
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Build Your Speaking Skills With Toastmasters at the National Press Club
Would you like to enhance your communication effectiveness and take your journalistic skills to greater heights? Get rid of those “uhms” and “ahs”? Tame your nerves when you speak in front of people? If so, consider joining the National Press Toastmasters Club. For less than the cost of three weekly cups of coffee, the Toastmasters program can help you enhance your public speaking presence and prepare you for any occasion you find yourself in front of an audience of any size. Toastmasters has been at the National Press Club for 31 years and has helped train many a distinguished speaker. One…
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NPC President John Hughes is guest at Communicators Breakfast, July 29
NPC President John Hughes is scheduled to talk about his other job as a breaking-news editor for Bloomberg News at the Communicators Breakfast on Wednesday, July 29 at 8:30 a.m. in the NPC's Truman Lounge. Admission is free for Press Club members and $10 for guests, who must be accompanied by a member, and includes continental breakfast starting at 8 a.m. Click here to register. Hughes is an editor for Bloomberg First Word, the news organization’s breaking-news desk in Washington. While serving as NPC president, Hughes works from his office at the Club, where Bloomberg has installed computer…
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AP correspondent Kathy Gannon describes threats to journalists in new podcast
The Middle East is becoming increasingly dangerous for journalists, and in this edition of Update-1 we hear from a correspondent who risks her life to tell stories from that region. Kathy Gannon has been covering Afghanistan and Pakistan for The Associated Press for nearly 30 years and was severely wounded last year when an Afghan police officer opened fire on her vehicle. Her colleague, AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed in that incident. Gannon describes how threats to journalists in the Middle East are changing, her methods for mitigating danger, and why she plans to return to…
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